Kim Potter sprung from prison after serving 16 months for killing Daunte Wright
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Former Minnesota cop Kim Potter was released from prison Monday after serving 16 months of a two-year sentence for fatally shooting Daunte Wright during a 2021 traffic stop. Potter, 50, walked out of the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Shakopee at around 4 a.m. βout of an abundance of cautionβ for her safety, department officials said, without elaborating. The white woman had opened fire on the 20-year-old black man during a traffic stop in suburban Brooklyn Center in April 2021 during the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former cop who was...
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