Posted on 12/27/2021 5:02:55 AM PST by TheManWhoWantedToBeLeftAlone
If the police are to be granted a “mulligan”, that suggests they can be held to a lesser standard of responsibility. If I had done something similar to her act, I don’t think anyone would be surprised at my conviction.
Kim Potter is an imbecile. Most female cops are trash. Someone did a piece a few years back about the number of female police/supervisors involved in errant or mistaken fatal shootings/killings. It was shockingly high.
“That’s a helluva price to pay for being stylish!”
I am certainly not celebrating her conviction.
The part that had me scratching my head was how this officer who had been on the job for all those years had never actually drawn and fired her taser. Even in training.
I personally know several cops, in my family. They get weapons refresher training every year. They have to qualify with their weapons…every year. They are tased at least once during their initial training. They are put through stress inducing weapons training during their academy and every couple of rotations through weapons qualifications.
The lack of training is probably not her fault. But it certainly contributed to her plight. I hope the judge is not a jerk during sentencing.
Tragic and deadly mistakes put people in jail all the time. That’s what crimes like “negligent homicide” and “involuntary manslaughter” are for. It is actually criminal to accidentally kill somebody.
except they said she was authorized to use deadly force
1. Maybe the jury didn't believe the dingbat cop's story.
2. Maybe the jury decided that they would hold an armed officer of the law to a higher standard than a doctor or an airline pilot when it comes to assessing cases of potential criminal conduct.
One of the reports I read indicated that she hadn't been doing regular shifts as a police officer in years, and had instead been working a desk job. But she was on the street that day because -- get this -- she was a trainer who was assigned to work in the field with a new police officer.
You can't make this sh!t up.
She represents/works for the government that believes we aren’t responsible enough to own guns.
Potter could have shot Daunte six times in the head and then lit his body on fire, and I would still say she deserves a pass.
“If rehabilitation is the goal, does someone like Potter learn her lesson that the accidental taking of life already hasn’t?”
That is a good question. Is the purpose of the prison system to punish, rehabilitate or somewhere in-between?
If to rehabilitate, putting her in prison for being incompetent at her job is pointless.
If to punish, putting her in prison for removing a thug from society makes no sense.
For those who say, “well, if I had done that,” it is not your job to confront and detain these criminals so, yeah, you would be treated differently.
Honestly, I would refuse to carry a weapon I hadn’t been trained with. That’s just irresponsible at a personal level.
Nope, I’m sorry stupid should hurt.
I agree. And I do believe cops deserve more of a benefit of the doubt that the rest of us. If Daunte had a gun he would probably have killed or tried to kill the cops because he was a violent career thug. Most of us typing at our desks do not have to go into war zones in blue city s***holes full of thugs like Daunte.
Cops get all the training, equipment and backup. They should be held to a HIGHER standard, not lower.
Alec Baldwin will probably face no charges.
26 yrs on the force.
Agree
So do pilots and drs get all the training, etc
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