A white former police officer convicted of manslaughter after mistaking her handgun for a Taser and fatally shooting Black motorist Daunte Wright in suburban Minneapolis in 2021 was released from prison Monday.
Minnesota Department of Corrections spokesman Andy Skoogman said that former officer Kim Potter was released at 5 a.m. ET after serving about 16 months of her two-year sentence.
Potter, now 50, appears much thinner in a new photo released by the Department of Corrections. Her attorney, Earl Gray, said he had "no idea" why her appearance changed. Civil rights advocates say laws against hanging objects from rearview mirrors have been used as a pretext for stopping Black motorists.
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