come forward. state your full name and spell it, please. my name is aubrey wright. you said spell it? yes. i m sorry. w-r-i-g-h-t. i am kind of nervous but i m da daunte s father. i want to start by telling you what daunte meant to me. daunte meant the world to me. unconditional love we had for each other. da daunte was every man s dream. first child with my wife and a boy, so proud to be his father. he was and as many, he was my son, he was my prince.
she never intended to hurt anyone. her conduct cries out for a sentence significantly below the guidelines. with me are daunte s mother and faergtther, katy and aubrey wright. along with their attorney jeff storms. ka katie, can you tell us how you re feeling about what you heard from the judge there? we re angry, disappointed. we left sentencing feeling like our son, his life didn t matter. i feel like the judge was very sympathetic and we worked out of the courtroom feeling like we were the ones on trial, we were the ones that committed manslaughter. aubrey, i know this doesn t feel like justice to you guys. can you tell us how you re
if it was my son, a black man, 20 years old, on trial for manslaughter, he would have had an upward departure regardless of what his criminal record was pry. he could have had nothing, not even a speeding ticket on his record and he would have been thrown under the jail. it s definitely about race. it s been about race since the moment my son was pulled over. he was racially profiled. you re pulling him over because he was a young black man. it s always been about race. how, aubrey, how do you view the conviction. she was convicted. how do you view the conviction now that the sentencing is two years. i view it as a joke. i feel like they were more
accountability. she was the person that was supposed to protect our son, protect the community, so she should be held to a higher standard. who she was prior to shooting my son that day, that doesn t matter. she needs to be held accountable for her actions on april 11th. aubrey, why do you think she s getting what is essentially for when she can get released, 16 months in prison. why do you think she s getting that amount of time instead of a higher sentence? i think america knows a white woman with tears. i think america knows why she got this sentence. the world knows. katie? katie, why do you think? the same reason.
impact stautements an afterward, be able to talk, hear each other s voices, hug, kiss, say i love you, like the husband did on sentencing verdict day. eventually her sentence will be fulfilled and have her whole family to be with her at dinners and holidays, again, another thing that s been stolen from me. please keep in mind the impact this caused her family and herself is just a small passing, just a small storm that s going to pass compared to our life sentence without daunte. daunte demetrius wright, i ll continue to fight until driving while black is no longer a death sentence. i m proud to be your mom and i love you, daunte. thank you, your honor. thank you, mrs. wright. and mr. aubrey wright, please