Mostly white jury seated for trial in Daunte Wright’s death

By STEVE KARNOWSKI and AMY FORLITI
Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A mostly white jury has been seated for the trial of a white, former Minnesota police officer who claims she mixed up her gun and Taser when she shot and killed Black motorist Daunte Wright. Kim Potter is charged with manslaughter in Wright’s death in April in Brooklyn Center, a Minneapolis suburb. Nine of the 12 jurors likely to deliberate are white, with one black member and two who are Asian. That’s in line with the demographics of the county where the shooting happened, but notably less diverse than the jury that convicted former Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin in George Floyd’s death. One legal expert said racial makeup is important, but jurors’ attitudes toward police and policing are even more crucial.