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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.

Her attorney wants her placed on probation, not sent to prison.

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.

By Nathan Layne

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.

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

NBC's Shaquille Brewster reports on the sentencing of former officer Kim Potter to 16 months in jail and six months of supervised release for the death of Daunte Wright. The judge in the case discussed how Potter's past record of service and circumstances of the incident factored into her lower sentence for the manslaughter charge.

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.

Bruce Bisping/Star Tribune via Getty Images(MINNEAPOLIS) -- Former Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kim Potter will receive her sentence on Friday, Feb. 18 following her conviction in the death of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man who was fatally shot during a traffic stop. A Minnesota jury convicted Potter, 49, of first-degree and second-degree manslaughter in the April 11, 2021, incident. She had pleaded not guilty to both charges. The maximum sentence for first-degree manslaughter is 15 ye...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota judge finds factors exist to warrant a lesser sentence for Kim Potter, the ex-officer who killed Daunte Wright.