Alan Dershowitz says Kim Potter ‘made an honest mistake’ shooting Daunte Wright

Published April 23, 2021 1:18am ET



Famed lawyer Alan Dershowitz called for an early acquittal of the former police officer who shot a black man in Minnesota, claiming that she had made an “honest mistake.”

The Harvard law professor emeritus said Thursday on The Laura Ingraham Show that he does not see a viable manslaughter case facing Kim Potter, who shot and killed Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center earlier this month.

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