*The 16-month sentence handed down to former Brooklyn Center, MN. cop Kim Potter for the manslaughter of Daunte Wright is another slap in the collective face to Black people in America!Â
When Potter shot and killed Wright during a routine traffic stop, she claimed she only intended to tase him. Her tears at the scene and on the witness stand didn’t keep her from getting convicted, because wrong is wrong. But just when we think the legal system might deliver the justice Black people in general and the Wright family specifically deserve, justice is denied – again! Potter’s 16-month sentence means the former cop could be released in less than a year for good behavior. It’s more proof the lives of Black folks are undervalued – if valued at all – in America.Â
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Steffanie Rivers is a freelance journalist living in the Dallas-Ft. Worth metroplex. Email her at [email protected] with your comments, questions and speaking inquiries. Follow her @tcbstef on Twitter and Instagram.Â
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