Former Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter is no longer behind bars, released from Shakopee women's prison early Monday after serving two-thirds of her manslaughter sentence for fatally shooting Daunte Wright. The Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) confirms Potter was released at 4 a.m., under cover of darkness due to "elevated concern" for her safety, after criminal intelligence analysts uncovered what the department called threatening comments and the potential for violent protests outside the prison facility. “Based on the intelligence we gathered, we released Ms. Potter at a time we felt was safest for her and for everyone at the correctional facility,” Skoogman said. Potter, now 50 years old, was sentenced to two years in prison after a Hennepin County jury found her guilty of manslaughter for shooting Wright during a traffic stop. She and her defense team claimed Potter mistakenly pulled her firearm instead of a taser when Wright failed to comply with officers' orders. MORE: https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/crime/former-brooklyn-center-officer-kim-potter-released-from-prison/89-55b39ba6-f160-4a22-a34c-9c584a3a5341 ►Subscribe: https://on.wtsp.com/youtube ►Website: https://www.wtsp.com/ ►Facebook: https://facebook.com/10TampaBay ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/10TampaBay