Manslaughter trial of former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter resumes, with testimony focusing on the police department’s use-of-force policies and procedures that Potter was required to follow.
Judge Regina Chu on Tuesday denied two motions filed by prosecutors. One was designed to limit the opinion of witnesses who are not testifying as experts. That came after Johnson last week testified that Potter’s actions were authorized under state law. Johnson was not testifying as an expert on the police use of force.
Chu said she rejected the motion because Potter is no longer connected to the police union in any way and testifying witnesses “couldn’t possibly be biased to testify in her favor because of her position.” On Monday, Sam McGinnis, a senior special agent with the state’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, testified that Potter’s duty belt had holsters that require an officer to take deliberate actions to release the weapons. The gun holster has a snap, while the Taser holster has a lever. The handgun, which is black, is also twice as heavy as the yellow Taser, McGinnis said.
Prosecutors asked to have the jurors handle a Taser, but Chu didn’t allow it after Potter’s attorneys objected. Chu said jurors can do so during deliberations if they want.
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