The cop who shot and killed an unarmed man on video is on trial.

Daunte Wright was targeted by police for a claimed expired tag only miles from where George Floyd breathed his last breaths on Earth as they were crushed from his body by officer Derek Chauvin. Because the American police state is a violent behemoth incapable of self-control, Wright would be slain within seconds of the stop by those claiming to protect him. Immediately after Wright's death, the police claimed it was an accident, but that quickly changed as footage appeared.

Wright "died of a gunshot wound to the chest and the manner of death is murder," the Hennepin County medical examiner determined in April. However, authorities sought to minimise the killing by alleging that the officer who shot Wright, Kim Potter, mistook her taser for her pistol.

Regardless of whose weapon she believed she was wielding, her actions resulted in the death of a 20-year-old man. Additionally, the video indicates that she had enough time — five seconds — to establish that the pistol in her hand was not a taser.

Prosecutors agreed, charging Potter, who resigned two days after the incident, with first- and second-degree manslaughter, claiming she was an experienced cop educated to know better. Prosecutors must establish recklessness in the most severe accusation; they need merely to prove criminal negligence in the lower offence.

Jury selection started on Monday for Potter's trial, and both the defence and prosecution have a difficult task. Following Wright's murder, widespread demonstrations erupted throughout the city, affecting innumerable people who have almost certainly all reinforced their positions on this subject as it has progressed.

According to Chief Tim Gannon of the Brooklyn Center Police Department, where Potter worked at the time of her murder, police pulled down Wright on that tragic Sunday afternoon due to his car having an expired government sticker.

However, Daunte's mother, Katie Wright, said that her son contacted her during the stop to inform her that he had been pulled over for an air freshener.

"He said that they pulled him up due to the fact that he was hanging air fresheners from his rearview mirror," she explained.

Katie Wright then listened on the other end of the phone to her son's murder. She said that she overheard a struggle and an officer cautioning her son not to flee, and then the line was disconnected. When Wright's girlfriend returned his phone call, she informed Katie Wright that police had just shot her son.

According to police, when they pulled over Wright and checked his information, they discovered he was wanted on a misdemeanour charge. When officers sought to apprehend Wright on this warrant, Wright attempted to re-enter his automobile.

As the gruesome body camera film shows, officers sought to extract him as officer Kim Potter, a 26-year veteran of the department, drew her revolver and shot Wright in the chest.

Wright's automobile began sliding forward when it collided with another vehicle. Then Officer Potter shouts, "f**k, I shot him!"

"I believe the officer intended to use their Taser but instead shot Mr. Wright once," Chief Gannon stated.

As noted before, regardless of what she believed, her actions resulted in the murder of an unarmed guy who should never have been in police custody in the first place.

According to court documents, the warrant was issued for Wright's failure to appear in court. He was detained for unlawfully carrying a firearm – a crime that is permitted in about half of the nation. However, since Minnesota requires residents to pay the state for a permission to exercise their right to self-defense, which millions do legitimately every day, Wright found himself in hot water.

Additionally, a search was made for the issued warrant, and it seems that the letters addressed to Wright informing him of his Zoom meeting court appearance did not reach him. The most recent entry in his case file is a notification of "returned mail," suggesting that he did not get the warrant notice.

Naturally, the NRA remained mute in the wake of Wright's murder, which is unsurprising considering their selective anger over the gun rights of people slain by police.

According to KWCH, Minnesota's sentencing guidelines call for Potter to serve slightly over seven years in prison on the first-degree manslaughter charge and four years on the second-degree manslaughter charge. However, prosecutors have indicated that they would seek a lengthier term.