Posted on 12/24/2021 11:21:44 AM PST by Navy Patriot
The conviction of former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter in the death of Daunte Wright was a "double injustice with dangerous implications for policing in America," especially considering the judge in the case denied her release on bail, Harvard Law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz says in an opinion piece Friday.
"Officer Potter, a decorated policewoman with more than two decades of service, simply did not commit a crime," Dershowitz writes in his column, published in The Hill. "Under American law, honest mistakes are not crimes — even if they result in tragic deaths."
Potter, a former suburban Minneapolis police officer, said she confused her handgun for her Taser when she killed Wright during a traffic stop. She will be sentenced in February after a jury convicted her Thursday on two counts of manslaughter.
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Lots for her to appeal.
Still, if someone makes a big enough t mistake while driving a car and kills someone — can they not be charged with manslaughter?
Keep your underwear on, Dersh.
Her better defense is deadly force was ok to be used.
Mistakes can be crimes. If I mistakenly leave a gun out and a kid uses it...I can be charged. If I mistakenly pull a trigger on my gun and kill sommeone I can be charged.
The point,I believe is a judge who releases a person who kills could be charged with murder.
The Left, as particularly represented by Holder and Obama, have always wanted local police under Federal political control.
Using a politically weaponized DOJ, the have effectively succeeded.
Local police can and will act quickly - IF there is top-down political will and agreement on the target.
But when it comes to day-to-day policing and random crime for the common people - citizens will not be protected. You will continue to see crime increase rapidly.
Potter’s crime was PWW.
Policing while white.
Kinda like blacks who so often say DWB is a crime, driving while black.
Daunte was a dangerous violent felon attempting to get behind a 4 ton machine that can easily kill anyone in its path. To say this woman murdered him is insane. Every cop should just quit. These neighborhoods don’t want you there, the politicians don’t have your back, and soon those very same politicians are going to order you to start bashing the heads of the “unvaccinated.”
I recall hearing that the judge called the jurors “heroes.”
Agree, all points.
Unless you’re Alec Baldwin. Then it’s just a mistake and you do the talk show circuit.
IF they were acting recklessly than yes, an “accident” can become a criminal offense.
She had no criminal intent and made a horrible mistake.
None of that matters when the “story” fits a narrative. There is never any scrutiny on other person when the cops are involved - it’s all the cops fault.
Arrest them and the courts set them free immediately. Get into a confrontation with them that goes south and it’s all your fault copper and you go to prison.
Just smile and wave as they run away seems to be the best policy. Have not heard of anyone getting in trouble for that and honestly, why bother?
It’s hard to see how things could get much worse for the cops at the moment and in many places around the country it will get much worse for all of us because of it.
Given the hotbed political situation, she may have been safer in jail than at home.
some old gumpy steps on the accelerator instead of the brake and kills somebody, nobody is calling for his head.
True. Leftists get a free pass.
Carelessness or recklessness resulting in death is still a crime.
There will likely be a lot fewer traffic stops in the Twin Cities, and a whole lot more doughnuts consumed, leisurely, by cops.
My hope is those jurors meet a Dante wright, and the cops, for fear of prosecution ask them to call back when the crime is completed.
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