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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. Kim Potter was convicted in December of both first-degree and second-degree manslaughter in the April 11 killing of Wright, a 20-year-old Black motorist. She’ll be sentenced only on the…

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. #dauntewright #handgun #kimpotter

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Former Minneapolis officer sentenced in fatal shooting

(KNSI) - Former Brooklyn Center police officer Kimberly Potter has been sentenced to 24 months in prison after...

Former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter, who fatally shot Black motorist Daunte Wright while yelling "Taser," was sentenced Friday to two years.

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.

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.

Late Friday morning, former Minneapolis Police Officer Kim Potter was sentenced to 16 months in prison, eight months of supervised release, and slapped with a $1,000 fine in the fatal April 2021 shooting of 20-year-old Daunte Wright. Potter was convicted of first-degree manslaughter in December for ...

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.