I’m not a fan of the police these days. But in this case I will note that what happened was clearly an accident.
I say that because when she thought she had her Taser she fired it once in the expectation that it would only go off one time.
Had she intentionally fired her pistol in the belief that it was a pistol she would have emptied it into Wright because that’s what cops are trained to do these days. She would have dumped ten rounds into Wright.
So it’s safe to assume her assertion of an accidental shooting is truthful.
Still, she shot someone who did not need to be shot. She needs to be held to the same standard as she would hold anyone else to in the same circumstance.
Imagine her arresting you for accidentally shooting a perp once.
Even if you’d already disarmed yourself she’d aim her loaded weapon at you and shout orders at you.
She’d force you to the ground.
She’d possibly hit you several times before handcuffing you.
She’d toss you in the back of a patrol car.
She’d embellish her report and maybe even make up a few things to charge you with (loitering, resisting arrest, assault on an officer, etc.)
And then she’d testify that her report was accurate.
So yeah, hold her to her own standards.
I believe Potter will and should be found not guilty. Both of the charges require conscience of action. Both require intent that you are aware that what you are doing will cause death.
So if convicted she will be convicted on unintentional consequences. This would totally eliminate “accidents”. Doctors would be put in jail every day. All car accidents would be cause for imprisoning people.
Sometimes an accident is just an accident. Anyone one who watches the whole video of the stop knows this was an accident from Potter’s behavior. Anyone who actually watched the trial could walk away thinking this was anything other than an accident.
If you haven’t watched the actual trial, don’t bother responding to this post. Knowledge gleaned from any other source is useless.
Hers or yours as nothing but an arm chair reader who has never been put into such an adrenaline infused situation like that......?
What the hell, why even have court hearings when we can let the internet be the judge and jury.