By Malaika Jabali ·Updated December 9, 2021
Opening statements began Wednesday for the trial of Kimberly Potter, an ex-cop who killed Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in Minnesota in April.
Wright was stopped for having an air freshener hanging from his rearview mirror. During the stop, Potter and another officer, Anthony Luckey, learned that Wright had a warrant out for his arrest. Potter, 49, says she mistook her Taser for a gun