trying to arrest wright. he tried to flee. it was a dangerous situation and during the stress and chaos of that moment, she mistook her taser for her weapon for her taser and fired accidental llitch. they calm it a mistake, not a crime. they say it was manslaughter, she was a trained officer, she was reckless the word they ve used a number of times and she should be convicted of manslaughter. ron allen, live in minneapolis, thank you very much for that. als, we are expecting to hear from president biden any minute. maybe in the next minute. he is back on the road to sell his bipartisan infrastructure law in kansas city. he has been doing this tour. now we re getting ready for his speech. he will talk about his big priority, a key piece of the agenda, that $1.75 trillion climate and spending bill. senator majority chuck schumer
figure that out and i imagine a novel case and the lawyers want to get a shot at it because there is a question of whether the parents should be charged or if they will be held accountable. opening arguments today in the trial of a former police officer in minnesota. kim potter is charged with manslaughter after shoongt and killing a 20-year-old black man during a traffic stop in april. she said she was going for her taser but grabbed her gun by mistake. mike tobin live in minneapolis. mike. those statements should get underway any minute now in the case of this veteran police officer kim potter. another case which the public has already seen the most compelling evidence. that is video from a body camera worn by potter herself. the video shows a traffic stop on april 11. we know daunte wright was pulled over. once he was pulled over potter and trainee officer discovered he had an outstanding warrant
safety. cnn s omar jimenez who covered this story from the very beginning joins us live in minneapolis with the latest on this. this is a big decision. reporter: yeah, john, it really is. to be clear, this wouldn t get rid of police officers, it would reorganize them into a public safety department that could give them the flexibility in the future to decrease the number of officers if they so chose, but also would allow them to add in more support services to the public safety mix and we have seen enthusiasm at the polls so far, more people voted early in this election than any election we have seen here in minneapolis, the municipal level in the past 45 years. voting this season? reporter: leading up to election day, canvassers are making a final push to encourage people to vote yes on ballot question number 2 in minneapolis. that s what this new department is about. reporter: shall the
order, get your people in order, because we re going to continue to fight this good old fight. we re going to continue to fight this good old fight. so, there is my reason of not being in d.c. today, and it s okay. because i have no doubt in my mind the bill is going to get passed. when it gets passed, that s when i ll make my way to d.c. reporter: jessica explained to you all the reasons why that bill has not reached president biden s desk yet, but it s very clear here today, on the anniversary of george floyd s death, that there is a real expectation we re going to see a bill and it s going to reach the president. backs to you. joe johns for us live in minneapolis, thank you. joining us now, cnn law enforcement analyst, joe barksdale and cnn political analyst, aaron herndon with the
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