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Wrights two-year-old son also spoke before the sentencing. >> kim potter took my sons best friend away from him and things havent been the same since. im now a single mother, not by choice, but by force. >> reporter: potter, tearful apologizing to wrights entire family, turned and spoke directly to wrights mother. >> katie, i understand a mothers love and i am sorry i broke your heart. my heart is broken for all of you. i am so sorry that i hurt you so badly. >> reporter: judge regina chu appear...

Im proud to be your mom and i love you, daunte. >> dauntes family pointing out that potter was a police officer longer than than daunte wright was alive. katie bryant saying, i will never be able to forgive you. kate? >> adrianne, thank you so much. shell stick close by. we continue to watch as the sentencing hearing is going on. joining me now in the meantime is cnn chief legal analyst jeffrey toobin and with us, cnn legal analyst areva martin. i was watching this morning and it struck me you a...

Rehabilitation and shes not a danger to society, so the judge said shes only sending potter to prison for retribution, for making her pay for what she did to daunte wright, but two years wont seem like punishment that fits the crime of taking a life to many. >> you talked about the fact that the judge was seemingly sympathetic to the police officer, to kim potter. what do you make of that? is that something that could possibly come up later? is it a display that is bizarre to see in a courtroom ...

Here from kim potter on to the daunte wright family. you see judge choo kept the focus on kimberly potter today how it was tragic, it wasnt intentional about her background, about her future, about the fact that jail wont deter. what about the wright family, about daunte who was a young man with a promising future? what about him? that is where i think we get lost because the focus gets put on potter. of course it is her being sentenced but she is the one who pulled the trigger on the gun. who e...

In this party in this primacy season. hes put himself on the line in georgia and a couple of these places if he doesnt sung seed, there are a lot of people will use it -- >> which may be still -- >> just what we need. 20 candidates for president. you guys were terrific. i hope you enjoyed being in here, drinking out of mugs that are clean. an emotional day in court as the former police officer kim potter gets sentenced for the killing of daunte wright. youre watching "meet the president daily." ...

We talked about how dissatisfied they are with the sentence. and i want you to listen here to katie bryant, this is daunte wrights mother, this is the problem with our justice system today. white womens tears trumps justice, and i thought my tears would be good enough because their true and genuine. but when their coerced, coached, and taught by the defense attorney, i guess we didnt have a win in this at all. >> white women tears trump justice and i thought my white women tears would be enough....

This is bbc news, the latest headlines president biden says hes convinced that putin has made the decision to invade ukraine with an attack on the capital, kyiv, expected in the coming days. storm eunice leaves a trail of death and destruction across the uk and northern europe. the former minnesota police officer who killed daunte wright — a black driver — when she confused her handgun for her taser, has been sentenced to two years in prison. kim potter was convicted of first degree manslaug...

Youve described about six different scenarios. i wonder what will actually occur. you know, obviously different of opinions, looking at the scenario, i guess it comes down to one opinion, that of vladimir putin. gentlemen, thank you so much. >> thank you. coming up, an explosive and tearful day as the former police officer who shot and killed daunte wright learned her fate. >> i am so sorry that i hurt you so badly. >> today the justice system murdered him all over again. >> is a two-year sent...

And to bring up those other matters, ill put it like this. i would not have done it. i think that it is important to remember the unique facts of this case. and, you know, laura, i just want to point out that you should have seen the family at the sentencing hearing. you know, you and i know what allocution is. thats when the victim and the victims family gets to tell their story, and the wright family was brilliant. they were -- they really gave a true picture of the young man that daunte wrigh...

Mandatory of three years in prison because you had just the right amount of drugs, so two years just doesnt seem to make sense. >> it was quite lenient. im going to say something unpopular here, when she said to daunte wrights mother, you said i didnt look at you, i didnt feel i had the right to, my heart broke a little, you know, thats not to say that she doesnt deserve to go to prison and she took this black childs life and black lives matter, but seeing that, you know, it did strike me. howev...