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Minnesota prosecutors have apparently backed away from their pursuit of a longer-than-usual sentence for the suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she confused her handgun for her Taser when she killed Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black motorist.

Minnesota prosecutors have apparently backed away from their pursuit of a longer-than-usual sentence for the suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she confused her handgun for her Taser when she killed Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black motorist. Kim Potter is scheduled to be sentenced Friday following her December conviction of first-degree manslaughter. In a court filing this week, prosecutors said a sentence of just more than seven years — which is the presumed penalty under state gu...

She is scheduled to be sentenced Friday.

The 22-year-old was killed by police in a botched “no knock warrant.”

Prosecutors previously said they would call for a longer sentence for the ex-Brooklyn Center officer, convicted in December of killing Daunte Wright.

She is scheduled to be sentenced Friday.

In a court filing this week, prosecutors said a sentence of slightly more than seven years — which is the presumed penalty under the state’s guidelines ― would be proper.

Minnesota prosecutors have apparently backed away from their pursuit of a longer-than-usual sentence for the suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she confused her handgun for her Taser when she

Kim Potter, the officer who killed Daunte Wright, is scheduled to be sentenced Friday on charges of first- and second-degree manslaughter.

She is scheduled to be sentenced Friday.