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Posted: 2021-12-03T18:53:22Z | Updated: 2021-12-03T18:53:22Z

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) A mostly white jury was seated Friday for the trial of a suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she drew her handgun by mistake when she fatally shot Black motorist Daunte Wright following a traffic stop.

Opening statements were to begin Wednesday in the case against Kim Potter, 49, who is charged with first- and second-degree manslaughter in the April 11 shooting in the suburb of Brooklyn Center.

Potter, who is white, has said she meant to use her Taser on Wright after he tried to drive away from officers while they were trying to arrest him, but that she grabbed her handgun instead. Her body camera recorded the shooting.

The last two jurors, both alternates, were quickly seated Friday morning.

Nine of the first 12 jurors seated the ones who will deliberate if no alternates are needed are white, with one juror identifying as Black and two as Asian. The panel is evenly split between men and women. The two alternates are also white.