Defense attorney: All Daunte Wright had to do was surrender

By AMY FORLITI and STEVE KARNOWSKI
Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An attorney for the Minnesota police officer who killed Black motorist Daunte Wright has told jurors that all Wright had to do that day was surrender to police. Prosecutors told jurors earlier Wednesday that former Brooklyn Center Officer Kim Potter violated her training and “betrayed a 20-year-old kid.” Defense attorney Paul Engh, meanwhile, told jurors during his opening statement that Potter made a mistake when she pulled her handgun instead of her Taser but that she ‘’did what she had to do” to protect a fellow officer. The prosecution says the former suburban Minneapolis officer had undergone extensive training that warned about such a mix-up. Potter has told the court she will testify at the trial.