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The sentence handed down by the presiding judge was about 3 1⁄2 times lower than the presumptive prison term and left Daunte Wright's family and activists angry.
Around 100 Black Lives Matter protesters gathered outside the Minneapolis home of Judge Regina Chu, who sentenced cop Kim Potter to 14 months yesterday for killing Daunte Wright, 20.
Former Brooklyn Center officer Kimberly Potter has been sentenced to two years (24 months) in prison in connection to the death of Daunte Wright. She will have to serve two-thirds of that in prison.
The former Brooklyn Center police officer was found guilty of manslaughter in the April 2021 shooting death of 20-year-old Daunte Wright.
Daunte Wright's sister and others were reportedly handcuffed at the Hennepin County Government Center after former Brooklyn Center officer Kimberly Potter was sentenced to two years in prison in Wright's death.