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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. She will serve 16 months in prison.

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.

Potter will be sentenced only on the most serious charge of first-degree manslaughter, which carries a presumptive penalty of just over seven years in prison.

Potter was convicted of both first and second-degree manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright following a Brooklyn Center traffic stop.

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.

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

The shooting in Brooklyn Center triggered multiple nights of protests in the Minneapolis suburb, capturing national attention at a time many Americans were reckoning with racism and police violence.

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.

Former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter received a sentence of 24 months after she was convicted of first- and second-degree manslaughter in the fatal

Former Brooklyn Center police officer was convicted in April 2021 shooting death