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 Offline oskar576
PostPosted: 04/12/21 4:24 pm • # 1 
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Really?

(CNN)A 20-year-old man was fatally shot during a traffic stop after a Minnesota police officer shouted "Taser!" but fired a handgun instead, Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon said.

Daunte Wright was driving with his girlfriend Sunday afternoon when he was pulled over in the Minneapolis suburb.
Earlier, police said they tried to take the driver into custody after learning during a traffic stop that he had an outstanding warrant. The man got back into his vehicle, and an officer shot him, police said. They said the man drove several blocks before striking another vehicle.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/12/us/brook ... Stories%29
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 Offline shiftless2
PostPosted: 04/13/21 5:17 am • # 2 
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Is that the latest get out of jail free card. Yell "Taser" and then claim you made a mistake?

How Could an Officer Mistake a Gun for a Taser?

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https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/202 ... r-gun.html
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 Offline Chaos333
PostPosted: 04/13/21 3:26 pm • # 3 
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Police chief & "Oops that was my gun!" cop both resigned.

And the bootlickers are out in force on social media claiming that if he had "just complied" he wouldn't be dead.
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PostPosted: 04/13/21 4:59 pm • # 4 
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Former Minnesota police officer who shot Daunte Wright to face charges: report

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/nation ... story.html
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 Offline macroscopic
PostPosted: 04/14/21 12:21 am • # 5 
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Chaos333 wrote:
Police chief & "Oops that was my gun!" cop both resigned.

And the bootlickers are out in force on social media claiming that if he had "just complied" he wouldn't be dead.


if he had not been shot, he would also not be dead.
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 Offline jimwilliam
PostPosted: 04/14/21 12:26 am • # 6 
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If this keeps up Minnesota is going to need a whole new jail just for cops. They could call it "To Serve Until Paroled".
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 Offline shiftless2
PostPosted: 04/14/21 5:32 am • # 7 
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Prosecutors expect to decide Wednesday whether to charge the white former police officer who fatally shot a Black man during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb, sparking nights of protests and raising tensions amid the nearby murder trial of the ex-officer charged with killing George Floyd.

Decision expected on charges for Minnesota cop who shot Black motorist

https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/decision-e ... -1.5386693
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 Offline shiftless2
PostPosted: 04/14/21 5:37 am • # 8 
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One piece of good news - and it only took 15 years

BREAKING: BRAVO!!! Cariol Horne forcibly removed a white officer and traded blows with him after he put a Black man, who was handcuffed, into a chokehold. 15 years later, a judge said her firing was wrong.

Court Vindicates Black Officer Fired for Stopping Colleague’s Chokehold
Cariol Horne acted to keep a white officer from using what she saw as excessive force. Fifteen years later, a judge said her firing was wrong.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/13/nyre ... ehold.html
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 Offline Chaos333
PostPosted: 04/14/21 7:11 am • # 9 
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macroscopic wrote:
Chaos333 wrote:
Police chief & "Oops that was my gun!" cop both resigned.

And the bootlickers are out in force on social media claiming that if he had "just complied" he wouldn't be dead.


if he had not been shot, he would also not be dead.



True. But far too complicated for some people to grasp. :ey


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 Offline shiftless2
PostPosted: 04/14/21 7:27 am • # 10 
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From the NYT article:

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She had been among the first to arrive at the scene after Kobe Edgar Dimock-Heisler, 21, was fatally shot in Brooklyn Center two years ago. An investigative report from the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office stated that she told two officers involved in the shooting to exit the residence, get into separate squad cars, turn off their body cameras and not talk to each other.


https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/12/us/kim-potter.html

Instructing the other officers to turn off their body cams is not a good thing.
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 Offline oskar576
PostPosted: 04/14/21 8:42 am • # 11 
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shiftless2 wrote:
From the NYT article:

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She had been among the first to arrive at the scene after Kobe Edgar Dimock-Heisler, 21, was fatally shot in Brooklyn Center two years ago. An investigative report from the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office stated that she told two officers involved in the shooting to exit the residence, get into separate squad cars, turn off their body cameras and not talk to each other.


https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/12/us/kim-potter.html

Instructing the other officers to turn off their body cams is not a good thing.


It's cover-up thing.
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 Offline shiftless2
PostPosted: 04/14/21 10:34 am • # 12 
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Minnesota cop Kim Potter, who fatally shot Duante Wright, to be charged with manslaughter: report

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/nation ... story.html
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 Offline jimwilliam
PostPosted: 04/14/21 1:13 pm • # 13 
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I don't know what the body cameras would have had to do with anything but telling them to get into separate vehicles and not talk to each other was probably the right thing.
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 Offline oskar576
PostPosted: 04/14/21 3:05 pm • # 14 
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jimwilliam wrote:
I don't know what the body cameras would have had to do with anything but telling them to get into separate vehicles and not talk to each other was probably the right thing.


