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Kim Potter, the former suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she confused her handgun for her Taser when she fatally shot Daunte Wright, has been sentenced to two years in prison. Potter was convicted in December of first- and second-degree manslaughter in the April 11 killing of Wright, who was Black. The sentence issued Friday is below the range of about six to 8 1/2 years in prison recommended by state guidelines. But Judge Regina Chu said she found mitigating factors exist that gave h...

Officer Kim Potter was convicted of first- and second-degree manslaughter in the April 11 killing.

Former Brooklyn Center police officer was convicted in April 2021 shooting death

The sentence comes nearly two months after Potter was convicted of first- and second-degree manslaughter.

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

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. Kim Potter was convicted in December of first- and second-degree manslaughter in the April 11 killing of Wright, a 20-year-old Black motorist. Prosecutors said the presumptive sentence was proper, but defense attorneys ...

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 suburban Minneapolis police officer Kim Potter receives lesser sentence after shooting Wright at traffic stop.

The mother of Daunte Wright said Friday she will never be able to forgive the former suburban Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed her son.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kim Potter, the former suburban Minneapolis police officer who said...