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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.

The judge presiding over Kim Potters manslaughter trial justified the former policewomans two-year sentence Friday by comparing the case to two other local police killings -- one of them George

Kim Potter, a former suburban Minneapolis police officer, was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to two years in prison for the April 11 shooting death of 20-year-old Daunte Wright, a Black motorist. Here are some key moments in the case:

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

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kim Potter, the former suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she confused her handgun for her Taser when she fatally shot Daunte Wright, was sentenced Friday to

Kim Potter, the former suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she confused her handgun for her taser when she fatally shot Daunte Wright, is sentenced to two years in prison.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — 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.

The former Brooklyn Center, Minnesota cop claimed she mistook her gun for a taser during an April 2021 traffic stop that left 20-year-old Wright dead.

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.

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.