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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 wright's death. the judge said potter deserved a lighter sentence because she was quote extremely remorseful. the sentencing hearing of what wright's family spoke was absolutely gut wrenching. >> she referred to daunte over and over again as the driver, as if killing him wasn't enough to dehumanize him. she never once said his name. she should have, in fact, said, please go save him. how is he doing? is he o...

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. >> i'm going to go to prison. >> reporter: potter now facing first and second-degree manslaughter charges. the...

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 that's whack doodle. look at the whole charlie sheen thing. people were fascinated by that because you didn't know what was going to come out of his mouth next and that's the same with reverend wright. this doesn't have anything to do with politics or anything to do with reverend wright being a factor in barack obama's re-election at all. >> bill: it's a train wr...

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 that's whack doodle. look at the whole charlie sheen thing. people were fascinated by that because you didn't know what was going to come out of his mouth next and that's the same with reverend wright. this doesn't have anything to do with politics or anything to do with reverend wright being a factor in barack obama's re-election at all. >> bill: it's a train wr...

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 that's whack doodle. look at the whole charlie sheen thing. people were fascinated by that because you didn't know what was going to come out of his mouth next and that's the same with reverend wright. this doesn't have anything to do with politics or anything to do with reverend wright being a factor in barack obama's re-election at all. >> bill: it's a train wr...