Kim Potter Guilty
 

I could not have voted to convict. She was doing her job, and made a mistake. Surgeons make mistakes that result in death, but they never go to jail.

Before one comments on the jury verdict here, one should fully apprize oneself as to the elements of the charge against this officer.

The elements of the charge were enacted by the legislature of the state of Minnesota long before this incident occurred.

Be swayed not by your feelings, but be swayed by what the jury was forced to consider in light of the duly enacted law. They wrestled with this for 72 hours. How many seconds are you wrestling with this before you type in your opinions here?

Her convictions are totally unwarranted. I wonder how many jurors felt fearful of riots and/or were contacted by criminals who threatened them, their families and/or their property.

This should get corrected on appeal.

Wrong Charges Filed Against Kimberly Potter for Duante Wright Death

Anybody get a good look at the horrific criminal record of the vicious felon she mistakenly shot with her gun instead of her taser in the heat of the moment?

"The previously undisclosed 2017 felony petition, obtained by Fox News Digital, alleges that Wright broke into a home before the homeowner, who was in the basement, emerged upstairs and chased him out.

A 38-year-old man identified only as J.M. told police he recognized Wright as a "former acquaintance of his son" when the doorbell rang on Jan. 30, 2017.

"J.M. stated that he did not want to respond to the doorbell and ignored [Wright]," the petition states.

Then Wright walked behind the house and knocked at the back door, according to the court document. When no one answered, he allegedly took down the screen on the bathroom window and crawled inside. At that point, J.M. chased him out.

It’s unclear how the juvenile case was resolved. A spokeswoman for Ben Crump, the attorney representing Wright’s family, did not immediately respond to a request for comment."

"Wright also had armed robbery charges pending at the time of his death. And a pair of lawsuits filed after his death accuse him of shooting a teen in the head and taking part in a carjacking in which an accomplice allegedly shot a young man through the leg.

In the robbery case, Wright allegedly closed one hand around a 20-year-old woman’s throat, choking her, while shoving a gun barrel in her face and demanding cash she had hidden in her bra."

From: Kim Potter trial: Daunte Wright, repeat offender killed by ex-cop, appears in yet another felony complaint | Fox News


It will become increasingly difficult to find good folks agreeable to take on careers in law enforcement if such travesties continue.

AGREE. The way underpaid Law Enforcement Officers that have to make life or death decisions in a matter of one second need considerably more pay and benefits to compensate for the potential ramifications of the job. After the legitimate stop the officers were informed that this, now known criminal, was wanted on a WEAPONS charge. After confronting him with this, a struggle ensued, and he the wanted CRIMINAL attempted to re-enter his vehicle, which considering the “weapons warrant” would make any law enforcement officer concerned. With that said she made a tragic error, but in”my” opinion the charges against her were not warranted.

You sound like a cross eyed lawyer!

How many fractions of a second did she have to decide her actions and act?

It is sad this happened but amazing that somehow we should feel sorry for the no good hoodlum who was up to no good in his life and was shot.

Not as if the officer has plenty of time to make a decision with their life in serious jeopardy.

With the just verdicts in the George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Daunte Wright trials and the indictment of the white female prosecutor in the Arbery case for not doing her job, it's been a bad year for racists and those who think law enforcement should be above the law. May the trend continue.

LOL, no one is going to miss Daunte Wright. Most likely Potter has saved a few lives with her mistake.

There are a lot of cops who do things to create circumstances to shoot people for sure. But this was a mistake under pressure.

Some people improve the World be being in it, others by leaving it. Tata Daunte !!!

She's guilty of involuntary manslaughter, no idea what the laws are in that location.

He's guilty of stupidity and paid the price for it.

Keyboard comments are interesting. If you feel the conviction is warranted walk in an officers shoes. Then rethink your conviction. Terrible, tragic mistake but that is what it was a mistake

I would have reached for my gun and not the taser knowingly. No way I could be a cop and put up with what have to deal with

Good points

If Wright hadn’t try to flee , none of this would have happened.

Well said!