Kim Potter, former officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright, sentenced to 2 years in prison

[JANFU]

2 years is quite light- guidelines no criminal record 6-8 1/2 years

The former suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she confused her handgun for her Taser when she killed Daunte Wright was sentenced Friday to 24 months in prison for manslaughter.

Kim Potter was convicted in December of first- and second-degree manslaughter in the April 11, 2021 killing of Wright, a 20-year-old Black motorist.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-potter-wright-sentence-1.6356603

 

[Lloyd Christmas]

2 years maybe light but I'm OK with lighter sentence, a horrendous mistake but I believe it was a mistake, so I had some sympathies for her. But still pretty bad to kill someone like that

Although, I still question why the hell cops are so quick to go to a weapon, even if she was going to taze. learn some combat skills to take people down without needing taser or gun

 

[Artymoon]

Although, I still question why the hell cops are so quick to go to a weapon, even if she was going to taze. learn some combat skills to take people down without needing taser or gun

Cops can and do wrestle with people all the time. The problem with that can be that you just want to take them to the ground and they may want to kill or seriously harm you. Factor in mental illness, drugs or possibly both and that can be a tough battle to avoid injury. Every situation is certainly different but going home unharmed is the goal.

 

[TheParser]

Sorry to hear that!

Best wishes to her and her family.

Hope they can get a top attorney to get her out earlier.

She made a mistake in dealing with an individual who was evading arrest.

Because of today's zeitgeist, she has to be made an example.

Cops should just stop chasing perps who flee. Let them commit more mayhem.

 

[Phys251]

2 years is quite light- guidelines no criminal record 6-8 1/2 years

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-potter-wright-sentence-1.6356603

Seems very light for manslaughter.

 

[OrphanSlug]

Very light sentence, if I were of his family I would be outraged.

 

[JANFU]

Seems very light for manslaughter.

It is, and I understand there was another incident like this in CA

 

[Mr Person]

2 years is quite light- guidelines no criminal record 6-8 1/2 years

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-potter-wright-sentence-1.6356603

White female cop, expressing remorse.

But you get 6 years if probation misleads/traps you into trying to vote when you can't if you're black, see:

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A Black woman who was sentenced last week to six years and one day in prison for trying to register to vote in 2019 despite having a felony conviction. . . .​

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Ms. Moses was confused because she thought her probation was over, Mr. Anyanwu said. She still wanted to run for mayor, or at the very least vote in the upcoming election, so she went to find answers. In September 2019, a judge told Ms. Moses that she was indeed still on probation. She remained skeptical and went to the probation office, where a probation officer told her she was actually done with her felony probation, records show. The probation officer signed off on her voting rights restoration form. Ms. Moses submitted the form to election officials.​

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Problems came one day later. The probation officer had made a mistake, and the Department of Correction sent a letter to the Shelby County Election Commission informing it that Ms. Moses was “still under an active felony sentence” and could not vote, records show. Ms. Moses was then charged with perjury on a registration form and consenting to a false entry on official election documents. The former charge was dropped, because there was no false statement from Ms. Moses on the voting form, but she was convicted of the second charge in November and sentenced Jan. 31 to six years and one day in prison.​

Black Woman’s Bid to Regain Voting Rights Ends With a 6-Year Prison Sentence (Published 2022)

Missteps by various officials put a Tennessee woman on a collision course with the law. Supporters say the sentence underscores racial disparities in voter fraud cases.

www.nytimes.com

 

[JANFU]

White female cop, expressing remorse.

But you get 6 years if probation misleads/traps you into trying to vote when you can't if you're black, see:

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A Black woman who was sentenced last week to six years and one day in prison for trying to register to vote in 2019 despite having a felony conviction. . . .​

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Ms. Moses was confused because she thought her probation was over, Mr. Anyanwu said. She still wanted to run for mayor, or at the very least vote in the upcoming election, so she went to find answers. In September 2019, a judge told Ms. Moses that she was indeed still on probation. She remained skeptical and went to the probation office, where a probation officer told her she was actually done with her felony probation, records show. The probation officer signed off on her voting rights restoration form. Ms. Moses submitted the form to election officials.​

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Problems came one day later. The probation officer had made a mistake, and the Department of Correction sent a letter to the Shelby County Election Commission informing it that Ms. Moses was “still under an active felony sentence” and could not vote, records show. Ms. Moses was then charged with perjury on a registration form and consenting to a false entry on official election documents. The former charge was dropped, because there was no false statement from Ms. Moses on the voting form, but she was convicted of the second charge in November and sentenced Jan. 31 to six years and one day in prison.​

Black Woman’s Bid to Regain Voting Rights Ends With a 6-Year Prison Sentence (Published 2022)

Missteps by various officials put a Tennessee woman on a collision course with the law. Supporters say the sentence underscores racial disparities in voter fraud cases.

www.nytimes.com

Another case, impaired driving, 2 dead, 6 years in prison