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Kim Potter, the former suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she confused her handgun for her Taser when she fatally shot Daunte Wright, was sentenced Friday to two years in prison, a penalty below state guidelines after the judge found mitigating factors warranted a lesser sentence.

Jurors on Thursday convicted a suburban Minneapolis police officer of two manslaughter charges in the killing of Daunte Wright, a Black motorist she shot during a traffic stop after she said she confused her gun for her Taser.

The New York Times. In the footage, Wright moves back toward his car and an officer, since identified as Kim Potter, grabs her gun and aims it at him, shouting, “Taser! Taser! Taser!” She fires the gun and hits Wright, shouting, “Holy shit, I just shot him.” His girlfriend was in the car, and was also injured during the shooting.