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What the Sentencing of Kim Potter Said About a White Mother Being Denied Proper Justice for her Black Son

After a jury convicted ex-police officer Kim Potter of manslaughter and recommended she serve seven years in prison, Judge Regina Chu handed down a sixteen-month sentence.

Branden Janese
Feb 24, 2022
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When the bodycam footage of former Brooklyn Center, Minnesota police officer, Kim Potter murdering Daunte Wright after a petty traffic violation went viral in April 2021, we witnessed something unusual in the case of police brutality; a white woman officer killing a white woman’s son. Everyone I spoke to about t…

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