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 — 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. She was sentenced only on the more serious charge in accordance with state law. For someone with no criminal history, such as Potter, the state guidelines on that charge range from slightly more than six years to about 8 1/2 years in prison, with the presumptive sentence being just over seven years.
Prosecutors said the presumptive sentence was proper, but defense attorneys asked for a sentence below the guidelines, including a sentence of probation only.A look at high-profile killings by US police Eric Garner Michael Brown Laquad McDonald Tamir Rice Walter Scott Freddie Gray Philando Castile Justine Ruszczyk Damond Jordan Edwards Manuel Ellis Breonna Taylor George Floyd Rayshard Brooks Casey Goodson Jr.
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