sides. and you know, what makes this case so maddening, so, just upsetting is that there s really not much dispute about what actually happened. it does seem like kim potter thought she was pulling out her taser, but instead, took out a gun and shot daunte wright. that s different from the ahmaud arbery case which was a horrible indivigilante intentional murded the sentence will clearly be lower. however, that doesn t make the pain of daunte wright s family any less. the fact that the officer killed him by mistake rather than intentionally and that s something the judge is going to have to weigh in imposing the sentence. it s been impressive to watch this judge as well, in a really high profile case and how she s handled it throughout. we ll stick close to this, everyone, watch this and bring you the sentencing and any more important victim impact statements that are made in this
with the criminal justice reform, george floyd bill not passing, yet we did get conviction in the ahmaud arbery case, convictions in george floyd, every once in a while something will breakthrough, but nothing exemplifies it to me more than to see this woman coming out of miami, florida, out of public schools sitting there as a supreme court nominee talking about how she felt walking around that yard at harvard. wondering if she fit, and now she s going to fit in the highest court in the land. that s where we can give hope to a lot of our children that even though we re going to take some, life for me has not been a crystal stair, but you keep climbing. this woman kept climbing, and all of us are going to keep climbing no matter what, and that s what she means when she puts her hand on that bible to become the first black woman on the supreme court from public schools in miami.
in a powerful moment, judge timothy walmsley sat in silence for one of the five minutes that ahmaud arbery ran for his life. and he said that this piece of video helped make up his mind, seeing the son and his father turn their backs on the young black man who was dying in the street. his death should force us to consider expanding our definition of what a neighbor may be and how we treat them. i believe that assuming the worst in others, we show our worst character. reporter: because he cooperated with investigators, the judge decided that 52-year-old william roddie bryan will be eligible for parole after serving 30 years. he recorded the video of the killing. mr. bryan isn t the one who brought a gun. he was unarmed. reporter: outside the courthouse, friends and family of the victim let out cheers. arbery s mother, who tearfully spoke in court, called today a victory for justice.
director is now saying after so much criticism after recommending you should isolate for five days instead of ten. overseas tonight, the president of kazakhstan now delivering shoot-to-kill orders with anti-government protesters, and what the u.s. is now saying tonight. and this evening here, we celebrate the trailblazing actor and civil rights activist sidney poitier. the first black monoto win a best actor. that moment with denzel washington, the moment with oprah winfrey. and in his own words, what his mother always told him. good evening. and it s great to have you with us as we near the end of another week together, and we begin with that powerful moment in court today the judge in the ahmaud arbery case. today he sentenced the three men in the killing of arbery in