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The family of daunte wright when the sentence was announced >> kim potter murdered my son, and he died april 11th today the justice system murdered him all over again. >> that was reaction at the time of the sentence being announced. we havent seen any updated reaction from the family yet were obviously watching for that officials were also watching for the possibility of protests. they said specifically they were worried about the possibility of violent protests upon potters release. they did t...

Im just preparing to go it alone and figure out how i can get myself to safety >> later kim potter released the former minnesota police officer served just 168 months of her two-year sentence in prison for killing daunte wright during a traffic stop in 2021. how wrights family and the community are reacting to her early release. we begin with a race for the white house, and a flurry of news this morning about president bidens re-election bid which he could launch as soon as tomorrow, officiall...

Verdict thats now going to come in less than half an hour, the outcome of the trial, can you take us into minnesota? i mean, take us into the community that you have been covering so much. there were protests for days following daunte wrights killing. there has been a lot of anticipation for what the outcome may be here. today, again, outcry when it was just the second degree manslaughter charge at first. we saw daunte wrights mother take the stand in tears in this trial. what are people in the ...

Bail, and that will make it easier to do the pre-sentence report. well get people sending letters on her behalf. and i would ask for a sentencing sometime after -- if you release her, sometime -- i start a trial january 20th that should be over by february 20th, i hope. sometime in late february. and ask that she be -- my gosh, shes got a $100,000 bail out, judge. but shes not going to commit another crime. shes not going anywhere. thank you. >> thank you, mr. frank. >> thank you, your honor. we...

Teachable moment, but at the end of the day, thats not going to bring dante wright home to his family. we can say mistakes happen, but there are consequences. >> it doesnt bring dante home to his mother, who we saute the stand in tears, or his two-year-old son who will never get to be with his father again. i appreciate you all. please stick around as we continue to follow this breaking news. it is the top of the hour right here on cnn. im poppy harlow. im so glad youre with me this afternoon. b...

Away from her family, they were doing what they could to give her those last few moments of freedom, but the judge ruled, i think, the correct way. >> elliott, what has also changed -- ive been getting messages from viewers and others, who say it feels like something has changed, particularly in the state of minnesota. we saw the murder conviction of derek chauvin and now this. the brooklyn center police department also changed additionally in september how it instructed its officers, instructin...

Officer, and the officer she was training or mentoring was officer lucky. he was the second person to testify in this case. potter testified that lucky saw some suspicious behavior, actually signaling to what lucky testified days earlier, saying that he noticed daunte wright was hesitant when he went to turn at the stop sign. also, he said something like this captured his attention. its a car freshener in the shape of a tree and here in the state of minnesota, its illegal to have this or anythin...

They should take and how long should they continue to deliberate if they could not reach a consensus? this after hearing from 33 witnesses over the course of eight days. we heard from the first witness called to the stand, katie bryant, the mother of daunte wright. she told us about that call she received from her son the day he was pulled over back in april, and we also heard from kimberly potter, the former brooklyn center police officer, testifying in her own defense, at moments weeping on th...

Been advised to excuse those types of violations because of covid. people were not able to get to the department of motor vehicles here in minnesota to renew their tags because, for a while, everything was shut down. so, once again, that breaking news for those of you just joining us, a trial outcome has been reached. it will be read in the next 30 minutes. and the suspense, hopefully, will end today for the wright family, who has waited as well as the family of former police officer kim potter....