Jury at Kim Potter trial quietly deliberates for third day
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Jurors in the trial of a suburban Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed Black motorist Daunte Wright spent a third day deliberating Wednesday, after a question to the judge suggested some are concerned they may not be able to reach agreement.
The jury asked Judge Regina Chu on Tuesday afternoon how to proceed if they can't reach a verdict. The question came after roughly 12 hours of deliberations that began Monday, and the judge told jurors to continue their work.
Deliberations resumed shortly before 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday. As of midafternoon, the jury had not asked any other questions.
Former Brooklyn Center officer Kim Potter, who is white, is charged with first- and second-degree manslaughter. If convicted of the most serious charge, Potter, 49, would face a sentence of about seven years under state guidelines, though prosecutors have said they will seek more.
Potter said she meant to use her Taser on Wright rather than her gun, and jurors had a second question for Chu: Could Potter's handgun, given to them along with her Taser as exhibits, be freed from the zip ties holding it in an evidence box so they could handle it?
