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CNN CNN Newsroom With Jim Acosta February 19, 2022 21:20:00

i want to turn to the kim potter case, the ex-officer was sentenced to two years in prison for mistakenly drawing her gun instead of a taser, fatally shooting dante wright. the judge gave a lighter sentence than prosecutors were thinking. what did you make of that? >> it was inappropriate in my judgment. number one, phil, i think when you look at sentences and our system, you have to think about uniformity. you have to think about consistency. you have to think about treating everyone equally and fairly. i don't think this furthers that narrative. whe we saw an officer in minnesota in 2017 who shot and killed, accidentally, and tragedy, a white woman. didn't do it on purpose. was really sorry he did it. he got 12 and a half years. number two, when you see the

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