Police chief says cop who fatally shot Daunte Wright accidentally fired gun instead of Taser

He didn't try to escape.

 

And over and over and over the situations should have never risen to that level. You keep backing up the excuse for the situations to happen over and over and over again.

 

Oh, and you, of course would "just accept" the fact that you are being arrested for no reason. Oh wait, you're white........wouldn't happen.

 

Officer Kim Potter.
A 26-year veteran.

Obviously not the sharpest tool in the shed:

The Brooklyn Center Police officer who fatally shot 20-year-old Daunte Wright in what police say was an “accidental discharge” of her gun was identified late Monday as Kim Potter, a 26-year veteran of the force and former union president who was training another officer at the time of the killing.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jemima...ficer-who-shot-daunte-wright/?sh=78c1e6f67fd2

 

It really doesn't matter what you are stopped for. You have to assume they have a legitimate reason (pc) to stop you. After you are stopped, only you can decide how the stop goes. If you refuse a search, they can call for a dog who might be an hour out. (Not to mention it's easy to make the hair missile show an alert).
They deal with grumpy people all day long. Just accepted it as the price you pay for a civilized life.

 

What you say is true but that's not the way things play out.......at all.............ESPECIALLY if you're black. If you're black you have to assume they stopped you......because you're black.....that's it and that's not against the law.....In Minnesota.

 

Cold hard facts !

There is many gangs , many criminals and many guns in the country .

The officer was blind sided by her fellow officer , she drew the weapon not knowing whether the deceased was going for a gun . The deceased was frantically waving his hands about and could of been going for a weapon .

Everyone in America knows that if they risk resisting arrest , there is a chance in being shot because of the fear factor the police endure .

Now if all these gang members and criminals ''would play fair '' instead of shooting police officers , the police would not have to fear for their own lives when doing a job .

 

Well, if 40% of record checks reveal wants and warrants, that's called "fishing where the fish are". But a stoppee, can be respectful, do as asked, and move on with no hard feelings assuming he is in compliance with the law.
The blacks that have trouble with the law seem to have a pretty well established rap sheet as it is, frequently involving firearms.

 

Yes there are, but you're also innocent till proven guilty.
Blind sided and didn't know what's going on.....so pull your gun. And the officer on the passenger side? What about him?
Everyone knows that if you are black and are stopped by police, there is a chance of getting shot. Blacks have a fear factor also.
Nonsensical argument.

 

But not this guy.
Nice job of profiling!!

 

If they were carried on the same side it would be easier to believe but it’s two to completely different actions involved to access them. It’s a mistake where state of mind really comes into play. We expect a trained officer to be cognizant in heightened situations—that’s what the training is for.

 

Firstly the deceased Daunte Wright was not visually ''black'' looking he was more visually ''brown'' looking .

This accident has nothing to do with innocent until proven guilty or how people visually look .

Do you honestly think this was intentional in anyway ?

Don't you think the women officer will be feeling absolutely devastated too ?

This isn't some sort of war on people who don't look visually ''white'' , it was an accident as the video shows .

Everyone can hear for themselves the officer shouted Taser , Taser , before she fired .

Peoples reactions to this are astounding because they have eyes and ears to witness the video truth of the accident .

 

It would take his mom urging calm, a huge ask, as she's enduring the unimaginable. We have the combination of a young man on a very bad path, making terrible decisions, and police officer in a high stress encounter that made a horrible mistake.

 

Are you saying, in this high stress situation, she put thought into pretending she had a taser in her hand? Seems highly unlikely.

 

The New York Times says that mistaking a gun for a taser has happened several times; quotes 3 recent cases, and a study with 9 others a few years back. I do believe that this officer's action was a mistake and she had no evil intent. She has spontaneously resigned and the police chief has resigned, too.

I'm linking to the Yahoo News aggregator site because it has the New York Times' article in full and is not behind a paywall:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/could-police-mistaken-gun-taser-115315472.html?.tsrc=fp_deeplink

But hey, here we have The New York Times kind of defending a police officer... our right wing friends here will certainly call it biased because it's The New York Times, right? Right?

 

Nonsense. I know several black and brown people that have NO warrants or even traffic tickets who were bullied by cops. I saw it when I was a cop and I've advocated for others that have been through it.

It is really amazing to me that people claim racism doesn't exist and minorities are just "pulling the race card" but then people write things like this. At least be honest about the bigotry.

 

It doesn't matter what the distinction is. He was clearly NOT white.

The brain processes details long before we are consciously making a judgment.

I do not believe and I have not read about anybody thinking was INTENTIONAL. How is that even relevant?

Of course she is and it will stay with her for the rest of her life. Being alive is more than Wright has going for himself.

It is obvious that you haven't been paying attention.

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Yes, she said that over and over. And?

Why are they astounding? Everyone has the right to voice their opinion on mattes of public interest. We won't always agree. And?

 

Chief and Cop Resign:

https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/13/us/daunte-wright-minnesota-shooting-tuesday/index.html

 

You don’t know my post history if you believe that is the case. His actions warranted force. This wasn’t some innocent shooting victim.

 

Absolutely. What should the police have done when he started resisting to take control of the vehicle?

 

This is what needs to happen in cases like this. Hopefully she is barred from service ever again.

Why did the chief resign?

 

How about: Used an (Actual) TASER instead of a Lethal Firearm?

 

Just another "Fall Guy"?

For allowing a trigger-happy murdering cop to be employed on his watch?

That would be my guess.

 

What if instead of getting shot, once he had control of the vehicle there was a car crash as he unsuspectingly crashes into another vehicle? The story would then be a criminal suspect escaping police, driving recklessly and injuring(if not possibly murdering) some innocent law abiding driver on the road.

When this young kid chose to resist instead of fight it out in court, he played Russian roulette and played it wrong.

 

He intention was to use the taser. This would be manslaughter not murder as it wasn’t intentional.

Do you believe the individual shot played any roll in what happened to him?