Potter: Daunte Wright traffic stop ‘just went chaotic’
By AMY FORLITI and SCOTT BAUER
Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The suburban Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed Daunte Wright has testified that the traffic stop “just went chaotic” after Wright tried to get back into his car and leave. Kim Potter, who is charged with manslaughter in Wright’s April 11 death, testified Friday at her manslaughter trial that she saw a look of fear on another officer’s face before she fired. She has said she meant to use her Taser instead of her gun to stop Wright from fleeing while officers were trying to arrest him on an outstanding warrant. Prosecutor Erin Eldridge got Potter to agree on cross examination that her use of force training was a “key component” to being an officer.
