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Dec 23, 2021 · Dec. 23, 2021. MINNEAPOLIS — The former police officer who said she mistook her gun for her Taser when she fatally shot a man during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb was convicted of two...
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First-degree manslaughter in this case means prosecutors alleged that Potter caused Wright’s death while committing a misdemeanor — the “reckless handling or use of a firearm so as to endanger the safety of another with such force and violence that death or great bodily harm to any person was reasonably foreseeable.” The second-degree manslaughter ...
The maximum for first-degree manslaughter is 15 years; for second-degree, it’s 10 years. But Minnesota judges follow sentencing guidelines that normally call for less — just over seven years for first-degree, and four years for second-degree. Under Minnesota law, defendants are sentenced only on the most serious conviction if multiple counts involv...
The judge in Chauvin’s case sentenced him to 22 1/2 yearsfor second-degree unintentional murder. The presumptive sentence was 12 1/2 years. But Judge Peter Cahill found several aggravating factors, including that Chauvin abused his position of authority and treated Floyd with particular cruelty, and that several children witnessed the crime live. H...
Dec 23, 2021 · A Minneapolis jury on Thursday convicted former police officer Kim Potter on all charges she faced for fatally shooting Black motorist Daunte Wright this year — with a gun, not her Taser.
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Feb 18, 2022 · In December, Potter was found guilty of first- and second-degree manslaughter for firing a firearm instead of a Taser when Wright resisted arrest. The conviction comes with state sentencing ...
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Dec 1, 2021 · Potter is charged with first-degree manslaughter, which requires that the defendant caused someone’s death through the reckless use or handling of a firearm, She’s also charged with second ...
Dec 23, 2021 · Jurors in Hennepin County, Minnesota, found former police officer Kimberly Ann Potter, 49, guilty of both first-degree manslaughter and second-degree manslaughter for shooting and killing Daunte Wright, 20, during a catastrophic April 11, 2021 traffic stop.
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Apr 24, 2023 · Potter was convicted of two counts of manslaughter in the killing of 20-year-old Wright, an unarmed Black man, during a 2021 traffic stop near Minneapolis. Wright was pulled over for having ...
