Former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter, who accidentally killed escaping suspect Duante Wright, by drawing her gun, thinking it was a stun gun. The officer is not a criminal. She accidentally drew her gun.
She faces 11 years in prison and will not be allowed out on bail pending sentencing in late February.
Duanté Wright was wanted for armed robbery and for choking a woman.
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If it was the other way around???
Eleven years is a little much. She deserves some jail time, but two years is probably more justified. An Eleven year imprisonment sounds vindictive considering Duanté Wright was suspected of armed robbery and was resisting arrest. Resisting arrest needs to be a potential death sentence if you want to have… Read more »
Sounds like she panicked and pulled wrong weapon. Unlike the Capital policeman that shot Ashley in cold blood.