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The former Minnesota officer was convicted of manslaughter after she apparently mistook her gun for her Taser when she fatally shot the 20-year-old Black man. Prosecutors say she should serve time.

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The former suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she confused her handgun for her Taser when she killed Daunte Wright will be sentenced Friday for manslaughter.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The former suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she confused her handgun for her Taser when she killed Daunte Wright will be

Former Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kim Potter shot and killed Daunte Wright on April 11, 2021. She was later charged with manslaughter.

Locke's death has prompted an outcry against no-knock warrants, with a push by his family and others to ban them in Minnesota and beyond.

MINNEAPOLIS — The Rev.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kim Potter, a former suburban Minneapolis police officer, was...

Former Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter was sentenced Friday morning to two years in prison after a jury found her guilty of first-degree and second-degree manslaughter in the April 2021 shooting death of 20-year-old Daunte Wright.

Former Minnesota police Officer Kim Potter faces sentencing Friday for manslaughter in the 2021 shooting death of Daunte Wright. Potter was convicted in December of first- and second-degree manslaughter in Wright's death. She had argued that she had meant to use her Taser rather than her handgun on Wright as the 20-year-old Black man tried to drive away from officers after a traffic stop. Prosecutors have asked a judge for about seven years, a sentence in line with state guidelines; her att...