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Former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter released from prison after serving 16 months for Daunte Wright shooting
Kim Potter, the former Minnesota police officer who shot and killed Daunte Wright, has been released after serving 16 months in prison.
Kim Potter, the former Minnesota police officer who shot and killed Daunte Wright during a traffic stop, has been released after spending 16 months in prison.
Her conviction and sentence
Potter was convicted of two counts of manslaughter for the fatal shooting of 20-year-old Wright, an unarmed Black man killed during a April 2021 traffic stop near Minneapolis. Wright was pulled over for having expired tags and for a hanging air freshener.
Daunte Wright
Potter’s former police chief said that the officer believed she was shooting her Taser, not her service weapon, when she fired a single shot that killed Wright.
Kim Potter released from prison
Potter was sentenced to two years in prison for the shooting. According to the Minnesota Department of Corrections, she will be on supervised release until December, when her sentence expires.
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