Of course you can!
Posted on 12/24/2021 11:21:44 AM PST by Navy Patriot
Of course you can!
Derek was guilty.
The guy had an outstanding warrant....and he tried to run. I wouldn’t have objected if they shot him on the spot.
Haven’t been following. I agree manslaughter but 20 years? Damn.
In that latter case, yes, actually, sometimes the old grumpy does get charged with manslaughter.
There's a truck driver in Colorado doing 110 years for vehicular homicide among other things who might disagree with you.
I have mixed emotions about this case.
Although I point out that Baldwin has not yet been charged. More on this later.
First, the jury did request both the stun gun and the regular handgun from Potter.
I am to understand, first, that one of the guns is in a holster on the left and one on a holster on the right.
Potter’s been a cop for 15 years. Shouldn’t she have know this already?
Also, there is a very distinct difference between the weight of the stun vs the hand buns. There is a distinct size difference between the two.
In other words, there is a very obvious difference between the two and you mean she didn’t notice it?
Bearing in mind her words of “STUN GUN” she kept shouting. Wouldn’t some of this have registered in her 15 years of experience?
I am not sitting here saying I think the woman should be jailed. Frankly I just do not know.
But it should not have happened.
Yeah I know the victim was a criminal of the top order but a cop with 15 years experience should not have mistaken a stun for a regular gun.
There should be no punishment for this that cost a life?
And if this cop should be punished, why does Baldwin get to say he did not pull the trigger and he is not punished for which is also claimed to be an accident?
I just don’t know....perhaps a year in jail and the loss of her job should be about right for punishment.
And Baldwin should get some punishment too.
Did they not argue that at her trial? If not, why not?
If a doctor removes wrong organ by mistake, he should get life in prison.
I never listen to Jim Bohannon but happened to hear a few minutes of his fill-in. Said Dems and BLM are out to get cops and the out of control prosecutors had no justification for a mistake to be inflated to a major felony and huge prison term. Although some much lesser punishment would be proper. This is to strike fear into other officers’ hearts so they will let the criminals go.
Also sick that the mob of morons was “celebrating.”
“Under American law, honest mistakes are not crimes — even if they result in tragic deaths.”
ANY person in America who shoots somebody in their own home will be guilty of a crime.
No matter the circumstances absent proven self defense.
ooops
wrong shooting
They did but I believe it was an Oh By the way even though it was a mistake it was ok anyway.
They never should have focused as mistake being the biggest part of the defense. Instead, they should have made lethal force as the number 1 defense. And the mistake being irrelevant because lethal force was allowed.
The fact that she meant to grab a taser was just a nicety she was offering the perp instead of ending his life. But instead she grabbed her gun which she had every right to do. And good thing she did because she saved her fellow cops life. And there are many times where the taser doesn’t work. So her so called mistake actually saved a life.
Sorry, but if you accidentally shoot a cop you’ll hang. Assuming you survive the arrest and booking.
Me too.......but we need to get this crap under control. This being afraid to NOT covict when a white officer kills a black turd and pays for it with jail time is a disgrace!! That’s another play by the Demonrats to divide and conquer! I pray to God that the margins of victory will neuter any cheating that goes on in 2022.....we need NEW CONSERVATIVE Patriots running our country. It’s our only hope of getting our country back!
It’s strange seeing all these law and order Republicans weeping over someone going to jail.
“can they not be charged with manslaughter?”
They can be charged in CIVIL court, but a criminal act requires some degree of intent. Good 15 minute analysis here - and I wish the JURY INSTRUCTIONS had made this clear:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZUW-BBPGM0
The Legal Problem with Kim Potter’s GUILTY Verdict - Rekieta Law
Negligence and recklessness also qualifies one for a criminal act, not just intent. “Should have reasonably known better” is a qualifier.
No it isn’t. It was an absent-minded mistake. Two reasons she will probably serve time: She is white and he was black.
Are YOU for law and order, or are you simply a trolling jerk?
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