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Kim Potter trial: Opening statements in trial over Daunte Wright’s death (LIVE) | USA TODAY

Jurors will hear opening statements Wednesday in the manslaughter trial of former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter, who shot Daunte Wright while yelling “Taser” in a Minneapolis suburb earlier this year.
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The proceedings mark the second time in Minnesota state history that opening statements in a criminal trial will be livestreamed. The first time was earlier this year for the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was convicted of murdering George Floyd.

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