MINNEAPOLIS — A juror who heard the manslaughter case against Kimberly Potter said that he believed the ex-Brooklyn Center police officer made a mistake when she drew her handgun instead of her Taser and shot Daunte Wright a year ago, but he also thinks the trial's outcome was correct.
Ross Smith, 34, of Eden Prairie, was an alternate juror who heard the case and whose name Hennepin County District Judge Regina Chu released Friday, along with those of the jurors who were seated and those who were dismissed during questioning before testimony began on Dec. 8 and ended with guilty verdicts two weeks later.
The Minneapolis Star Tribune reached out Friday to all 14 of the jurors — two of them alternates — who were empaneled for the trial. Several declined to be interviewed, while others did not return messages.
