MN Police Shoot and Kill Daunte Wright

[Anonymous]

Daunte Wright committing armed robbery with a deadly weapon IS serious. Stop trying to minimize his criminal past.



Nevertheless, the tape shows the female officer here simply made a tragic mistake.

There is NO evidence of racism or bad intent here. None whatsoever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The article you linked conveniently leaves out what the outstanding warrant was for.

That's no excuse for murder. Period.

- NP

He resisted police and then attempted to gain control of a 3000 lb weapon. The same weapon that killed a Capitol Hill police officer who is being buried today. You people are crazy. Thank you to all the police who may be reading this.

Got out of the handcuffs and fought with police to get back behind the wheel driving off. I'm just thankful the officer, or anyone he could have hit in the car wasn't killed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Daunte Wright committing armed robbery with a deadly weapon IS serious. Stop trying to minimize his criminal past.



Nevertheless, the tape shows the female officer here simply made a tragic mistake.

There is NO evidence of racism or bad intent here. None whatsoever.

Stop trying to minimize the fact that the color of his skin is why it even escalated to him being tased.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The article you linked conveniently leaves out what the outstanding warrant was for.

That's no excuse for murder. Period.

- NP

He resisted police and then attempted to gain control of a 3000 lb weapon. The same weapon that killed a Capitol Hill police officer who is being buried today. You people are crazy. Thank you to all the police who may be reading this.

Got out of the handcuffs and fought with police to get back behind the wheel driving off. I'm just thankful the officer, or anyone he could have hit in the car wasn't killed.

It’s not a deadly weapon unless it is headed toward someone and it wasn’t. It was unreasonable use of force.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My, dont the facts change from “having an air freshener” to “robbing and choking a friend at gunpoint for $800”. Per usual.

This appears to be a tragic accident.

He slept at her house, left with no money but sure he pulled a gun/strangled her but then left with no money. Sounds realistic .

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Daunte Wright committing armed robbery with a deadly weapon IS serious. Stop trying to minimize his criminal past.



Nevertheless, the tape shows the female officer here simply made a tragic mistake.

There is NO evidence of racism or bad intent here. None whatsoever.

Interesting that little factoid isn't so easy to find. This thug not only pulled a gun on her, but choked her as well in 2019.

Seriously glad the officers weren't hurt!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Relevant? Yes. Important. Not sure. No doubt she grabbed the wrong weapon. Easy to mix up. Should she have caught it before firing yes. Let's remember though she is a 26 year veteran and a training officer and she still made the mistake. Have you ever made a mistake under stress? If so magnify that by 600. 250,000 people die each year from medical mistakes. Most of those are done under less stress than that video shows.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Daunte Wright committing armed robbery with a deadly weapon IS serious. Stop trying to minimize his criminal past.



Nevertheless, the tape shows the female officer here simply made a tragic mistake.

There is NO evidence of racism or bad intent here. None whatsoever.

Interesting that little factoid isn't so easy to find. This thug not only pulled a gun on her, but choked her as well in 2019.

Seriously glad the officers weren't hurt!

Maybe he is a thug. So what? The cop lost control of herself and the situation. She was a veteran and should’ve known better. She already did the public one favor by resigning as incompetent police have no right to serve the public. Now she must answer for her misconduct that led to the death of the victim. Let’s she what happens in court. I would also suspect she will be sued if possible by the family of the victim.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

This image is important.

Relevant? Yes. Important. Not sure. No doubt she grabbed the wrong weapon. Easy to mix up. Should she have caught it before firing yes. Let's remember though she is a 26 year veteran and a training officer and she still made the mistake. Have you ever made a mistake under stress? If so magnify that by 600. 250,000 people die each year from medical mistakes. Most of those are done under less stress than that video shows.

So her incompetence is an excuse? She should know better how to maintain control of herself (especially after 26 years). That she couldn’t seems to point to gross negligence on her part.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Daunte Wright committing armed robbery with a deadly weapon IS serious. Stop trying to minimize his criminal past.



Nevertheless, the tape shows the female officer here simply made a tragic mistake.

There is NO evidence of racism or bad intent here. None whatsoever.

Stop trying to minimize the fact that the color of his skin is why it even escalated to him being tased.

Sure, sure.....because the police would have been very patient with a white hoodlum who had an outstanding warrant, priors for serious crimes and just pushed his way back into a car and attempted to drive off......yeah right.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Daunte Wright committing armed robbery with a deadly weapon IS serious. Stop trying to minimize his criminal past.



Nevertheless, the tape shows the female officer here simply made a tragic mistake.

There is NO evidence of racism or bad intent here. None whatsoever.

Stop trying to minimize the fact that the color of his skin is why it even escalated to him being tased.

So the alternative is let him drive off?

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
2nd degree unintentional murder is what I meant, hence the reference to Chauvin immediately following.

As to where the officer wore her taser, I have no reason to question that it was worn on her opposite nondominant side as required. Nevertheless she drew her service firearm instead and murdered a 20 year old son and father. My speculation is that she was so wrapped up in showing herself off as the big tough training officer to those younger cops she was supervising that she lost her F’ing sense - just like Chauvin did almost a year ago.

I know a lot about the cop mentality and cop culture. I worked with them day in and day out as a prosecutor in a small jurisdiction just like Brooklyn Center. I also have some in my immediate family. Cops are the reason I quit the legal system.

Pardon my imprecise language in the prior post, it was late and I was both outraged and sickened by many of the posts here I had just read apologizing and excusing this woman’s outrageous negligence.

I understand. I was just wondering if I had missed some confirmation that policy was violated on the duty belt set up. That would be relevant to charging as would some other things like toxicology and if she had her gun already drawn outside policy (I don’t think so, although the camera is pretty distorted, it seems like we see both of her hands with the paper). I generally still think those would strengthen an argument for 3rd degree, not 2nd degree unintentional. At trial I expect defense could/would argue that it isn’t depraved conduct, particularly if toxicology or her equipment set up doesn’t violate policy. I think prosecuting only on higher charges would probably end in an acquittal here, but there are arguments that could get a conviction on lower charges.

The bottom line is a young person still died. There isn’t anything that can fix that. Someone close to me was murdered in a high profile violent event. It was a week before their 19th birthday so I can relate in that respect to there not being a right answer when someone is senselessly taken like that. No way to really wrap your head around it and all I can say is I know that a lot of lives just changed in an instant and I do have respect for the “after” that they have to navigate especially the constant news cycle. It should be acknowledged. I think we can also acknowledge that you can’t always reduce people down to their worst moments. That acknowledgment covers Daunte and the potential trajectory of his life too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Daunte Wright committing armed robbery with a deadly weapon IS serious. Stop trying to minimize his criminal past.



Nevertheless, the tape shows the female officer here simply made a tragic mistake.

There is NO evidence of racism or bad intent here. None whatsoever.

Stop trying to minimize the fact that the color of his skin is why it even escalated to him being tased.

So the alternative is let him drive off?

YES. Apprehend him later. No one needed to die over any of this.