Former police officer Kim Potter was sentenced Friday to two years in prison for fatally shooting Daunte Wright during a traffic stop last year in a Minneapolis suburb. Potter was convicted of first-degree and second-degree manslaughter in December, but she was only sentenced for the more serious charge.

Potter, 49, may only have to serve two-thirds of her sentence — a year and four months — in prison if she behaves. The remaining time would be served on supervised release. Potter was credited for already serving 58 days.

The jury has found former Minneapolis-area police Officer Kim Potter guilty of first and second degree manslaughter charges in the April 2021 death of Daunte Wright. 

Kim Potter, 49, could face a maximum sentence of 15 years for the first degree manslaught charge, while second degree charge carries a maximum sentence of 10 years. 

Kim Potter was found guilty on Thursday of manslaughter for the fatal shooting of 20-year-old Daunte Wright, whom the former Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, police officer shot during a traffic stop in April when she claimed she thought she was using her taser.

After deliberating for three days, jurors found Potter guilty of first-degree manslaughter and second-degree manslaughter. 

The former police officer who fatally shot a man in a Minneapolis suburb after seeming to mistake her gun for her Taser was convicted of two counts of manslaughter on Tuesday, a rare guilty verdict for a police officer that is likely to send her to prison for years.

Former police officer Kim Potter, who has said she mistook her firearm for her Taser when she fatally shot Daunte Wright during a traffic stop near Minneapolis, broke down on the stand Friday -- apologizing and insisting she "didn't want to hurt anybody."

"I was very distraught. I just shot somebody. I'm sorry it happened," Potter cried as a prosecutor asked her about her behavior moments after the fatal shooting. "I'm so sorry."

Asked whether she knew deadly force was "unreasonable and unwarranted," Potter cried: "I didn't want to hurt anybody."

Elected officials in the Minneapolis suburb where a police officer shot dead Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in April have approved a plan to dramatically change policing practices.

The Brooklyn Center city council voted 4-1 on Saturday for a resolution to create new divisions of unarmed civilian employees to handle non-moving traffic violations and respond to mental health crises.

The resolution also limits situations in which officers can make arrests and requires more de-escalation efforts by police before using deadly force.

“Don’t watch it.” “Don’t send it.” “I don’t want to see it.” The warning texts came almost immediately, because it had happened again. Another Black life, this time 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant, had become a crumpled collection of limbs and blood on pavement after police showed up and opened fire. A quick, chaotic video capturing the killing reverberated across cellphones, filling social media feeds, the popping bullets and screams from onlookers blaring.