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Potter, who was a police officer in Minnesota, was sentenced to two years in prison after she was found guilty of manslaughter in the shooting death of a young man.
Earl Gray is the defense attorney for former Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter.
Potter will serve the first two-thirds of her sentence in prison and the last eight months on supervised release, according to the judge.
Potter was sentenced to 86 months in prison for first-degree manslaughter, which the prosecutors argued reflected the seriousness of the loss.
life,” but Potter’s attorneys called for a shorter sentence, pointing to her “contrition” and “complete lack of criminal record.”The maximum sentence for first-degree manslaughter in Minnesota is 15 years, and the seven-year term dictated by the state's sentencing guidelines is shorter.
The judge argued that the situation was chaotic and that Potter's use of a firearm wasn't driven by animosity.
Shortly before she was sentenced, Potter apologized to Wright's family.
Wright's family is completely stunned and deeply disappointed by Potter's sentence, according to their attorney.
Potter shot Wright, who was black, during a traffic stop in April. Wright was pulled over by police for driving with an expired registration, and after he tried to flee from the officers, Potter threatened to taser him. Potter then shot him in the chest with her gun. Less than 20 minutes later, Wright was dead. Potter resigned from the police force within days, and she was convicted, after she said she accidentally drew her gun and remarked that she was going to prison.
Wright's death sparked protests in Brooklyn Center, a suburb of Minneapolis. The shooting took place while a former Minneapolis police officer was being tried for murder miles away.
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