But Wright's family members and many activists say the killing of the 20-year-old Black motorist has always been about race, from the moment officers decided to pull him over, to the moment a judge gave Potter a two-year sentence, which family members decried as giving more consideration to the white defendant than the Black victim.
Many felt the traffic stop was the result of racial profiling and shouldn't have happened. The shooting, which occurred as Derek Chauvin was on trial in Minneapolis on murder charges in George Floyd's killing, sparked several days of demonstrations outside the Brooklyn Center police station marked by tear gas and clashes between protesters and police.
"On the one hand," the judge said, "a young man was killed and on the other, a respected 26-year veteran police officer made a tragic error by pulling her handgun instead of her Taser." Hardaway also said the judge's words -- and the fact that she got emotional as she was announcing the sentence -- "from a professional standpoint is something you would not want to see."
But Moran said the public is used to seeing high prison sentences and not used to a judge showing mercy.
Like CTV you already posted this. Yeah obviously any family is going to feel that way, it's understandable, but in no way does it represent some larger scale issue in society.
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black on black killing seems OK but when a white police officer kills a black there is demand for justice, get trial/conviction/sentenced is seen as not enough and called injustice?