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Minnesota Ex-Officer Who Shot Daunte Wright Plans to Testify at Trial
Newsmax ^ | November 30, 2021

Posted on 11/30/2021 5:19:07 PM PST by Navy Patriot

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To: throwthebumsout

Actually - no, we shouldn’t. Wright wasn’t much of a loss, but the problem is that in the process she actually endangered her fellow officers - quoting prior posts in a previous thread to save myself typing:


This was the female officer that yelled she was pulling a Taser, pulled a Glock pistol instead and shot the guy, fatally. Broad daylight.

Oh, and she waved around her gun, endangered the officer next to her and almost shot the officer on the other side of the car.


Go watch the entire bodycam video. She pulled the wrong weapon while shouting that she was getting the other, muzzle-swept the officer beside her several times with her finger on the trigger, then shot the dirtbag (yup, he was scum but did he actually 100% deserve to die?) without checking her backstop, which meant that she could have shot the officer on the other side of the car, who you can see is in her line of fire.

(-When asked to prove my assertion -)

You can go to Youtube and find the original if you don’t believe this one, but I’ll go with this version from a generally pro-police former officer who is now a YouTuber:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wm5SMurcZtM

1:02 - Driver out of vehicle, officer visible on other side of car.
1:10 - Officer on other side of car appears to be opening door and/or looking inside the window.
1:19 - the offside officer is IN THE CAR ON THE PASSENGER SEAT.
1:22 - “I’ll Tase ya!”
1:23 - Glock comes into frame, finger clearly visible inside trigger guard.
1:24 - Glock is in frame. Officer’s finger is clearly on the trigger.
1:25 - “I’ll Tase you!” Also at 1:25, she has already muzzle swept the closer officer’s arm once.
1:26 - She muzzle sweeps the closer officer’s leg.
1:28 - She shoots the driver without checking where the offside officer is at all. She’s also *very* close to the closer officer’s head.
1:31-1:32 - Car drives off and you can see that the other officer was directly across from her when she fired.

If you would like stills of the video at any point, please let me know.

This was primarily a training failure, then a leadership failure, but the officer herself bears much responsibility herself. You can see the other two officers are carrying crossdraw Tasers as is her department’s policy. Her hand never goes for crossdraw, it only goes for her Glock.


Here’s three stills, though you didn’t ask for them

Officer in other side of car:
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51116477593_616a91116f_b.jpg

Glock coming out of holster, finger already in guard, probably (but cannot say from video alone) has already flagged the other officer on this side.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51117359300_5066eaae23_b.jpg

Glock still coming up, finger clearly on trigger even though she’s not ready to shoot. *You can still see the other officer behind Wright in the line of fire!!!*
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51116561681_ece1b731a2_b.jpg


The problem with her being fired is that they didn’t take her certification or bar her from working in law enforcement again. Look at all the incompetence above from a 26 year ‘veteran’ and tell me if you think she should ever be allowed to wear a badge again. This woman was a hazard to not just suspects but her fellow officers and literally everyone else around her.


21 posted on 12/01/2021 12:37:28 AM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Navy Patriot

If Daunte wasn’t a lowlife thug he’d still be alive. When one chooses his life style one runs a huge risk.


22 posted on 12/01/2021 4:51:01 AM PST by From The Deer Stand
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To: JonPreston

I think so.


23 posted on 12/01/2021 5:38:15 AM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (I'm in the control group. I identify as "vaccinated".🤡)
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To: Navy Patriot
Not having watched this trial, I'm not sure how this one is going. From the outset, it struck me as a situation where the police officer made a big mistake. I sort of expected a new officer to be involved. To find out she had been on the force for more than 25 years, was training new officers, and had never shot her service weapon or her taser in all that time struck me a very odd.

She is the kind of officer that becomes a community outreach social worker.

24 posted on 12/17/2021 12:07:26 PM PST by Repealthe17thAmendment
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