o connor has apologized, she says it was poor judgment on her part. reporter: mary o connor is saying she understands why some may view her handling of this as inappropriate but that was not her intent. it all stems back to a traffic stop that was three weeks ago. the entire exchange less than two minutes long and the camera footage shows she is in the passenger seat of a golf course, her husband is in the driver seat when they are pulled over in the deputy explains why they are being stopped, they are driving a golf cart on a public road without the appropriate license plate tags. watch the exchange. is your camera on? i am the police chief in tampa. i am hoping you will just let us go tonight. i thought you looked
reporter: pamela, mary o connor saying she understands why some may view her handling of this inappropriate but that wasn t her intent she says this all stems back to a traffic stop that was about three weeks ago, the entire exchange less than two minutes long, and body cam footage shows that she s in the passenger seat of a golf cart, her husband is in the driver s seat when day were pulled over for a traffic stop the deputy explains to them why they are being stopped, they say they re driving a golf cart on a public road without the appropriate license plate tags, watch the exchange. is your camera on? it is. i m the police chief in tampa. oh, how are you doing? i m doing good. okay. i m hoping you ll just let us go tonight. yeah, okay. you look familiar, so. i m sure i do. okay, so, all right, folks,
manslaughter one, emotions, every single emotion that you could imagine just running through your body at that moment. reporter: captured by numerous police body cameras. officers stopped wright because of an illegal air freshener and expired license plate tags. then tried to take him into custody after a records check revealed an outstanding arrest warrant for a case involving a weapon. taser! taser! daunte wright caused his own death, unfortunately. but those are the cold hard facts, the evidence. reporter: while prosecutors argued an unarmed wright posed no threat. i would have preferred had daunte wright followed the commands and not tried to flee, sure. does that absolve her from liability? does that allow her to shoot him to death? it does not. reporter: tonight potter denied bail and escorted out of court in handcuffs, facing up to 15 years in prison. we have a degree of accountability for daunte wright s death. accountability is not