Jail time, how much?https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/jury-finds-kim-potter-guilty-in-death-of-daunte-wright/ar-AAS5YiL?ocid=msedgntp
Here's my perspective. It is sometimes the job of a police officer to take out their gun and shoot someone. They are expected to size up situations, often very chaotic, potentially life-threatening situations, in a split second and make a decision if they should shoot or not. That being the case, while they should have absolute accountability and full training, their poor decisions, made in crazy situations, should NEVER be equated to a common criminal who never had the business to have a gun in the first place.I don't think it's fair that if I make a mistake doing my job, I get reprimanded, while if a man who puts his life in danger to protect me makes a mistake, they go to jail for life. Obviously, their mistakes have much bigger ramifications, but there still should be a level of leniency in the picture.
Her accident lands her guilty, alec Baldwin accident a free manSome justice system we have in america
At the end of the day she put herself into a position where an error costs a life. Where things get messier is how there was testimony from other officers and the former chief of police that according to protocol she would have been justified had she intended to use the gun. The DA argued that this was police protecting their own as a family.
The jury rejected that argument.
Yes, they accepted the prosecutors' argument that it was the police protecting their own.
At the end of the day she put herself into a position where an error costs a life.
If I understand correctly, they accepted the argument she should have not used the taser let alone a gun in that situation.
If I understand correctly, they accepted the argument
Fox News: Kim Potter made a mistake. Her jury did not, but maybe the law needs to be reviewed.https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/kim-potter-minneapolis-duante-wright-police-shooting-jonathan-turley?cmpid=prn_newsstand
Skimming through that it seems he's saying the law should be what Rekieta laid out in the video I posted above is actually the law in MN.(note to @CountValentine: contrary to what your painting of me probably is, clicking that link was my first time in a long time looking at Fox News...)
All the jury can do is go by the instructions they are given.