News about Katie Wright

Kim Potter (left) was convicted of first and second-degree manslaughter for accidentally shooting and killing 20-year-old Daunte Wright (right) on April 11, 2020, when she mistook her gun for a Taser during a traffic stop (inset). She was released from jail after just 16 months behind bars , due to her previously clean criminal record, and told a former prosecutor who resigned in the middle of her case she wanted to do something to help other officers avoid taking a life.

Kim Potter, 50, was released from Shakopee's Minnesota Correctional Facility in the early hours of Monday and has been sentenced to eight months on probation. It comes three years after Daunte, a 20-year-old black man, was mistakenly shot and killed during a traffic stop on April 11, 2020. She was found guilty of fist and second degree murder in addition to fist. The victim's relatives slammed the decision to free her, arguing that she has left the family's 'cursed forever'. In the meantime, the former cop was seen looking thin and frail in a recently released mugshot, with black hair in stark contrast to her smiling photo from 2021.

Ex-cop who shot dead her son's son 'cursed us forever,' says Duante Wright's mother, days before the ex cop was released from jail. After just 16 months, Katie Wright (left) blasted Kim Potter's decision to resign. When she mistook her taser for her gun, the former cop mistakenly shot and killed her 20-year-old son. Potter's 'incarceration was just a moment in time,' Katie said of the Star Tribune, but "She cursed us with a life term."