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So lets get to the conversation now starting with the cnn legal analyst lonny coombs and paneal joseph. a professor of public affairs of history at the university of texas. lonny, im going to start with you. lets start with kim potters 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. the sentence is well below the guidelines. his brother called it a slap in the face. is this sentencing too light? >> don, i t...

Courtroom when kim potter was sentence. potter was convicted of first and second three manslaughter for fatally shooting 20-year-old daunte wright, when potter said he pulled her gun instead of her taser. >> gauntys life was cut short by kim potter who thought she had a taser. she pointed a gun into my sons chest and pulled the trigger. all right. we want to bring you live to the munich security conference where u.s. vice president kamala harris is giving the keynote address. lets listen. >> i...

Rawlings blake. regular viewers know, of course, she followed this entire trial with us. potter was convicted of first and second degree manslaughter here. now, the sentencing guidelines given that she had no prior criminal record was lower, right, so they were 6 to 8 1/2 years. obviously the sentence comes in at two, so its incredibly less. can you explain how this ended up so very, very different than the sentencing guidelines? >> the judge has a lot of latitude, and before i say that i do wan...

As another white police officer, derek chauvin, was standing trial for the murder of george floyd. it sparked several days of demonstrations. duante wrights mother gave an emotional statement after the verdict. once again, we are standing here to say that we are very disappointed in the outcome. yes, we got a conviction. and we thank everybody for that. but again, this isnt ok. this is the problem with our justice system today. white women tears trumps, trumpsjustice. our correspondent in washin...

This this is one of the saddest cases... the case was about the killing of a young man, and about a police officer of 26 years who made a fatal error. i am so sorry that i brought the death of your son. kim potter turned to the family as she begged for forgiveness. daunte wright was a 20—year—old man of mixed race. last april, police pulled him over in his car. he tried to flee, and potter reached for her taser but grabbed her gun by mistake. he died laterfrom injuries. the shooting triggere...

Antonio, thank you for joining us. appreciate it. >> thank you, don. >> although dauntes family is thankful for this guilty verdict, this sentence is nowhere near what they were hoping for. how are they doing tonight? >> the question is i dont know how they recover. they are disappointed and exasperated by this. they were looking for justice. yes they got the conviction. it was there. but there are two toends this. the fact there was only two years when the maximum could have been 15. the guidel...

Arrest dante wright on the warrant when she mistook her gun for her taser. whats more, she drew her taser legitimately to protect a fellow if the car were to speed away. officer potters conduct was not more serious than that typically involved in the crime in question, justifying an upward departure. turning to defendants request for a dispositional departure. there is no question that miss potter is extremely remorseful. she showed that today. she showed that when it

He was cherished. i dont know how else to say it. he was their boy, their buddy, their son, their friend. and it really makes no difference. hes gone. and that is because kimberly potter, you know, we have -- people say, well, she was on the force for 26 years. that is a mitigating circumstance. well i look at it as she was on the force 26 years. it is not that she wasnt trained. she was trained all right. it was how was she trained? what was the manner of her training throughout her 26 years? w...

Overseas. its all more evidence of the growing gap between the two worlds. for many, the doping scandal tainted the entire olympic games. the story isnt over yet. the medal ser mterr money for te team event is delayed under the investigation is over. this plus more has stolen some of the limelight. >> selena wang, thank you so much. all right. still ahead -- >> today the justice system murdered him all over again. >> the family of daunte wright says they feel cheated over the two-year sentence...