BCA identifies officer in Daunte Wright shooting

[WhiskeyGrinder]

https://kstp.com/news/bca-identifies-officer-in-daunte-wright-shooting/6073236/

Monday night, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension identified the officer who shot and killed 20-year-old Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center Sunday.

The BCA identified the long-time veteran of the Brooklyn Center Police Department as Officer Kim Potter.

Potter is on standard administrative leave.

On Monday, the police chief said he believed that the shooting was accidental and that the officer thought she fired her taser instead of her handgun.

She's got 25+ years of experience and is the president of the Brooklyn Center Police Officer's Association. BC cops have killed people before, and she represented them in administrative hearings.

[Hoyt]

1. From video, I believe the shooting was a horrible "error." I don't believe stop

was necessary. Those responsible need to be canned and people with a new vision of policing need to be hired.

Officer should be fired and investigated to see if charges are warranted.

It’s just sad all around, especially for the victim’s family.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

3. What do you mean by putting quote marks around error?

[Hoyt]

9. It was a terrible error that should not have been made, but was.

Just trying to add some emphasis, Grinder. If you don’t like it, say so.

Do you think the officer should be thrown in jail, tried for murder, and sentenced to life when she clearly thought she was holding a Taser? She may have been impaired, preoccupied, sick, mentally ill, etc., but it was an error, but hardly an inconsequential one.

[ret5hd]

11. What leads you to believe...

other than police statements, that the officer believed she was holding a taser?

[WhiskeyGrinder]

15. Copaganda is a helluva drug.

[Hoyt]

19. I watched the video, the way she was holding and aiming the "taser," the 2

seconds over which it occurred, her yelling taser, taser, her anguish after.

What leads you too believe otherwise?

Admittedly, she may have been impaired, too old to be in that position, improperly trained, stupid, neurologically deficient, confused, or whatever. But I believe she thought she had a taser.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

12. .

If you don’t like it, say so.

Easy there, tiger. I didn't understand your intent, so I asked about it.

[gldstwmn]

17. Is there a safety on a taser?

I ask because I don't know.

[joetheman]

23. If the kid had been white, do you even believe he would have been stopped?

[Hoyt]

25. Read my post, Joe. I said the GD stop was wrong.

[zipplewrath]

7. How many times before

One is left wondering how often this "mistake" was made before, but she just never pulled the trigger. These weapons are supposed to be worn on opposite sides, and they are of significantly different weight. It is really hard to understand without including the idea of basically carelessness or capriciousness.

[Hoyt]

14. Look at the video, she clearly thought she was holding a taser. Doesn't excuse her, or those

responsible for training her, setting policy for traffic stops, etc. Maybe she’s just too old for that job, impaired, too stupid, etc. I don’t know.

It all happened in 2 seconds.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

20. "Look at the video, she clearly thought she was holding a taser."

What the video showed me is that she yelled "taser taser taser" several times. It's not clear from the video what she was thinking.

[Hoyt]

22. Yeah, I know, in less than 2 seconds she concocted this plan to shoot the poor

kid, hold/aim the gun like a taser, yell taser taser, cry out in anguish afterwards, knowing she was going to shoot the kid for kicks.

She should have been retired years ago.

But she’s not the problem here, it’s misguided police policies that allow these kind of BS stops that precipitate chaotic situations.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

26. Cops generally don't concoct plans to shoot people.

They go through their day understanding that in the end, their mission is protecting property, subduing fugitives, punishing when necessary. If it takes a thousand volts of electricity or a bullet, then that's what it takes, especially when it comes to Black, brown or otherwise marginalized people. They've already made the plan.

[Hoyt]

27. If we are talking police in general, agree. This lady would have fired more than once

if she knew she had a gun.

She’s clearly over the hill, stupid, perhaps mentally impaired, etc. But I believe she thought she had a taser.

I also believe that rather than crucify her, we focus on policies that allow these type of stops, hiring of unqualified people, etc.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

28. She's, like, 47.

She’s clearly over the hill, stupid, perhaps mentally impaired, etc.

Why are you so dedicated to finding an excuse for her that isn't the system itself? The fact that she is participating in an oppressive system designed to uphold white supremacy?

That's not like you, Hoyt. Not when it comes to guns.

[Hoyt]

29. She didn't think she had a gun. Again, don't know if she has early dementia,

is just stupid, is delusional, was on good mushrooms, or what.

I said the system that allows these BS stops is wrong.

You are the one attempting to crucify her. It’s bigger than her “error.” I think we agree on that.

[ecstatic]

21. Clearly? Why? Because she yelled taser?

Is that really all it takes to kill someone in cold blood?

And let's say she's telling the truth--that she really is that stupid, incompetent, and reckless--why the FUCK did she fire her "taser" at him? Was he a threat?

[Hoyt]

24. No, because she is holding, aiming, and moving close like one with a taser.

I guess you think that in less than 2 seconds, she concocted a plan to kill the innocent kid, yell taser taser, scream in anguish, etc.

Most likely the officer was too old, too stupid, psychologically impaired, maybe medically impaired, etc., to still be on the streets.

Those that allow this type of policing are responsible.

[ret5hd]

31. STOP RESISTING!!!

Those are the magic words to get away with beating someone.

I guess “TASER!” is the magic word to shoot someone.

Today I learned...

[brush]

2. 25 years experience and can't feel the diff between a heavy gun and a taser?

Hmmmm?

[WhiskeyGrinder]

6. I'm saying.

[magicarpet]

8. Standard operating practice at this PD...

Taser mounted on the hip of the weak hand (usually the left),... gun mounted on the hip of the stronger hand (usually the right).

She did not mix this up.

She got so excited and thrilled about making the arrest,. she over reacted,..
then when it appeared the arrestee.might get away. She got more excited and took the over reaction up another notch,... and she shot the kid dead.

Then when she was making out the incident report she realized how insane and senseless what she caused to happen was,.. so she concocted the lame ass bullshit story saying her intent was to shoot the kid with the Taser not the much heavier high powered hand gun.

Oops,... but not my fault.

[EX500rider]

10. "she concocted the lame ass bullshit story saying her intent was to shoot the kid with the Taser"

Except she called out tazer before she shot.

[Hoyt]

16. I agree. She's even aiming and holding it like a taser. Doesn't excuse her.

[EX500rider]

18. No it does not, manslaughter is manslaughter

[magicarpet]

4. Experienced police woman committed manslaughter.

She killed a adolescent young man who was of zero threat to her safety or wellbeing.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

5. Yep.

[gldstwmn]

13. Oh hell no.

Taser, taser, taser indeed. At first I thought she made a mistake but after watching the video and thinking about it, no.

[dalton99a]

30. Kim Potter: