Posted on 12/23/2021 11:43:18 AM PST by Navy Patriot
The jurors have found Kim Potter, the former Brooklyn Center police officer who shot and killed Daunte Wright, guilty on counts of both first- and second-degree manslaughter.
The jury had deliberated for approximately 28 hours Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Late Tuesday, they asked Judge Regina Chu what they should do if they could not arrive at a verdict. Speaking with the jurors, Chu told them they needed to continue with deliberations with open minds and a willingness to listen to each other’s viewpoints.
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Maybe hire better officers
Yeah, ... Officers of the Court ...
I am utterly shocked that they could reach this conclusion. This one hits me hard. I did not feel this towards the Auberry verdict. I am not racist, but this poor woman deserved a verdict commensurate with her crime. Sooo distraught.
At the rate they do not allow any mistakes with police officers without charging them they’ll soon find officers holding back entirely when we really need them to act.
Just shows how many in that jury box are indoctrinated with this hate for police officers....
That’s why all those conservatives who were praising the neutrality of the courts and juries over the Rittenhouse case were overreacting. Wokeness still matters over justice in extremely liberal jurisdictions where fair trials can’t be obtained.
Very sad.
I don’t disagree with the decision (I never assume I know more than the jury that sat through the trial), but I hope she gets a light sentence. She’s no danger to society due to this conviction.
Horrible career ending accident. A male cop shot a black guy and killed him the same way a couple of years ago, I never heard how that one came out. Several cops were struggling with the guy, who was on a concrete floor. Cop pulled his pistol thinking it was his taser and shot the guy point blank in the back.
This was a horrific mistake in the heat of the moment brought about because a criminal was not complying.
As to your suggestion to hire better officers my reflex is to agree. However, police are humans and there have been many cases where it can be argued the officers actions were reasonable and their lives were ruined anyways. Look at the officers with Chauvin in Minneapolis who more or less followed his department training and policy no matter how bad it looked.
Good luck getting good people to take such a job. Damned if you do and damned if you don’t if it fits the narrative of the left.
I am sorry for her. It was obviously unintentional but I think the real lesson throughout the country is just let non-compliant minority people go when they do not cooperate.
Why bother?
I think that was the Oakland transit cop who shot the guy on the ground thinking he had his taser in his hand? It happened in the Carolina’s a few years ago as well and was captured on dashcam video but the subject was not a minority.
It was unintentional and that is why the charge of manslaughter was pursued.
Democrats are evil scum.
She was convicted because she was white and the criminal was black.
I’ve never been a police officer, but I know it’s a tough job. If so, get tough people to do it. The diversity BS cuts both ways. It cuts against us conservative white people dwelling in the “safe suburbs” when diversity candidates pass police academy and wear the uniform in an unworthy manner. I know here in Las Vegas, being a Latinx woman holds more value than one’s ability to do the job. I hope and pray that we don’t have one of these cases. I still support and pray for police officers in every community, that they have the honor, integrity, and physical toughness to do the job. This one did not.
ALl cops should quit and leave Minnesota immediately. Let that woke populace fend for themselves
What an early Christmas present for her.
Was that the case with the elderly police guy?..................
Our society has been given over to evil because we are an evil society.
Hope the wokes and racists enjoy their new “utopia”.
It’s sad for everyone involved. If he had simply followed instructions, he would be alive today, and this poor ladies life would be good too.
why why why do these people RESIST ARREST !!!
Sad, didn’t appear to be intentional. Unlike Alex Baldwin.
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