Daunte Wright’s mother asked for “the highest accountability” in Friday’s sentencing of ex-cop Kim Potter, who unintentionally shot and killed the 20-year-old after he fled a traffic stop.

“She took our baby boy with a single gunshot through his heart,” Katie Wright told Judge Regina Chu. “And she shattered mine”

Throughout the emotional statement, Wright’s mother broke into tears.

She referred to Potter only as “the defendant,” because “she referred to Daunte, over and over again, as ‘the driver.'” 

“As if killing him wasn’t enough to dehumanize him, she never once said his name,” Katie Wright said, before turning to Potter: “And for that I’ll never be able to forgive you.”

Potter a 26-year veteran of the Brooklyn Center police force, awaited her fate Friday morning as she was sentenced for accidentally shooting Wright to death.

The former officer pleaded for probation for the fatal shooting last April in which she thought she had been firing her Taser instead of her gun.

Prosecutors, however, are pushing for Potter — who sobbed “I’m going to prison” seconds after the shooting — to serve the presumptive sentence for first-degree manslaughter of seven years and two months.

“She rolled around on the ground crying for herself: ‘I’m going to prison, I shot a boy, call [my union representative],'” Katie Wright said at sentencing. 

“She should have in fact said, ‘Please go save him. How is he doing? Is he ok? Please help him,” Wrights mother said, in tears. “She didn’t even try, your honor.”

“It must always be remembered first and foremost that this case is about the death of Daunte Wright. Daunte Wright was a living, breathing human being, who loved, and was loved by his family and friends,” Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison wrote in a pre-sentencing filing.

“The degree of Defendant Potter’s recklessness in handling her firearm and causing Daunte Wright’s death cannot be excused or even minimized.

“The presumptive sentence takes into account the main elements of the conviction: the death of Daunte Wright and Defendant’s recklessness,” Ellison wrote.

“No prison sentence can bring Daunte Wright back to life.”

The prosecutor said prison would also help “community restoration” after the officer-involved shooting — which came as Derek Chauvin was being tried for murdering George Floyd in neighboring Minneapolis — sparked several days of fiery protests.

“Fostering healing and community restoration is valuable too,” Ellison wrote.

Potter’s legal team, however, is pushing for probation for the officer — insisting in their own filings that she “will be a walking target in prison.”

They also argue that the tough sentence would deter would-be cops from joining forces, further exacerbating upticks in crime.

The defense has long accused Wright of being the aggressor, arguing that he would still be alive if he had obeyed commands instead of tussling with officers and trying to drive away.

“Running away from police officers, three of them, is a violent act–an aggressive act,” Paul Engh, an attorney for Potter, said Friday.

The defense also notes that Potter has no prior record, has had an exemplary career and has the support of family and friends. She has apologized to Wright’s family, and plans to do so again at sentencing, her attorneys wrote.

They also stressed that she would never again commit the same crime because she is no longer a police officer.

“The tragedy of this case is unending, with no way to recapture the moment,” Engh wrote in a pre-sentencing filing.

“What remains for Kimberly Potter is a starting over … to do good with what is left of her gift of life, and to honor the dead.”

In their filing, prosecutors said that if the judge believes “society’s interests are better served by a probationary disposition,” it should be for at least 10 years after at least a year in jail “to reflect the seriousness of Daunte Wright’s death.”

Wright was killed after Brooklyn Center officers pulled him over for having expired license tags and an air freshener hanging from his rearview mirror.

Evidence at Potter’s trial showed officers learned he had an outstanding warrant for a weapons possession charge and they tried to arrest him when he pulled away.

With Post wires