Police shooting of black man in Brooklyn Center and protests

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And since his consequences have already occurred we can focus on holding the killer accountable instead of pretending the blame rests entirely on the victim.

Where did I say that the total blame rests on the victim.

When you resist arrest you take the chance that the police officer will make mistakes.

But the mistake would not have happened had Dante not decided to flee and simply followed the commands of the police officer.

Victim blaming, much?

The police and the community are the victims of criminals like Daunte Wright and Jacob Blake. Let's not blame the real victims and let's not make criminals out to be martyrs. Let's also not tolerate the lies and allow these events to be used to divide people in an obvious attempt to start a race war.

Mentioning a race war every time racism is mentioned kinda comes off like a veiled threat. Insisting these conversations will only lead to violence doesn't seem rational. The same threats were made during the civil rights era and white supremacists aren't as powerful now as they were then.

It's not a threat. It's what is happening. These assumptions of guilt based on skin color are in violation of civil rights law. These same assumptions of guilt by skin color we see today were also prevalent in the civil rights era. It's that kind of racial prejudice that lead to the need for civil rights laws in the first place.

The assumptions never went away.

Oh wait, you mean for your unsubstantiated claims about other people being immediately judged on their colour.

If you've got evidence for that notion please show it or stop trotting out the victim complex. If you're really insisting there's some sort of systemic bias against white people within the justice system you'll need to prove it.

Kim Potter, the former Brooklyn Center, Minn., police officer who shot Daunte Wright, was arrested Wednesday and will be charged with second-degree manslaughter, according to Minnesota authorities.

The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension announced the arrest. The Washington County Attorney's Office will announce charges later Wednesday afternoon. Potter is currently being held at the Hennepin County Jail.

Potter shot Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, during a traffic stop Sunday while officers were attempting arrest after discovering an outstanding warrant. In body camera footage, Wright can be seen pulling his hands free and ducking back into the car; Potter yells, "I'll tase you! Taser! Taser! Taser!" then fires her handgun. Wright died on the scene.

Under Minnesota law, someone is guilty of second-degree manslaughter if that person causes the death of another through "culpable negligence" and "creates an unreasonable risk, and consciously takes chances of causing death or great bodily harm to another." The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine.

Second-degree manslaughter is among the charges faced by fired Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in his trial in George Floyd's death, which is nearing its closing arguments.

Potter will be represented by Earl Gray, a high-profile Minnesota defense attorney who has defended multiple police officers. Among his current clients is Thomas Lane, the former Minneapolis police officer who helped restrain Floyd. Gray's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

I could care less what skin color we are talking about. The goal of justice has to be color blind. Anything else is antithetical to civil rights.

When you resist arrest you take the chance that the police officer will make mistakes.

No, Thats called life in the Real World.

The police and the community are the victims of criminals like Daunte Wright and Jacob Blake. Let's not blame the real victims and let's not make criminals out to be martyrs. Let's also not tolerate the lies and allow these events to be used to divide people in an obvious attempt to start a race war.

Its easy to project your own values on AAs when you aren't a member of the African American community.

African Americans have been dealing with racist police for 100 years. The current generation of children are taught by parents to beware of police as they know they risk arrest or violence for driving in a vehicle or even walking on the street.

BTW they also have a history of tension with Korean, Indian and Arab store owners who consistently choose to open stores in black neighborhoods, overcharging, disrespecting and racially profiling customers.

While it's quaint to say you don't see race, I'm afraid you and I don't get to decide how a black person perceives the threat police pose. The actions of officers like Kimberly Potter don't exactly help the police in removing their existing reputation.