- Former Minnesota cop Kim Potter cried out and apologized on the witness stand at her trial over the killing of Daunte Wright.
- "I'm sorry it happened!" a sobbing Potter yelled out while under cross-examination.
- Potter faces first- and second-degree manslaughter charges in the April 11, 2021 shooting.
Former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter cried out and apologized on the witness stand on Friday during her trial over the shooting death of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man.
"I'm sorry it happened!" a sobbing Potter yelled while under cross-examination in Hennepin County District Court. "I'm so sorry!"
Potter, 49, testified in her own defense at her trial, where she faces first- and second-degree manslaughter charges for the April 11, 2021 killing of Wright.
The 26-year veteran cop — who is white and has since resigned from the Brooklyn Center Police Department — fatally shot Wright during a traffic stop in the Minneapolis suburb.
Potter has said that she intended to grab her Taser, which was holstered on the opposite side of her body, when she shot Wright in the chest.
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