US policewoman ‘betrayed 20-year-old kid’, manslaughter trial told

Lawyers Jeff Storms, left, accompanies the family of Daunte Wright as they arrive at the Hennepin County Government Centre in Minneapolis (Christian Monterrosa/AP)

A prosecutor has told the manslaughter trial of a Minnesota police officer who killed Daunte Wright that Kim Potter violated her training and “betrayed a 20-year-old kid”.

Prosecutor Erin Eldridge began her opening statement by telling jurors that a police officer’s fundamental duty is to protect the sanctity of life.