things that give an officer a reason to stop a particular individual, somebody who generally looks like me when you wouldn t ordinarily stop someone. we have a young man who lost his life because he was driving in a car that they thought wasn t registered, maybe wasn t, and had an air freshener hanging from his rear view mirror. to say it was his fault because he didn t comply and tried to run, they knew who he was. they had run his license plate. they could have followed up at his house. this wasn t even a misdemeanor. this was an infraction. it should never have occurred. you made that point before. i remember. saying they knew where he was. it didn t have to happen that moment. caroline, senting will happen mid february. in minnesota we know the maximums here but we have to take it into account the individual person. if the person has no previous criminal history guidance is six to eight and a half years i believe. when you look at the sentencing guidelines do you have a sense of
justice protests in the wake of floyd s murder and chauvin s conviction. wright was pulled over because of expired tags on his car and an air freshener hanging from his rearview mirror. in the trial, potter took the stand in her own defense at one point breaking down in tears. her attorneys admitted she made an honest mistake. but in closing arguments prosecutors characterized it as a quote, blunder of epic proportions and demand accountability. now potter has been found guilty. she has been ordered held without bail. the judge saying that potter cannot be treated any differently than any other defendant found guilty on such charges n. a press conference after the verdict, minnesota s attorney general keith ellison
and then he told me i shot him. in april potter and other officers pulled him over for expired tags and in the legal air freshener hanging from the mirror they discovered wright had a suspended license and a misdemeanor warrant for weapons and they tried to arrest him, there was a struggle when wrigh tried to get back into his car. she said if she were alone she most likely would not have pulled over wright. that makes this case bigger than just the state of minnesot versus kim potter. a view as a police officer create an unreasonable risk, ar you then justified in relying jicha, i made a mistake in usin deadly force. when she says i wouldn t pulled him over. this encounter probably should have never happened. his father also giving powerful testimony on thursday. i loved him. he was loved. do you miss him? and miss them a lot. every day. potter is charged with first an second degree manslaughter and
fating shooting of daunte wright. kim potter taking the stand in her own defense, breaking down. she was pressed on training for her taser after saying she mistook her handgun for her taser. stephanie ramos with the testimony. and we warn you, the images are difficult. reporter: tonight, former minnesota police officer kim potter breaking down in court. sobbing on the stand at her trial. she is charged with manslaughter in the fatal shooting of 20-year-old daunte wright during a traffic stop. i remember yelling, taser, taser, taser, and nothing happened. and then he told me i shot him. reporter: potter recalling the moments she shot wright in the chest with her gun that she says she mistook for her taser. in april, wright was initially pulled over for an expired tag and an air freshener hanging from the rearview mirror, which is illegal in minnesota.
she was training, stopped wright because of an air freshener hanging from a mirror, illegal in minnesota, and expired license plates and tried to arrest wright after discovering an outstanding warrant for a gros misdemeanor weapons violation. potter with 26 years police experience is heard warning about firing a taser, but prosecutors say she fired a single lethal shot from her gun, what potter s attorneys say was a mistake, an explanation wright s family rejects everybody who has been there for us, standing with us on one of the worst days of our life. is there anyone here who would believe the testimony of a police officer just because he or she is in law enforcement reporter: potential jurors questioned about their views on police, race relations and the unrest that erupted after wright s death, and during the trial of the officer convicted of killing george floyd juror number seven, you will be on this jury reporter: the judge saying it should take