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Words to articulate how offensive i find this. people know some of our story. they know that on june 12th of 2016, a man marched into a place that was supposed to be safe for lgbtq people and he opened fire. they know that he shot over 110 rounds110 rounds from an assault rifle into the club. they know that 49 people, mostly lgbtq people of color, died on the floor of the club. they know the stories of my best friends who took 19 rounds between the two of them. one died on an operating table, th...

Apologized to everyone and spoke to dauntes mother. >> im sorry i broke your heart. my hearst is broken forall of you. im so sorry i hurt you so badly. >> the judge appeared to hold back tears as she handed down the sentence of 24 months in prison and a $1,000 fine. >> officer pottser made a mistake that ended tragically. she never intended to hurt anyone. her conduct cries out for her sentence significantly below the guidelines. >> reporter: spelling out the actually time potter will serve. >> ...

New this morning. the family of daunte wright is blasting the judge who sentenced their sons killer. former minnesota police officer kim potter given just two years in prison after she said she mistakenly drew her gun instead of her taser shooting and killing daunte wright during a traffic stop last year. prosecutors had asked for a seven year sentence. wrights parents spoke to cnn earlier this morning. >> she needs to be held to a higher accountability. she was a person that was supposed to pro...

Emphasized the importance of staying united in the face of russian aggression. >> i think president putins been a little bit surprised at that solidarity, at the wait way that nato and the european union has come together. weve come together individually as partners and institutionally. as long as we maintain that solidarity, we will either way, which ever path president putin chooses, well be ready to respond. >> in moments im going to talk with congressman seth moulton, who is in munich right ...

>> reporter: judge regina chu acknowledged there will those who disagree with the sentence shorter than the seven years recommended by state guidelines. >> officer potter made a mistake that ended tragically. she never intended to hurt anyone. >> reporter: wrights family saying the judges concern was misplaced. >> this lady got a slap on the wrist and we still every night sitting around crying, waiting on my son to come home. >> lets go now to an investigation underway in new jersey after a vira...

We show empathy when it applies to the white officers or white defendants. >> katie and arbuey, we have to say goodbye, but i want to give you a chance to talk about your son. we sue the blurred oat photos of daunte jr. hes going on without his father. what has been like for you to not have him? >> its been a nightmare. every day was a challenge. daunte was a whole piece of our family that has been stolen from us. its hard to even just wake up every day knowing that were not going to see him wal...

Peace begins. officer potter made a mistake that ended tragically. she never intended to hurt anyone. her conduct cries out for a sentence, significantly below the guidelines. >> the judge was swayed by the white womans tears? her tears over a mistake she says she regrets. daunte wrights mother is a white woman, too, and she says it seems like her tears didnt count for as much. >> this is the problem with our justice system today. white women tears trumps justice. and i thought, my white woman t...

Duante wright was a young man of mixed race. police pulled him over in his car. he tried to fully and potter grabbed her what she thought was her taser but reached for her gun by mistake. he died of his injuries. this is a city on the edge since the murder of another man, george floyd. duante wrights mother urged the court to hold kim potter accountable for taking a life but the judge accountable for taking a life but thejudge said this accountable for taking a life but the judge said this is ac...

Firearms, ammunition or explosives. you have the right to appeal the conviction and sentence. if you are unable to pay the cost of an appeal, you may apply for leave to appeal at state expense by contacting the state public defender. you may be seated, ms. potter. id like to make a few parting comments. i recognize there will be those who disagree with the sentence; that i granted a significant downward departure does not in any way diminish dante wrights life. his life mattered. and to those wh...

You heard kim potter herself who turned and faced the family of daunte wright, apologized to them and also said this. >> i understand a mothers love, and i am sorry i broke your heart. i pray for daunte, and all of you many, many times a day. it is not more than one thought away from my heart, and i have no right for that, for him to be in my heart. >> reporter: now that two-year sentence that you mentioned, hallie, and far below what many people were expecting, and its much less than what prose...