From Axios.com…
Former Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter has been sentenced to two years in prison for fatally shooting 20-year-old Daunte Wright during a traffic stop last year.
The big picture: The sentence, which follows a jury’s December conviction of Potter for first- and second-degree manslaughter, is 24 months under “the custody of the commissioner of corrections.”
- The judge ruled that Potter “shall serve two-thirds of that time or 16 months in prison and a third of supervised release.”
- Following the sentencing, the judge said: “To those who disagree and feel a longer prison sentence is appropriate, as difficult as it may be, please try to empathize with Miss Potter’s situation.”
