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EXPLAINER: What to watch at Kim Potter’s sentencing hearing

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By AMY FORLITI
Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she confused her handgun for her Taser when she killed Daunte Wright is set to be sentenced for her first-degree manslaughter conviction. Former Brooklyn Center police Officer Kim Potter was also convicted of second-degree manslaughter, but she’ll only be sentenced Friday for the more serious count. Prosecutors say a sentence of just over seven years — the presumed penalty under state guidelines — is proper. Potter’s attorneys say there are mitigating factors that warrant a sentence that is lighter than the guidelines suggest, including one of just probation. Potter killed Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, during an April 11 traffic stop in Brooklyn Center. 

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