Minnesota officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright freed
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Kim Potter, the Minnesota police officer who said she mistook her gun for a Taser and killed Daunte Wright in 2021, was released from prison about 4 a.m.
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The former Minnesota officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright will be freed Monday
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Minnesota officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright freed
Former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter, who accidentally killed Daunte Wright when she mistook her firearm for a stun gun during a traffic stop, is set to be released from prison Monday.
A white former police officer convicted of manslaughter after mistaking her handgun for a Taser and fatally shooting Black motorist Daunte Wright in suburban Minneapolis in 2021 is set to be released from prison Monday.
An ex-police officer convicted of manslaughter after mistaking her handgun for a Taser and fatally shooting a Black motorist in 2021 is set to be released.
Kim Potter, who was convicted of manslaughter after mistaking her handgun for a Taser in the 2021 incident, is set to be released from prison after serving 16 months. Daunte Wright was 20 years old.
Kim Potter, the Minnesota police officer who said she mistook her gun for a Taser and killed Daunte Wright in 2021, was released from prison about 4 a.m.
The Minnesota Department of Corrections said Potter was set free around 4 a.m. “out of an abundance of caution.” The department had confirmed Friday she would be released Monday but declined to say what time out of security concerns.
The former Minnesota police officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright was released from prison on Monday after serving 16 months of her two-year sentence.
Potter, 50, was released from the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Shakopee “out of an abundance of caution” for her safety, department officials said, without elaborating.
Former Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter is set to be released from prison this week, after serving 16 months behind bars for the killing of Daunte Wright.
A white ex-police officer convicted of manslaughter after mistaking her handgun for a Taser and fatally shooting a Black motorist in suburban Minneapolis in 2021 is set to be released from prison on Monday.
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.
Potter, a former Brooklyn Center police officer, served two-thirds of her two-year sentence for fatally shooting Daunte Wright before her release at 4 a.m. Monday.
By Adrienne Broaddus, CNN Former Minnesota officer Kimberly Potter has been released from prison after serving 16 months of a two-year sentence in the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright, whom she shot after mistaking her gun for a Taser during a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center, according to the Minneso…
A white former police officer convicted of manslaughter after mistaking her handgun for a Taser and fatally shooting Black motorist Daunte Wright in suburban Minneapolis in 2021 was released from prison Monday.
Former Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter was freed from prison early Monday after more than one year behind bars for the accidental killing of Daunte Wright.
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