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23 Dec 2021, 2:09 pm

Ex-officer Kim Potter found guilty in fatal shooting of Daunte Wright

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Kim Potter, the former Brooklyn Center, Minn., police officer who fatally shot 20-year-old Daunte Wright earlier this year after shouting “Taser!,” on Thursday was found guilty on first-degree and second-degree charges of manslaughter.

Potter took the witness stand last week, breaking down at one point and saying “I’m sorry” as the magnitude of her actions hit her as she was being cross-examined by prosecutors.

She had made a mistake and had sought to use her taser against Wright instead of her gun. The defense team claimed that an officer could have been dragged by Wright’s car, claiming that Potter would have been within her rights to use such force.

A use-of-force expert testifying for the prosecution argued otherwise during the trial.

“The use of deadly force was not appropriate and the evidence suggests a reasonable officer in Officer Potter’s position could not have believed it was proportional to the threat at the time,” University of South Carolina School of Law professor Seth Stoughton said on the stand.

The trial was also emotional for the family of Wright, whose father reminisced about his son and noted their close relationship.

“He was me and my wife's first child," Arbuey Wright said during emotional testimony on Wednesday, USA Today reported.

"I miss him a lot. Every day.”


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23 Dec 2021, 11:53 pm

What about the rest who got away
https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/natio ... story.html



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24 Dec 2021, 12:42 am

The victim looks like a child.
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Why Kimberly Potter even thought of using a taser on a kid is beyond my comprehension, let alone a gun. Prosecution called it reckless in that she clearly didn't care. Jail mandatory for this b***h.



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24 Dec 2021, 8:06 am

The amount of interest here on WP in this case compared to the Rittenhouse case is striking.

Burn out?


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24 Dec 2021, 9:16 am

ASPartOfMe wrote:
The amount of interest here on WP in this case compared to the Rittenhouse case is striking.
Burn out?

She admitted she shot him, so what's there to debate?


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24 Dec 2021, 10:18 am

TheRobotLives wrote:
ASPartOfMe wrote:
The amount of interest here on WP in this case compared to the Rittenhouse case is striking.
Burn out?

She admitted she shot him, so what's there to debate?

So did Rittenhouse.


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24 Dec 2021, 1:02 pm

cyberdad wrote:
The victim looks like a child.
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Why Kimberly Potter even thought of using a taser on a kid is beyond my comprehension, let alone a gun. Prosecution called it reckless in that she clearly didn't care. Jail mandatory for this b***h.


Why are you calling Potter a bi*** when you clearly know nothing of the trial. Daunte Wright, without trying to character assassinate a dead man, harmed many people and was not as innocent as you think:

https://www.foxnews.com/us/kim-potter-t ... sota-karma

The man choked a woman in a room and gave her severe PTSD as well as shooting other victims and leaving them permanently disabled and with brain damage. Daunte Wright should not have been shot dead by Kim Potter, that we can all agree on, however to say Kim Potter is an evil ***ch for shooting what you portray as an innocent kid is laughable given the facts of the case. Kim Potter had every right to tase Daunte Wright because he was a dangerous criminal fleeing an arrest scene, and when he managed to fight off the cops restraining him and entered the car to flee he was a risk to others when he fled from the cops trying to apprehend him. Kim Potter tasing a fleeing and violent criminal suspect is 100% in her rights, and her killing Daunte wasn't even her intention but an accident. After she shot Daunte Wright she was grief stricken and actually terrified about what she did, and her own supervisors were reporting her feeling suicidal and attempting suicide from the guilt of what she did.

Look im against corrupt cops more than the next guy is, but Kim Potter isn't anywhere near the worst cop in America or Minnesota. She isn't Derek Chauvin, not by a landslide. If anything Kim Potter is a tragic character who was at the wrong place at the wrong time and made an accidental mistake that was deadly and that she now has to live with for the rest of her life.



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24 Dec 2021, 6:06 pm

DmitriNicholaev wrote:
Why are you calling Potter a bi*** when you clearly know nothing of the trial. Daunte Wright, without trying to character assassinate a dead man, harmed many people and was not as innocent as you think:.


Really? According to the police dispatch - Police said they had stopped Mr Wright for having an expired tag on his car licence plate, but then tried to arrest him on an outstanding warrant. Family members say he was racially profiled. Bodycam footage showed Mr Wright fleeing from officers after they told him he was being arrested for the warrant.

What was the warrant for? faced allegations from last June that he fled from officers and had a gun without a permit.

The whole reason Potter tried to tase him was over a expired licence and a possible possession of a gun without a permit,

You make it sound like Kimberely Potter, Derick Chauvin and Kyle Rittenhouse all had "mind reading powers" like a Fox news journalist able to retorspectively dig up dirt on the victims and make them appear like they deserved to be killed.



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24 Dec 2021, 7:38 pm

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The amount of interest here on WP in this case compared to the Rittenhouse case is striking.

Burn out?


She's not being pegged as a white supremist and tied to Trump.



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24 Dec 2021, 9:07 pm

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ASPartOfMe wrote:
The amount of interest here on WP in this case compared to the Rittenhouse case is striking.

Burn out?


She's not being pegged as a white supremist and tied to Trump.

Why not?


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25 Dec 2021, 5:49 am

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What was the warrant for? faced allegations from last June that he fled from officers and had a gun without a permit.

He resisted arrest.

That is why she shot him.


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25 Dec 2021, 10:31 pm

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What was the warrant for? faced allegations from last June that he fled from officers and had a gun without a permit.

He resisted arrest.

That is why she shot him.


Cops have been tasering black people for looking at them the wrong way.



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18 Feb 2022, 12:29 pm

Kim Potter, who killed Daunte Wright, sentenced to 24 months, fine on manslaughter convictions

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Former Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kim Potter was sentenced to 24 months and a fine of $1,000 on Friday, Feb. 18 following her conviction in the death of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man who was fatally shot during a traffic stop.

Potter will serve 16 months in prison and the remaining eight months on supervised release, a sentence far below what the prosecution sought. Judge Regina Chu acknowledged the sentence was a "significant downward departure" from sentencing guidelines.

"This is one of the saddest cases I have had in my 20 years on the bench," Chu said when delivering the sentence. "Officer Potter made a mistake that ended tragically, but she never intended to hurt anyone."

Chu said she received "hundreds" of letters in support of Potter, all of which she said she had read.

The maximum sentence for first-degree manslaughter is 15 years and a $30,000 fine and for second-degree manslaughter -- 10 years and a $20,000 fine.

In a court filing on Tuesday, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison's office had announced they sought 86 months, or 7 years and 2 months, prison time for Potter. Sentences in the state are served concurrently, so Potter would only have served the higher sentence.

Before the sentencing, Katie Ann Wright, Daunte Wright's mother, delivered an emotional and tearful impact statement Friday, asking the judge to give Potter the maximum sentence.


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18 Feb 2022, 5:46 pm

Oops, your honor I mean't to issue a fine for driving a nice car while black but for some accidental reason I threw him on the ground and beat him a few times.

It's an accident! honestly....

"Right" a few days in jail and then back to work!

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18 Feb 2022, 10:47 pm

I watched the shooting. Potter was genuinely horrified over what happened and was in hysterics. It's plainly obvious a horrible mistake had been made. This was one of those altercations that took place within the span of a couple of seconds.