MINNEAPOLIS — Former Brooklyn Center police Officer Kimberly Potter was sentenced Friday to a two-year term, lower than suggested by state guidelines, for fatally shooting Daunte Wright during a traffic stop last spring.
Hennepin County District Judge Regina Chu handed down the sentence after hearing victim impact statements from Wright's family, and arguments from the prosecution and Potter's defense Friday morning. Potter also spoke through sobs to Wright's family in the courtroom.
Potter will serve the first 16 months in prison and the balance on supervised release. Chu called it "a significant downward departure" from state sentencing guidelines, adding that it was "the saddest case in my 20 years on the bench."
