reporter: tear and see raw emotion filled a minneapolis courtroom today as kim potter was sentenced to two years in prison, first degree and second degree man slaughter for fatally shooting 22-year-old daunte right when potter said she mistakenly pulled her gun instead of her taser. because of kim s recklessness, daunte s life was cut short by potter who claims she thought she had a taser, pointed a gun at my son s chest and pulled a trigger, not only killing daunte, but damaged my whole family s heart. both of wright s parents broke down during their victim statements. she broke my heart, shattered my life and my world will never, ever be the same. everything we do as a family ends in tears because all we have is memories left of our son. reporter: the mother of
very emotional reaction from the family of daunte wright in the sentencing of former police officer kim potter who shot and killed the 20-year-old during a traffic stop saying she mistakenly drew her gun instead of her taser. cnn security correspondent josh campbell has more. daunte demetrius right, continue to fight in your name driving black is no longer a death sentence. reporter: tears and emotion as former police officer kim potter was sentenced to two years in prison. in december potter was convicted of first degree and second degree manslaughter for fatally shooting daunte wright when she said she mistakenly mistook her gun for her taser. not only killing daunte, she
daunte s life was cut short because kim thought she had a taser. she point it the gun into my son s chest and pulls the trig eric not only killing daunte, she damaged my whole family s hearts. she took our baby boy with a single gunshot through his heart. she shattered my life. my world will never be the same. everything we do ends in tears because all we have is the memory. the mother of wright s 2-year-old son also spoke. i m now a single mother, not by choice but force. potter the tearily fully
justice. reporter: and john, daunte wright s family and members of the community said earlier today this was a slap in the face, daunte wright s sister spoke before kimberly potter was sentenced and references, and i m paraphrasing 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 says he accepts the judgment from judge shu, encourages the public to accept the judgment, but did follow up and say that the community does not have to accept that decision, the big question now is how does this community move forward? what will healing look like? at the end of the day, nobody wins. daunte wright will never return to his family. his family will grieve forever, and kim potter has to live with the guilt of killing daunte
pulled her gin. because of kim s recklessness, daunte s life was cut short by kim potter who claims she thought she had a taser. she pointed her gun into my son s chest and pulled the trigger, not only killing daunte, but she damaged my whole family s hearts. reporter: both of wright s parents broke down during the victim impact statement. she took our baby boy. she shattered my life and my world will never, ever be the same. everything we do as a family ends in tears. all we have is memories of our son. the mother of wright s 2-year-old son also spoke. kim potter tonight my son s best friend away from him. things haven t been the same since. i am now a single mother, not by choice, but by force.