Why?
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 Offline shiftless2
PostPosted: 04/14/21 6:34 pm • # 15 
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So they couldn't talk to each other and co-ordinate their stories?

But turning off their body cams makes it sound like an attempt at a cover up - there's no record of what was said to either of them after their cameras are shut off.
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 Offline jimwilliam
PostPosted: 04/15/21 2:44 pm • # 16 
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oskar576 wrote:
jimwilliam wrote:
I don't know what the body cameras would have had to do with anything but telling them to get into separate vehicles and not talk to each other was probably the right thing.


Why?


It's normal police practice in any potential crime. Witnesses are separated so they don't contaminate each other's stories.

I don't know but the cameras being turned off may have to do with the old "anything you say may be used against you" thing. As potential suspects, the police officers would have a right to having representation with them before answering questions about what happened. Not only are they supposed to enforce civil rights, they are entitled to them as well.
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 Offline shiftless2
PostPosted: 04/15/21 3:24 pm • # 17 
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jimwilliam wrote:
I don't know but the cameras being turned off may have to do with the old "anything you say may be used against you" thing.

Perhaps. Or it could be an attempt to hide evidence. I'm pretty sure that's the way a jury would interpret it.

In this case the shooting was rule justified but this doesn't help her case in the current situation.
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PostPosted: 04/15/21 5:28 pm • # 18 
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Body-cam video shows teenager Adam Toledo raising arms before he’s shot dead by Chicago cop

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/nation ... story.html
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 Offline jimwilliam
PostPosted: 04/15/21 9:48 pm • # 19 
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Perhaps. Or it could be an attempt to hide evidence. I'm pretty sure that's the way a jury would interpret it.

Why? The cameras were turned off after the shooting.
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 Offline shiftless2
PostPosted: 04/16/21 10:34 am • # 20 
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Rightly or wrongly, just the simple fact that she told them to turn off their cameras is going to influence the jury.
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 Offline jimwilliam
PostPosted: 04/16/21 5:26 pm • # 21 
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Rightly or wrongly, just the simple fact that she told them to turn off their cameras is going to influence the jury.


That would depend on how it was presented to the jury. If it was proper police procedure they would probably just accept it.
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 Offline shiftless2
PostPosted: 04/16/21 5:48 pm • # 22 
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I doubt that - I expect that many jury members would interpret it as "proper police procedure is to suppress evidence". And a prosecuting attorney would have to be very dumb not to figure that out.
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 Offline shiftless2
PostPosted: 02/18/22 12:46 pm • # 23 
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Ex-police officer Kim Potter sentenced to two years for fatally shooting Daunte Wright
The former Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, police officer said she was reaching for her Taser during an April 11 stop last year but instead pulled a service weapon.
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A Minnesota judge on Friday sentenced former police officer Kim Potter to two years in prison, far less than what was sought by prosecutors in the fatal shooting of Black motorist Daunte Wright.

Hennepin County Judge Regina Chu handed down the punishment for the former Brooklyn Center police officer after emotional courtroom statements from the victim's loved ones and the defendant herself.

Chu ordered Potter to spend ...

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/da ... -rcna16478

In other words a basically meaningless slap on the wrist



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Grand jury indicts 9 Texas police officers on excessive force charges related to 2020 BLM protests
At least nine Austin police officers accused of excessive force during 2020 protests are indicted
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Nearly two years after demonstrators and police clashed in Austin during nationwide protests sparked by the murder of George Floyd, a Travis County grand jury on Thursday indicted at least nine officers accused of excessive force and Austin officials agreed to a $10 million settlement with two men shot by police with beanbag rounds.

"We believe many protesters injured by law enforcement officers during the protest were innocent bystanders. We also believe that the overwhelming majority of victims in the incidents that were investigated suffered significant injuries," Travis County District Attorney José Garza said during a Thursday press conference announcing the indictments. "Some will never fully recover."

More officers could be indicted, but the Travis County District Attorney's office has not announced the final tally. Last week, the Austin American-Statesman reported that the grand jury was considering charges for up to 18 officers.

The names of the officers being indicted are not yet known. Travis County District Attorney José Garza said ...

https://www.salon.com/2022/02/17/grand- ... m_partner/
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