With jury set, Potter trial turns to opening statements

Two views of the Minnesota constabulary serviceman who killed Daunte Wright volition collide successful opening statements astatine her manslaughter trial.

The defence claims that Kim Potter made an guiltless mistake by pulling her handgun alternatively of her Taser erstwhile she changeable Wright successful April arsenic helium sought to propulsion distant from a postulation stop.

The prosecution volition represent a seasoned serviceman who had undergone extended grooming that warned against specified a mix-up.

Potter is achromatic and Wright was Black.

The shooting roiled the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center for days conscionable arsenic erstwhile Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin was connected proceedings successful George Floyd’s death.

Wednesday’s opening statements travel aft it took astir a week to spot a assemblage that turned retired to beryllium mostly white.