Kim Potter, the ex-officer who killed Daunte Wright after saying she mistook her gun for a Taser, is set to be released from prison Monday
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The Minnesota officer who killed an unarmed Black man after saying she mistook her gun for her Taser during a traffic stop is set be released from prison Monday. Kimberly Potter, the former Brooklyn Center police officer, was convicted of two counts of manslaughter in the killing of 20-year-old Daunte Wright during a traffic stop near Minneapolis. She will be released from the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Shakopee on Monday after serving 16 months of her two-year sentence behind bars. Wright was killed in 2021 after he was pulled over for having...
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