MINNEAPOLIS — Kim Potter, the Minnesota police officer who mistook her weapon for a taser and killed Daunte Wright in 2021, was released from prison early Monday.
The Minnesota Department of Corrections said Potter was released around 4 a.m. «out of an abundance of caution.»
The department confirmed Friday that she would be released Monday, but declined to say what time for security reasons.
Potter, a white officer from a suburban Minneapolis apartment, fatally shot 20-year-old Wright, who was black, during a traffic stop in April 2021.
The shooting occurred during the trial of Derek Chauvin, the officer who killed George Floyd, and Wright’s death sparked several days of protests.
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