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Sentencing. two years for the shooter of daunte wright. this is a case where she thought she was using her taser but drew her actual gun. is this sentencing too light? don, i think it is. i do. and let s look at the positives. they did charge kim potter with a manslaughter charge, which in the past police officers could get away with not being charged especially when they re pleading accident, she was saying taser, taser, she was crying and there was a lot of sympathy for her. so she was charged and the jury came back and charged her with first and second degree manslaughter. when the sentencing the maximum is 15 years, that s what the family wanted. the prosecutors were asking for the presumptive range right in the middle 7 years plus a few ....
Months, and the defense was asking for probation. the problem was the judge was so emotional in that sentencing, and it was hard to watch because the family had just talked about their pain and agony of losing their son, and the judge then praised the killer of their son and asked them to even empathize with her. and then she gave these factors for deviating so down to just two years. and the reasons themselves didn t make sense. the fact she didn t intend to kill, she wasn t charged with intending to kill. she was charged with manslaughter. so she shouldn t have gotten a pass for that. so i understand the family s outrage and frustration with it. i was frustrated with the downward departure so far and the way that the judge handled the sentencing. but i agree with the attorney general we have to accept it and look for the positives that the case is moving forward, but the sentencing wasn t really the carriage of justice that the family was hoping for. because we re talking about a lif ....
The country. questions about policing and disturbing police tactics and the impact of race on all of this. it is quickly becoming one of the major domestic political issues. and stories we have been following closely here on don lemon tonight, could not make this anymore clear. 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. for manslaughter. 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. ....
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. ....
12 people agree she should be held responsible. when the sentencing the maximum is 15 years, that s what the family wanted. the prosecutors were asking for the presumptive range right in the middle 7 years plus a few months, and the defense was asking for probation. the problem was the judge was so emotional in that sentencing, and it was hard to watch because the family had just talked about their pain and agony of losing their son, and the judge then praised the killer of their son and asked them to even empathize with her. and then she gave these factors for deviating so down to just two years. and the reasons themselves didn t make sense. the fact she didn t intend to kill, she wasn t charged with intending to kill. she was charged with manslaughter. so she shouldn t have gotten a pass for that. so i understand the family s outrage and frustration with it. i was frustrated with the downward departure so far and the way that the judge handled the sentencing. ....