This might not be the most popular take but...
Daunte Wright should be alive. He's dead because he was dumb and a cop was dumb and Minnesota law is dumb. Yes, he had an outstanding warrant. The warrant was bullshit. He was wanted for POSSESSING a firearm. That's it. Not committing a crime with a firearm, not recklessly using a firearm, just POSSESSING a firearm. It was a warrant for a misdemeanor.
He shouldn't have resisted. But he did.
The cop shouldn't have pulled the wrong weapon. But she did.
The officer in question, is guilty of negligent homicide.
I just look forward to the intersectional slap-fight that will come from an incompetent diversity hire cop accidentally shooting a black man.
Beyond that I refuse to participate in these little bait events the left decides are note-worthy.
The female officer fucked up on a massive scale.
She probably won't even get a slap on the wrist.
Wright was acting like a complete dumbass and the officer was acting like a dumbass as well.
It is clear this event was not about racism.
That's clear nearly every damn time, doesn't matter. From some articles about it:
"This is murder. This is white supremacy. Who’s going to stand up for our ancestors who built this land but are still kept down?" said Jonathan Mason, a community activist.
I love the phrase, we built this land. Theres this magical middle ground where it's either "this land is 100% indian, all others fuck off" or "its 100% black and asian, all others fuck off". I wish we could exploit this dissonance somehow.
So did modern-day Native Americans.
Really good reply, you took my semi incoherent ramblings and gave it a great core.
Black people have benefitted more from American slavery than almost any other group (just look at most of Africa if you don't believe me.)
I disagree.
What I think will happen is that Hennepin County prosecutor will bring charges and lean VERY hard on the defense to concede guilty on negligent homicide for a reduced sentence.
Hmm
Women have not faced consequences for their actions in a court of law for some time.
You really think they will start now?
I think they have to for budget reasons.
The evidence for a wrongful death civil case is overwhelming, I think the city and county will HAVE to go for charges to absolve themselves of some of that liability.
In a situation this stupid, the conversation shifts from the chief to the city's leadership and their insurance provider, and becomes very much a "you will do it or your coverage is terminated" conversation.
She won't be prosecuted because of qualified immunity. From what I can see the video evidence supports this to apply to this situation since there is no clear malice in the situation with her documented action during and after the pulling the gun. This falls more into a training and procedure issue for pulling and using tasers in intense situations that falls on the city and police department.
There have been several incidents in the past ten years where cops have pulled guns instead of tasers and accidently shot people and not get criminal charged for it. The prosecutors wouldn't get past the first motions of dismissal because of the current established standards nationally on this kind of issue.
Yes the absolute legal definition only applies to civil cases but the argument can be used to defend officers in criminal cases. I remember reading about it being used as an argument a long time ago in a criminal case against a cop. As for witch case it was, I can't really recall as I've read and listened to many articles about criminal and civil cases since I've been involved in government accountability for over a decade.
when the fucker is getting handcuffed, he scuttles away and returns into the car, only two things can occur either at that point, he runs away or he grabs a gun and shot me in the face.
if I was the officer the moment he returned into the car I would have shot. I'm not giving him any chance. taser is being extremely benevolent.
You're not wrong.
And if she had pulled a taser, this wouldn't have made the news.
But she didn't pull a taser, she pulled a fucking glock.
The story here is not that someone resisted arrest and died. The story here is that an officer on a camera, drew the wrong weapon and used it the wrong way. That's negligence or incompetence at best.
I oppose publicly funded police forces for many reasons. The sheer incompetence they regularly display, like in this case, is among them.
There is an ocean of difference between something legitimately accidental, like a tornado wrecking your house or an AC dropping on your head, and an entirely predictable occurrence incentivized by every imaginable measure.
I didn't research the warrant so I'll have to take your word for it. I still get the idea from a few things I saw that this guy was not exactly an upstanding member of society. Still neither really matter, as the officer just chose the wrong tool for the job. Whether it was poor training, incompetence, or whatever it doesn't matter. There seems to be very little backstory here too to muddy the waters.
They actually want to fix stuff like this, commit to an extreme overhaul of police training including very stringent and strict competency tests. Of course, they'd have to get rid of a ton of cops because they aren't going to get enough competent people to fill the jobs. Which I guess wouldn't be all bad.
Daunte wright was a dindu, and nothing of value was lost when he died.
If you're being arrested for illegal possession of a firearm, resisting arrest and running to your car is going to look like you are running for your gun.
He's dead because he was stupid.
Did he deserve it? No. But play stupid games, win stupid prizes. This wouldn't have made it beyond local news if it was some white redneck.