The white Minnesota police officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright, a Black man, will be charged with second-degree manslaughter, a prosecutor said.
Wednesday, April 14, 2021 12:11 PM EST
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/14/us/kim-potter-charged-daunte-wright.html
The charges against the officer, Kimberly A. Potter, come a day after she and the police chief both resigned from the Brooklyn Center Police Department.
Hundreds of people have faced off with the police in Brooklyn Center each night since Mr. Wright’s death, and residents across the region are preparing for a verdict next week in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis officer charged with murdering George Floyd.
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I think the people now are making it even worse with the rioting and damage. The process is now working to move forward quickly with all the media attention and pressure to address these issues. There is no need to march in the streets and damage shit like the 1960s.
The issue of Duante being arrested is not at issue here. We can explore the reasons he was initially stopped and fix that problem but once he was stopped there was valid reason to arrest him and he resisted. But DEATH was not the penalty or some experienced cop magically forgets where their gun or taser is?
You want cops to stop killing minorities, I get it. But at least now the punishments are coming in and the coverups are going away, so protest down the street and march as you have the right to, but all the violence starts looking as bad as January 6th.
The real issue is not whether this cop gets punished..... what is the police department and mayor going to do to better train cops.
Seriously, I would never become a cop because you are going to arm me and throw me in a dangerous situation after 6-8 weeks of bullshit training and expect me to know what to do when veterans still fuck up all the time?