US Cop Charged With George Floyd's Murder Decides Not To Testify At Trial

Kim Potter, 48, charged with second-degree manslaughter for the death of Daunte Wright, was ordered during a brief Zoom hearing to appear before a county judge on May 17.

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin said Thursday that he would not testify at his murder trial for the death of George Floyd, as a policewoman facing charges for the killing of another Black American made her first court appearance. Kim Potter, 48, charged with second-degree manslaughter for the death of Daunte Wright, was ordered during a brief Zoom hearing to appear before a county judge on May 17. Wright's shooting in a Minneapolis suburb on Sunday -- during which Potter appears to have mistakenly fired her gun instead of her Taser -- further fueled tensions in the Minnesota city already on edge amid Chauvin's trial. Both Chauvin and Potter are white while Floyd and Wright were African Americans.