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Posted: 2021-12-10T00:50:32Z | Updated: 2021-12-10T00:50:32Z

The woman in the passenger seat of Daunte Wrights car when police pulled him over gave emotional testimony on the second day of police officer Kim Potters trial, detailing the panic that ensued after the former suburban Minneapolis officer shot Wright dead.

Alayna Albrecht-Payton, 20, was the first of several witnesses to take the stand on Thursday. She recalled Brooklyn Center police pulling them over on April 11, Wright being shot, the subsequent crash into another car and her desperate attempt to keep the 20-year-old Black man alive.

I grabbed, like, whatever was in the car. I dont remember if it was a sweater or a towel or a blanket or something and put it on his chest, like you know you see in movies and TV shows. I didnt know what to do, she said.

I remember trying to just get [Wright] up, and I was the only one out of everybody there who was trying to help him. I was trying to push on his chest and call his name, and he wasnt answering me and he was just gasping, just taking breaths of air, Albrecht-Payton continued. I replay that image in my head daily.