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Minnesota sentencing guidelines call for just over seven years in prison upon conviction of first-degree manslaughter and four years for second-degree, though prosecutors have said they plan to push for longer sentences.

A prosecutor has told jurors that the suburban Minneapolis police officer who says she meant to use her Taser instead of her gun when she shot and killed Black motorist Daunte Wright made a “blunder of epic proportions.”

A prosecutor has told jurors that the suburban Minneapolis police officer who says she meant to use her Taser instead of her gun when she shot and killed Black motorist Daunte Wright made a “blunder of epic proportions.”

The first prosecution witness at the manslaughter trial of former officer Kim Potter was the mother of Daunte Wright, whom the 20-year-old man called in the final moments of his life. #kimpotter #manslaughtertrial #dauntewright

DAUNTE WRIGHT-OFFICER TRIAL

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Kim Potter's case will go to the jury following Monday's closing arguments and after Judge Regina Chu gives final instructions.

Closing arguments began Monday morning in the trial of Kim Potter, the former Brooklyn Center police officer accused of shooting and killing Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, during a traffic stop earlier this year. FOX 9 is streaming the Potter trial live, gavel to gavel, at fox9.com/live and on the FOX 9 YouTube channel and the FOX 9 News App.

Attorneys are making their closing arguments in the case of the former Minnesota police officer, who fatally killed Daunte Wright. Potter says she accidentally pulled her handgun instead of a Taser.

Attorneys are making their closing arguments in the case of the former Minnesota police officer, who fatally killed Daunte Wright. Potter says she accidentally pulled her handgun instead of a Taser.