I generally hold to the view it is nothing but both an unsatisfactory fork and an unsatisfactory spoon.Obviously, you need more sporks in your life.
I generally hold to the view it is nothing but both an unsatisfactory fork and an unsatisfactory spoon.Obviously, you need more sporks in your life.
This is second degree murder? And Chauvin isn't?Due to being on mobile, I can't post an article yet, but the officer, Kim Potter, is being charged with second-degree murder.
I agree that it's off. My best guess is that they are playing hardball with the second degree murder charge, and are planning to plead down to some sort of manslaughter.This is second degree murder? And Chauvin isn't?
To be fair, it probably is manslaughter in this case, since there’s no way to show intent or prove she knew she had a gun in her hand rather than a taser. You can prove she should’ve known, but it’d be a very difficult depraved indifference case if they tried to push a murder 3 charge, which I don’t even know if that’s an option in Minnesota.I agree that it's off. My best guess is that they are playing hardball with the second degree murder charge, and are planning to plead down to some sort of manslaughter.
Edit: I fucked up. She's being charged with second degree MANSLAUGHTER, not murder.
And the initial reaction of more than a few police departments was to agitate to make it illegal to record police during an arrest....because these events only became well-known due to the proliferation of video recording technology, the first being Rodney King that I can recall due to having been filmed by a bystander of whom the cops weren't aware.
Manslaughter my ass!Now that I'm home, an article for the second-degree manslaughter charge.
Protesters gather at Brooklyn Center police station hours after ex-officer is charged in the death of Daunte Wright
For the fourth night in a row, protesters gathered at the Brooklyn Center police station to demonstrate over the killing of 20-year-old Daunte Wright, a Black man, during a traffic stop in the Minneapolis suburb, hours after former police officer Kim Potter was arrested and charged in his death.www.cnn.com
My thoughts on it are they want this "resolved" quickly and quietly, and hell, I could argue a case strong enough to generate reasonable doubt in a jury on this one.Manslaughter my ass!
Thank you for the link.
In order to convict the officer of murder they'd have to prove that they at least deliberately recklessly endangered the victim's life, which would be quite difficult as the video evidence strongly suggests that the officer believed themselves to be holding a taser.Manslaughter my ass!
Thank you for the link.
Ironic. She might not be in trouble had she intentionally shot him dead. He violently resisted arrest and got into his car. But like Fruitvale Station, she meant to taze him but grabbed the wrong weapon. That cop did time for involuntary manslaughter.They've released the full body cam video of the female officer who did the shooting.
A lot of mistakes were made here.
1. The officers were handcuffing the man next to the open door of his car. Proper proceedure is to pull the suspect to the trunk of the car for this exact reason. The suspect slipped out of the grip of the officer, and jumped right into the car being able to drive away.
2. The woman obviously grabbed the wrong weapon and didn't notice. However there is clear panic in her voice and they are frankly trying not to let the guy get away.
3. The suspect himself, violently resisted arrest, and did not comply with police orders.
What a lot of people don't understand here is that as a cop you don't know what or why the suspect is getting into the car. For example in Jacob Blake's situation he was leaning towards a panel in which the officers later found a knife. You never know if a guy has a weapon in his car or what. Not to mention that if the suspect can put the car into gear, the car itself becomes a weapon.
Police have the right to defend themselves, and when a suspect is clearly not complying and resisting with violence you have problems.
Now the accidental shooting is a fuck up. However i would not have faulted the officer if she had been warning the man that she would shoot him.
Instead of screaming "I'ma Taze you!" And instead she was clearly warning, "Get out or I'll shoot." And this guy still didn't stop. Then i think the shooting would be justified.
But because off a cascade of cock-ups, this is instead a murder and she will go to jail for it.
After watching the video, this is just bad training by the officers and a bad choice made by the suspect. I don't think this was racially motivated, I think it's pretty clear this lady fucked up and panicked. And as a result will see jail time.
I really wish I could find the article again (I know it was from a major publication, at least) that did a deep dive on the rules, regulations, and legal requirements of taser use to which Potter was held, and pointed out even had she pulled her taser she was using it incorrectly and against regulations. And as you'd expect, had Wright been tased in the same area he was hit by the bullet (i.e. upper left torso) there's a high likelihood it would have sent him into cardiac arrest and killed him anyways.Another critic of her notes that as she is pointing her weapon at the suspect, her partner cop crossed into her line of fire and she just continued to point her weapon in her partner's direction. She could have killed her fellow officer.
Holy... moly. What a cluster.I really wish I could find the article again (I know it was from a major publication, at least) that did a deep dive on the rules, regulations, and legal requirements of taser use to which Potter was held, and pointed out even had she pulled her taser she was using it incorrectly and against regulations. And as you'd expect, had Wright been tased in the same area he was hit by the bullet (i.e. upper left torso) there's a high likelihood it would have sent him into cardiac arrest and killed him anyways.