Page 52 - Daunte Wright News Today

Daunte Wright, 20, was shot and killed during a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center, Minn., on April 11, 2021. The city’s police chief said that officer Kim Potter, a 26-year police veteran, had intended to stun the man with her Taser gun but accidentally drew her handgun instead and fired once. Potter was found guilty of first- and second-degree manslaughter. Potter was sentenced Friday to two years in prison.

Kim Potter was released Monday after serving 16 months of her two-year sentence for manslaughter in the 2021 killing of Daunte Wright.

Kim Potter, the Minnesota police officer who mistook her gun for a Taser and killed Daunte Wright in 2021, was released from prison early Monday.

Kim Potter, the Minnesota police officer who mistook her gun for a Taser and killed Daunte Wright in 2021, was released from prison early Monday.

She fatally shot 20-year-old Daunte Wright after mistaking her gun for a Taser during a 2021 traffic stop.

Potter will serve the remaining months of her sentence on supervised release in Wisconsin.

Potter mistook her gun for a taser and shot Wright, a Black man

On Monday (April 24), Potter is set to be released after serving 16 months at Shakopee Minnesota Correctional Facility for Wright's death.

The release is an ‘insult to all Americans who believe in justice,’ says Rev. Al Sharpton.

Former officer Kim Potter was released from the Shakopee facility after serving about 16 months of her two-year sentence.