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By AMY FORLITI, STEVE KARNOWSKI and TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — 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 two years in prison, a penalty below state guidelines after the judge found mitigating factors warranted a…

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.

  Over one-thousand protesters took to the streets yet again to rally against police violence on Saturday, February 5. Minneapolis Police fatally shot 22-year old Black man Amir Locke 3 times, after serving a no-knock warrant around 7 a.m. on February 2. Police had been in the apartment for 9 seconds when an officer now...

Kim Potter, the former suburban Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright, has been sentenced to two years in prison, a penalty below state guidelines.

During the sentencing hearing, Kim Potter asked the Wright family for forgiveness for taking his life away.

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.

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

The former Minnesota police officer was convicted of manslaughter for fatally shooting the 20-year-old after she mistook her handgun for her Taser.

MSNBC live coverage, updates, analysis and opinions on the sentencing of Kim Potter for the killing of Daunte Wright

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 two years in prison. Wright’s family denounced the sentence as too lenient and accused the judge of being taken in by a “white