MINNEAPOLIS — Cries and angry shouts rose up from a crowd of Daunte Wright supporters outside the Hennepin County District Court moments after a judge on Friday handed down a two-year sentence to former Brooklyn Center police officer Kimberly A. Potter.
The sentence, less than recommended in state guidelines, was an insult to the Wright family and a green light to police officers to kill without worry of lengthy prison time, said Margaret Sullivan, one of about 20 activists and family friends who stood vigil during the sentencing hearing.
"It's a slap in the face," Sullivan said. "How do we as a Black nation look at this and then still somehow try to have some hope that the system is changing?"
