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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Richard Hall

Kim Potter: Police officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright sentenced to two years as judge commends her ‘honourable service’

AP

Kim Potter, the former Minnesota police officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright during a traffic stop last year, has been sentenced to two years in prison.

Potter, who claimed she mistook her handgun for her Taser when she fatally shot the 20-year-old black man, was convicted of first and second-degree manslaughter in a trial in December.

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