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take the sentencing today of ex-minneapolis police officer kim potter shedding tears while apologizing to wright's family but sentenced to only two years in prison, significantly less than the seven years prosecutors requested. the judge appearing to sympathize with potter. >> officer potter made a mistake that ended tragically. she never intended to hurt anyone. her conduct cries out for a sentence significantly below the guidelines. >> daunte wright's family and his mother outraged. >> this isn't okay. this is the problem with our justice system today. white women tears trumps -- trumps justice.
for my son to come home. >> kim potter murdered my son. and he died april 11th. today, the justice system murdered him all over, again. this isn't okay. this is the problem with our justice system today. white women tears trumps -- trumps justice. >> reporter: john, daunte wright's family and members of of the community said earlier today this was a slap in the face. daunte wright's sister spoke before kim berly potter was sentenced and she referenced -- and i am para phrasing here, a time when she, daunte, and their mother talked about their whiteness protecting them from police. and despite all of this, nobody wins. attorney general keith ellison didn't speak publicly but he said he accepts the judgment from judge chu.
the guidelines. >> reporter: spelling out the actual time potter will spend behind bars. >> you shall serve 2/3 of that time or 16 months in prison and a third on supervised release. >> reporter: prosecutors initially ask potter serve more than seven years in prison. wright's family requested the maximum penalty. >> i walk out of this courthouse feeling like people are laughing at us because this lady got a slap on the wrist and we still, every night, sitting around crying, waiting on my son to come home. >> kim potter murdered my son. and he died april 11th. today, the justice system murdered him all over again. this isn't okay. this is the problem with our justice system today. white women's tears trumps
wright's family requested the penalty. >> i'm walking out of the courthouse and feel like people are laughing at us. this lady got a slap on the wrist and we're sitting around at night crying, waiting for our son to come home. >> kim potter murdered my son and he died april 11th. today the justice system murdered him all over again. this isn't okay. this is the problem with our justice system today. white women's tears trumps justice. >> reporter: adrienne broaddus, cnn, minneapolis. >> all right, coming up the national archives confirms they found classified materials in boxes collected from mar-a-lago. next, what it could mean for trump's legal troubles.
>> daunte wright's family and his mother outraged. >> this isn't okay. this is the problem with our justice system today. white women tears trumps -- trumps justice. >> and what about that viral video? two teens, one black, one white, fighting in a new jersey mall. but two police officers breaking it up, pinning the black teen to the floor and handcuffing him while directing the white teen to sit on a couch. again, sparking outrage. and then there's the federal hate crime trial of three white men, georgia men convicted of murdering black jogger ahmaud arbery. another day of witness testimony. another day of hearing people recount the racist things that these men have said. today a former coast guard colleague of travis mcmichael, a white woman testifying he called her a racist slur for dating a black man. and there's more, closing arguments are set for monday.
thank everybody for that. but again, this isn't okay. this is the problem with our justice system today. white women trumps justice. and i thought my white woman tears would be good enough because they're true and genuine. but when they're coerced, coached and taught by the defense attorney, i guess we didn't have a win in this at all. thank you. >> i want to just say, you know, i feel cheated. i feel hurt. i'm very upset that my son's life was taken. and that it seemed to me that nobody even cared enough, you know, it was like they were so
release. >> reporter: prosecutors initially asked she serve more than seven years in prison. wright's family requested the maximum penalty. >> i walked out of this courthouse feeling like people are laughing at us, because this lady got a slap on the wrist. we still every night sitting around crying, waiting for my son to come home. >> my son died april 11th today the just cement murdered him all over again. this isn't okay. this is the problem with our justice system today. white women tears trumps justice. >> reporter: adrienne broaddas. national archives found
sentence of 24 months imprisonment and a $1,000 fine. >> officer potter made a mistake that ended tragically. she never intended to hurt anyone. her conduct cries out for her sentence significantly along the guidelines. >> reporter: spelling out the actual time potter will spend behind bars. >> you shall serve two thirds of that time or 16 months in prison and a third on supervised release. >> reporter: prosecutors had asked potter serve more than seven years in prison. wright's family had asked for the maximum. >> this lady got a slap on the wrist, and we still every night sitting around crying, waiting on my son to come home. >> this isn't okay. this is the problem with our justice system today. white women tears trumps --
this must follow an official process that will take a few weeks. what happened, in a stunning moment there in the dolby theater on sunday night, is going to be a main priority. if you're wondering if the academy board of governors feels like this is something they really need to address and it isn't okay, keep in mind whoopie goldberg is one of the board members of the academy, and she has spoken about this on "the view." take a listen to what she said. >> there are big consequences. >> there has to be. >> yeah, because nobody, nobody is okay with what happened. nobody, nobody. what's happening are people are now starting to calm down and say, wait a minute, what could have triggered that? the reason they didn't go and take him out is because that would have been another 15-20 minute explanation of why we're taking the black man out five seconds before they're about to decide whether he's won on oscar or not. >> i can tell you, kate, as i was in the theater when the
in that state, or no investigation happens, it is just extraordinary. and, trying to find answers through the years, the hospital have repeatedly denied liability, they continued to insist that they are not liable for the -- i would believe avoidable injuries that happened to adam, unfortunately that means that we will be going to court to test that. it has been years of family like mine being described as historic cases, or legacy cases. as the that was all in the past, it doesn't matter, because what happens now is okay. but sadly, we know that what happened for years afterwards was not, and it isn't okay. and that is where ogden should be bringing out this morning. >> we are out of time, but i did just want to ask you finally, charlotte, how did the belief in your god help you during this process? >> ultimately, i believe that the events that have been through our obviously