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Former police officer Kimberly Potter sentencing in Minneapolis

Minnesota officer who killed Daunte Wright in 2021 released from prison

By Associated Press

Activists address the media calling for justice for those killed by police officers, outside the Minnesota State Capitol i...

Police detain mother of Daunte Wright after recording traffic stop

The mother of Daunte Wright, who was fatally shot by a suburban Minneapolis police officer, says was injured while she was briefly detained by one of the same department's officers after she stopped to record an arrest of a person…

By Associated Press

FILE PHOTO: A group of asylum seekers from Mexico, Cuba and Haiti are detained by U.S. Border Patrol in San Luis

News Wrap: Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to Trump-era ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy

In our news wrap Friday, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a Biden administration appeal of the Trump-era "Remain in Mexico" policy, police in Canada arrested at least 70 protesters and towed away trucks in an effort to end protesters’…

Former Minneapolis police officer Kim Potter sentenced for killing Daunte Wright

Kim Potter, the former Minneapolis police officer who killed Daunte Wright, was sentenced on Friday to two years in prison. That was far less than the standard manslaughter sentence of around seven years. Potter fatally shot Wright, a 20-year-old Black…

By Fred de Sam Lazaro, Sam Lane

Ex-cop who killed Daunte Wright to learn sentence

Kim Potter was convicted in December of both first-degree and second-degree manslaughter in the April 11 killing of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black motorist.

By Amy Forliti, Associated Press

What to watch for at Kim Potter’s sentencing hearing

By Amy Forliti, Associated Press

The suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she confused her handgun for her Taser when she killed Daunte Wright is set to be sentenced for her first-degree manslaughter conviction.

Prosecutors reduce requested sentence for ex-cop Kim Potter

By Amy Forliti, Associated Press

Minnesota prosecutors have apparently backed away from their pursuit of a longer-than-usual sentence for the suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she confused her handgun for her Taser when she killed Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black motorist.

How the guilty verdict in the Kim Potter trial could influence police reform

By John Yang, Courtney Norris

A jury convicted former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter Thursday on two counts of manslaughter after 27 hours of deliberations. Potter shot Daunte Wright, 20, after reaching for her taser but drawing her gun. The April incident began as a…

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Kim Potter guilty of manslaughter in Daunte Wright death

By Scott Bauer, Amy Forliti, Associated Press

Jurors on Thursday convicted a suburban Minneapolis police officer 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.