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MINNEAPOLIS — A prison intake photo of Kim Potter that showed her smiling widely after she was convicted of manslaughter in Daunte Wrights death flared up at her sentencing Friday,

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.

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.

Hennepin County Judge Regina Chu sentenced the ex-Brooklyn Center police officer to two years in prison for the shooting death of Daunte Wright.

Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old resident of Minneapolis, was fatally shot by Brooklyn Centre Police Department officer Kimberly Potter during a traffic stop that... 18.02.2022, Sputnik International

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 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 prison intake photo of Kim Potter that showed her smiling widely after she was convicted of manslaughter in Daunte Wright's death flared up at her sentencing Friday, with Wright's mother saying it showed Potter wasn't genuinely sorry for his death.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kim Potter, the former suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she confused ...

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. Wrights family denounced the verdict as too lenient and accused the judge of giving more consideration to the white officer than the Black victim.