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Kim Potter, the Minnesota police officer who was convicted in the death of Daunte Wright, was sentenced to just two years in prison Friday.

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 two years in prison.

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A prison intake photo of Kim Potter that showed her smiling widely...

Kim Potter is going to prison for killing Daunte Wright , but for nowhere near as along as his family hoped. "The justice system murdered him all over again," said...

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.

Former police officer Kimberly Potter was found guilty by a jury in December of first-degree and second-degree manslaughter.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- A prison intake photo of Kim Potter that showed her smiling widely after she was convicted of manslaughter in Daunte Wright's death

A Minnesota judge has sentenced former police officer Kimberly Potter to two years in prison in the fatal shooting of Black motorist Daunte Wright during a traffic stop.

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.