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

Former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter, who fatally shot Black motorist Daunte Wright while yelling "Taser," was sentenced Friday to two years.

Ex-Minnesota officer Kim Potter got a break Friday when a judge gave her sixteen months in prison for killing Daunte Wright after mistaking her gun for a Taser during a traffic stop.

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 her handgun for her Taser when she fatally shot Daunte Wright , was sentenced Friday to two years in prison.

The judge in Kim Potter’s sentencing appeared emotional after handing down a two-year sentence to the former police officer, calling it a “mistake that ended tragically.”

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 sentence 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 fatally shot Daunte Wright, has been sentenced to two years in prison, a penalty below state guidelines.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The judge who sentenced white former Officer Kim Potter on Friday to...

The former Minnesota police officer was convicted of manslaughter for fatally shooting the 20-year-old after she mistook her handgun for her Taser.