Arbuey Wright gave an impassioned testimony when he sat on the witness stand to speak about the April traffic stop that took the life of his son Daunte Wright. The Minneapolis jury has listened to emotional accounts of Daunte's character from his mother, Katie Bryant, and girlfriend, Alayna Albrecht-Payton . In Arbuey's "spark of life" testimony, the father addressed the incident that led Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter to "mistakenly" discharge her firearm, which resulted in the killing of the 20-year-old. A "spark of life" testimony, when loved ones of an assumed crime victim present personal testimonies ahead of a verdict, the first of which originated during a 1985 state Supreme Court case in Minnesota, according to The New York Times. In other states, these types of testimonies are routinely held during sentencing after the defendant is convicted, ABC News reports . A "spark of life" testimony was implemented in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer...
