BREAKING: Kim Potter was sentenced to two years in prison for the killing of Daunte Wright.
As officers tried to detain Wright and he tried to get back into his vehicle, Potter repeatedly yelled"Taser!" before shooting him once at close range with her Glock handgun.
Body camera and dashcam footage released after the shooting revealed the moment Potter shot Wright. Realizing her fatal mistake, Potter can be seen crying and saying:"I grabbed the wrong f***ing gun, I shot him. I'm going to go to prison." Throughout the case, Potter's defense attorneys pushed for a reduced sentence, pointing to her lack of criminal history and expressed remorse as justifiable cause for reduction. They also argued that the situation wasIn this screen grab from video, former Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kim Potter stands with defense attorney Earl Gray, as the verdict is read Thursday, December 23, 2021 at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minn.
This inmate photo provided by the Minnesota Department of Corrections on Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021, shows former Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kim Potter. Potter was convicted on Thursday of two manslaughter charges in the killing of Daunte Wright, a Black motorist she shot during a traffic stop after she said she confused her gun for her Taser.However, there is no universal standard in how Tasers should be used and carried.
The need for the Taser's use was also called into question by the prosecution and Takano alike, who deemed the use of force to be unnecessarily excessive as Wright was not carrying out any assaultive behavior at the time of his arrest.
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