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Potter was convicted in December of first- and second-degree manslaughter in the killing of Wright, a 20-year-old Black motorist.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

Potter was convicted in December of first- and second-degree manslaughter in the killing of Wright. She said she confused her handgun for her Taser when she fatally shot him.

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, a penalty below state guidelines after the judge found mitigating factors warranted a lesser sentence.