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Im upset. >> the emotions are real. >> you just heard the father of daunte wright aubrey wright and his mother katie speaking tearfully, painfully about the loss of their son and a sentence of two years handed down to kim potter, the police officer who killed him in a traffic stop. we have cnns adrienne broaddus back with us. we were just discussing how painful this has all been for the family. and you heard daunte wrights father there saying we thought we would get a little justice, and we didn...

Very emotional reaction from the family of daunte wright in the sentencing of former police officer kim potter who shot and killed the 20-year-old during a traffic stop saying she mistakenly drew her gun instead of her taser. cnn security correspondent josh campbell has more. >> daunte demetrius right, continue to fight in your name driving black is no longer a death sentence. >> reporter: tears and emotion as former police officer kim potter was sentenced to two years in prison. in december pot...

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Believe i had a right to. i didnt have a right to be in the same room with you. i am so sorry that i hurt you so badly. i feel broken and devastated for all of you. >> reporter: the sentence came shortly after that moment. we were expecting a lengthier sentence. sentencing guidelines would have called for a range between 6 and 8 and a half years nor someone convicted but without a prior criminal history. the judge said she thought a lesser sentence was warranted for two reasons. first, this was ...

Emotional and apologizing in court today to the wrights family. >> to the family of daunte wright i am so sorry that i brought the death of your son. father, brother, uncle, grandson, nephew, and the rest of your family. i am so sorry that i hurt you so badly. to the community of brooklyn center i do owe you an apology too. i loved working for you. and i am sorry what has happened to our community since the death of daunte. >> again, in the rare cases where these type of police brutality allegat...

Sentencing. two years for the shooter of daunte wright. this is a case where she thought she was using her taser but drew her actual gun. is this sentencing too light? >> don, i think it is. i do. and lets look at the positives. they did charge kim potter with a manslaughter charge, which in the past police officers could get away with not being charged especially when theyre pleading accident, she was saying taser, taser, she was crying and there was a lot of sympathy for her. so she was charge...

Myself because i should have told him, i shouldnt have told him it was going to be all right. i told him he was going to be okay. and just to find out a few minutes later, he wasnt. the police officer that took the oath to serve and protect for 26 years, but not on this day. on this day, she did not protect. she failed daunte, our family and our community. the best way that i can explain it is what i feel every day since daunte was killed is the sinking feeling a mother gets when she turns aroun...

And a former minnesota police officer has been sentenced to two years in prison over the fatal shooting of a black motorist daunte wright last april. hello and welcome. president biden has said he is convinced that the russian president vladimir putin has made the decision to invade ukraine, with an attack on the capital, kyiv, expected in the coming days. it comes amid fears of a serious escalation in ukraine, where there has been more artillery bombardment across the frontlines in the east of ...

Former minneapolis police officer kim potter, sentenced to 24 months for first-degree manslaughter of daunte wright in april. thats handed down by what appeared to be a presiding judge wiping away a tear, who cited a lack of aggravating factors to less than a third of the states recommended sentence. you have eulogized both, and in less than one year, and i simply state at least one thing i believe to be obvious. thats, it asks so much of black american to look at the judges emotion from the ben...

Bryant, not once calling kimberly potter by name, only referring to her as the defendant. also noting when potter testified in her own defense back in december, she never called daunte wright by his name. she only referred to him as the driver. wright blaming herself for that call she took for her son moments before he was shot and killed on that call when pulled over, told her son, everything would be okay. but the outcome was much different. wright also offended by the mug shot potter took mom...