Prosecutor urges jurors to hold Kim Potter criminally responsible for a 'colossal screw up, a blunder of epic proportions' that ended in the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright, a Black motorist.
A prosecutor on Monday urged jurors to hold a former Minnesota police officer criminally responsible for a"colossal screw-up, a blunder of epic proportions" that ended in the fatal shooting of a Black motorist.
But Eldridge insisted that Potter shouldn't have even used a Taser on Wright, who was mortally wounded and drove a short distance before slamming into another car seconds later. Defense attorney Earl Gray insisted that his client can't be criminally punished for a tragic accident, one he compared to a deadly mishap at the hands of a doctor, pilot or lawyer.
"She took specific actions that put Daunte Wright and everyone else around him at risk," the prosecutor said."An ordinary and prudent person would not have drawn a weapon, held it for more than five ... six seconds, aimed it and pulled the trigger, all without recognizing or confirming what was in their hand."
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