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Ex-officer Kim Potter found guilty in fatal shooting of Daunte Wright
The Hill ^
| 12/23/2021
| CAROLINE VAKIL
Posted on 12/23/2021 11:42:16 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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Not surprising
To: ChicagoConservative27
Done to prevent rioting(?)
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posted on
12/23/2021 11:45:34 AM PST
by
SkyDancer
( I make airplanes fly, what's your super power?)
To: ChicagoConservative27
IMHO: She basically condemned herself by admitting during the shooting she screwed up.
From what I remember from the video was that it seemed that the one officers was trying to cuff the perp and did it so sloppily with some sort of handoff to officer Kim Potter and that is where the perp slipped away.
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posted on
12/23/2021 11:46:59 AM PST
by
frogjerk
(I will not do business with fascists)
To: ChicagoConservative27
Maybe someone can describe to me "police immunity"? Cops are our there risking their loves everyday as they do their jobs. Unfortunately, accidents happen. So they should get the benefit of the doubt. So Kim Potter should lose the badge. Maybe she should not qualify for her benefits because what she did was serious. But to try her for manslaughter seems to be excessive when she was just doing her job.
This will mean that certain urban areas will become "no-go" zones (escape from New York).
To: SkyDancer
BLM must be appeased.
I hope she will appeal.
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posted on
12/23/2021 11:47:43 AM PST
by
miserare
( Respect for life--life of all kinds-- is the first principle of civilization.~~A. Schweitzer.)
To: ChicagoConservative27
To: MinorityRepublican
Would you want to die because someone somehow used their gun instead of a stun gun?
To: ChicagoConservative27
If she gets covid, she can go home and not have to ever serve time. What’s good for the goose right?
To: ChicagoConservative27
Cops will start to resign in large numbers when they see they can go to jail for doing their jobs.
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posted on
12/23/2021 11:53:03 AM PST
by
BitWielder1
(I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
To: nickcarraway
“Would you want to die because someone somehow used their gun instead of a stun gun?”
No, but then, I don’t resist arrest. And even so, I hope my family wouldn’t want someone WHO MADE A MISTAKE go to jail for 20+ years!
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posted on
12/23/2021 11:54:36 AM PST
by
Mr Rogers
(We're a nation of feelings, not thoughts.)
To: SkyDancer
To: nickcarraway
I knew she was in trouble when she took the stand in her own defense. That is a desperation, hail mary tactic.
What a tragedy. Because of her incompetence and her PD's failure to train her properly a man is dead and her life is ruined.
To: Mr Rogers
And even so, I hope my family wouldn’t want someone WHO MADE A MISTAKE go to jail for 20+ years!Maximum possible sentence for manslaughter in Minnesota is 15 years. Based on Minnesota sentencing guidelines, she likely faces a maximum of 7 years.
To: SkyDancer
“ Done to prevent rioting(?)”
Done to prevent any future law enforcement of “people of color”.
Which is the real practical effect.
To: nickcarraway
“ Would you want to die because someone somehow used their gun instead of a stun gun?”
No. But I also would not put a cop in the position to be making split second decisions under stress and fear. When was the last time you were in a fight?
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posted on
12/23/2021 12:02:34 PM PST
by
Yogafist
To: nickcarraway
Would you want to die because someone somehow used their gun instead of a stun gun?Precisely why I would never run from the police.
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posted on
12/23/2021 12:03:08 PM PST
by
Louis Foxwell
(This is what you get when you put criminals in charge.)
To: frogjerk
IMHO: She basically condemned herself by admitting during the shooting she screwed up.
My neighbor is a recently retired Minneapolis area police sergeant and keeps in touch with other current and retired Minnesota law enforcement. The consensus is she screwed up by not having her taser out before she yelled “taser”. He also said there should have been more backup before trying to make an arrest.
To: nickcarraway
Or to be judged by someone somehow who thinks that cops aren’t human too, and can’t/shouldn’t make mistakes.
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posted on
12/23/2021 12:04:02 PM PST
by
sauropod
(Resident Bidet. A confused old man at the wrong bus stop.)
To: nickcarraway
I don’t see myself fighting cops with a record of crimes as long as my arm.
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posted on
12/23/2021 12:13:48 PM PST
by
Bogey78O
To: nickcarraway
Would you want to die because someone somehow used their gun instead of a stun gun?I wouldn't ever be in that position, because I don't violently interact with the police, so it's really a non-issue.
Mr. Wright made a nearly unfathomable series of incredibly bad decisions that led to this.
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posted on
12/23/2021 12:14:37 PM PST
by
End Times Sentinel
(In the conflict between the stone and the stream, the stream will always prevail.)
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