a break? okay. okay, members of the jury, we will break for lunch and start up again at 1:30, okay. [sobbing]. john: a break in the courtroom from as the judge allows her a break for lunch as kim potter breaking news down on the stand when eldridge shows her the video of the moment when she killed daunte wright by pulling her firearm instead of her taser. you could hear her say that she yells taser, taser, taser. thinking she has a taser in her hand but it was a firearm. sandra: a criminal defense attorney joins us. she broke down there watching the video play out. they played different parts of it. was asked questions.
that she killed daunte. they ll get to a crittal can issue that we only marginally covered in this trial and that is whether or not she acted with criminal intent, which is what the case will turn on and also expect to see what we ve seen already in terms of daunte being blamed for the outcome of this case which is dangerous for the defense. but i still expect to hear from her on the stand. david henderson and shaq brewster. when do we think she might testify? we don t know the exact timing yet. but when you compare the prosecution s witness list, they re reaching the end of opportunities and options to call other witnesses. so as soon as they wrap up their case, it will go over to the defense. the defense attorneys say she will testify and we just don t know if she will be the first to do so or later in their presentation, andrea. and, david, is there any, you know, legal impact of this? you know, this kind of case? is this to establish a precedence or is this just a terrible tr
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and i was just trying to have him talk to me and just kept saying daunte, like just say something. please, like just talk to me. that was daunte wright s girlfriend, aliana albic payton, calling how she tried to save his life after he was shot during a traffic stop. this wednesday the trial of kim potter got underway in minnesota. potter a 26 year police veteran shot and killed a 20-year-old daunte wright during a traffic stop in the minneapolis suburb of brooklyn center. she faces two felony counts of first and second degree manslaughter. this week jurors heard from daunte wright s mother. they also heard from police officers and the defense who claims kim potter meant to fire her taser instead of her gun. i remember that we were
listening to summations in the trial of derek chauvin in the murder trial of george floyd when we got word that a young 20-year-old had been killed by a police officer just ten miles away, brooklyn center just ten miles away from that courthouse. and i remember saying you would think on a day we re summing up arguments in a trial that had went all over the world about police brutality, police would have been on their best behavior, and then how does a 26-year veteran, i wanted to know, mistaken the size, weight, and color of a gun for what they thought was a taser, this young man unarmed, this young man dead. i was asked by the family to come, and i did. i mourned with the family, and i did preach the eulogy at daunte s funeral, and i pledged to stay with that family who i