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Potter case now in the hands of the jury

December 20, 2021 By Scott Peterson

The Kim Potter case is now in the hands of the jury. During closing arguments today prosecutor Erin Eldridge said “the defendant told you her sons will be home for the holidays, you know who won’t be home for the holidays is Daunte Wright. Daunte Wright’s parents, Katie and Abruey Wright will have an empty seat at their table this holiday season because the defendant shot and killed him.” Eldridge also argued that “the defense will tell you that Daunte Wright is somehow to blame in causing his own death, but make no mistake, we’re here because of the defendant’s actions, not Daunte Wright’s.” Defense attorney Earl Gray, however, contended that “everything [police at the scene]  were doing as good police officers until Daunte Wright took it upon himself to flee, he even left after he was shot, purposely.” Gray also argued that the state saying Wright had nothing to do with his death was “absurd.” And Gray said “Wright caused his own death, unfortunately, but those are the cold, hard facts of the evidence.” Eldridge made the argument that  “at the heart of it, this case is very simple, members of the jury, it’s a case about the defendant’s reckless handling of a firearm, and it’s about her culpable negligence and it’s about what she did on April 11th.” And Eldridge added that “carrying a badge and a gun is not a license to kill.”On rebuttal, the state’s Matthew Frank responded to the defense by asking the jury: “I want you to consider if we accept that argument, that he caused his own death, we have to accept that any time a person does not meticulously follow the commands of a police officer, they can be shot to death and there would be no consequences to that officer.” Potter has pleaded not guilty in the shooting death of 20-year-old Daunte Wright.

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