Former Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, police officer Kim Potter was sentenced on Friday. Potter was convicted in December of first-degree and second-degree manslaughter for fatally shooting of 20-year-old Daunte Wright on April 11, 2021. Follow here for the latest news.
Highlights
- Kim Potter was convicted in December of first-degree and second-degree manslaughter for fatally shooting 20-year-old Daunte Wright.
- Wright’s family attorney Ben Crump said they are disappointed with the sentence.
- Crump compared Potter’s case to that of a Minnesota police officer Mohamed Noor, who was sentenced to four years and nine months for shooting a woman when responding to a 911 call in 2017.
- Potter will be required to serve two-thirds of her sentence in prison, or 16 months, according to state law.
- With good behavior, she will be eligible for supervised release for the remaining third of her time in prison with good behavior.