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Shot daunte wright during a traffic stop last april. she was handed a shockingly lenient prison sentence and will be released early in april of 2023 which marks the two-year anniversary of wrights death. the judge said potter deserved a lighter sentence because she was quote extremely remorseful. the sentencing hearing of what wrights family spoke was absolutely gut wrenching. >> she referred to daunte over and over again as the driver, as if killing him wasnt enough to dehumanize him. she never...

I was just screaming like they just shot him. and then i pointed the camera on him and i was so sorry. >> reporter: during that traffic stop in april, potter, a 26-year veteran of the force, says she mistook her handgun for a taser after wright struggled to get away from another officer trying to arrest him for a misdemeanor warrant. >> i grabbed the wrong [ bleep ] gun. i shot him. oh, my god. oh, my god. >> reporter: you can see her collapse to the ground moments after the shooting. >> im goin...

Carlson is out in phoenix, arizona living large. why do they continue to care or to be fascinated by what wright says. >> i think it has to do with where our society is today in 2011 that we are fascinated by anything that anyone says thats whack doodle. look at the whole charlie sheen thing. people were fascinated by that because you didnt know what was going to come out of his mouth next and thats the same with reverend wright. this doesnt have anything to do with politics or anything to do wi...

Carlson is out in phoenix, arizona living large. why do they continue to care or to be fascinated by what wright says. >> i think it has to do with where our society is today in 2011 that we are fascinated by anything that anyone says thats whack doodle. look at the whole charlie sheen thing. people were fascinated by that because you didnt know what was going to come out of his mouth next and thats the same with reverend wright. this doesnt have anything to do with politics or anything to do wi...

Carlson is out in phoenix, arizona living large. why do they continue to care or to be fascinated by what wright says. >> i think it has to do with where our society is today in 2011 that we are fascinated by anything that anyone says thats whack doodle. look at the whole charlie sheen thing. people were fascinated by that because you didnt know what was going to come out of his mouth next and thats the same with reverend wright. this doesnt have anything to do with politics or anything to do wi...