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Through right now? >> more pain, abby. more hurt. during that 15-minute break before the sentence was read by judge regina chu, our pool reporter inside of the courtroom spoke with daunte wrights brother. and during that short or that brief interaction, he said he believed kim potter was not remorseful. and he called it bs. those are his words, not mine. and moments after that is when we heard kim potter turn in the courtroom and address the wright family. she told them she was sorry, and she to...

Well, coming up, the parents of daunte wright expressing their anguish and disgust after the judge gives their sons killer a two year sentence. why they are calling it a spit in their face, next. frank is a f fan of pepcid. it works in minutes. nexium 24 hour and prilosec otc can take one to four days to fully work. pepcid. strong relief for fans of fast. ever wonder what everyones doing on their phones? theyre banking, with bank of america. the grooms parents? they just found out they can redee...

Plead head on. they were using the gas canisters. police say they will not toll rate any aggressive action. extraordinary in more than three weeks, so far, there have been remarkably few injuries. >> paula newton, thanks so much. still ahead, outrage from the family of daunte wright after former police officer kim potter was sentenced to just two years from prison for killing wright. the emotional reaction, straight heed. if you have type 2 diabetes or high blood pressure... ...youre a target ...

Ultimately i dont think thats going to be persuasive enough to get all the jurors on the same page in terms of not finding them guilty. >> this comes just a day after the men who were convicted of ahmaud arbery were found guilty of killing him because of his race. former officer kim potter was convicted in the death of daunte wright and prosecutors are preparing their prosecution against the officers in the raid that killed breonna taylor. how does our nation move forward? >> its important on ho...

Sandra bland, la tatiana jecherson, daunte wright, breonna taylor, philando castile. eric garner, michael brown, george floyd and ahmaud arbery. as you know, this list is in no way comprehensive and sadly, it continues to grow, and although moments of accountability are few and far between, they offer glimmers of home. yes, its true, just this week, three officers were found guilty of violating george floyds civil rights by a federal jury. another federal jury found ahmaud arberys, they will alw...

Point their fingers towards derek chauvin. hes the one who had his knee on the neck of george floyd for the nine minutes 29 seconds and youre talking about two rookie officers and then two who was supposed to be crowd control. >> i want to ask you while i have you, kim potter the officer who killed daunte wright just getting two years for that manslaughter case, prosecutors i think had asked for seven. were you surprised by the judges sentencing? >> i was surprised by judge chus sentence. no mat...

That these abuses happen less frequently? >> i would like to see them do more. i would like to see them aggressively go after the george floyd policing act. we have now seen in court with these convictions, both on a state and federal level, finally we can get some convictions. but we cant go on a case-by-case basis. we must change the law. there must be legislative change. what made civil rights change in the 60s was the civil rights act, voting rights act, open housing act. we have proven now ...

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