Daunte Wright's mother said the justice system "murdered him all over again" after ex-cop Kim Potter, who is white, was sentenced to 2 years for the young Black man's killing.
"This is the problem with our justice system today," Katie Bryant said at a press conference. "White women tears trump justice."
His father called the sentence a "slap on the wrist."
At the press conference, Arbuey Wright said the family felt "tricked."
"It gave us a little sense of hope, like, you know, things were gonna get a little bit better, but now, I walked out of this courthouse feeling like people are laughing at us because this lady got a slap on the wrist," he said. "And we're still, every night, sitting around crying, waiting for my son to come home."
Former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter was sentenced to at least 16 months in prison on Friday. She faces an additional 8 months on her sentence but could be released from prison on probation for good behavior.
In December, a jury convicted Potter of manslaughter for the killing of Daunte Wright in April 2021.
Potter shot the 20-year-old Black man in the chest during a traffic stop and claimed at trial that she meant to grab her Taser instead of her gun.
Prosecutors had argued that her Taser was holstered on the opposite side of her body.
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