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February 21, 2022

Judge Sentences Kim Potter, Who Killed Daunte Wright During Traffic Stop, to 2 Years in Prison
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In Minneapolis, a judge has sentenced former police officer Kim Potter
to two years in prison for the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright during a
minor traffic stop last April. Potter was convicted of manslaughter in
December. The judge in the case said Potter made a "tragic mistake" when
she shot Wright, a 20-year-old Black man. Potter claimed she meant to
deploy her Taser. Daunte's mother Katie Wright spoke after the sentence
was announced on Friday.

Katie Wright: "Kim Potter murdered my son, and he died April 11th. Today
the justice system murdered him all over again. To sit there and watch,
pouring my heart out in my victim impact statement, that took so long to
write, and I reread it over and over again, to not get a response out of
the judge at all, but then when it came down convicting - or, to
sentencing Kim Potter, she broke out in tears. So, once again, we are
standing here to say that we're very disappointed in the outcome. … This
is the problem with our justice system today: White women's tears trumps
- trumps - justice."



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