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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The judge who sentenced white former Officer Kim Potter on Friday to...

Prosecutors said the presumptive sentence was proper, but defense attorneys asked for a sentence below the guidelines, including a sentence of probation only.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The judge who sentenced white former Officer Kim Potter on Friday to...

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The judge who sentenced white former Officer Kim Potter on Friday to two years in prison for killing Black motorist Daunte Wright cited the difficult job that police face — and Potter’s remorse — as justification for giving her a light sentence.

A judge sentenced former Minneapolis police officer Kim Potter for pulling her gun and fatally shooting Daunte Wright — a shorter sentence than expected and one Wright's family say is too lenient.

Wright’s mom, Katie Wright, spoke during the sentencing in a tearful statement, saying that she has to be the voice “for her son Daunte.”

Former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter, who fatally shot Black motorist Daunte Wright while yelling "Taser," was sentenced Friday to two years.

Kim Potter, the former Minnesota police officer who confused her taser with her hand gun when she shot and killed Daunte Wright has been sentenced.

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