Juror: Kim Potter made mistake but was still responsible

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Juror: Kim Potter made mistake but was still responsible

December 30, 2021

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A member of the jury that convicted Minnesota police officer Kim Potter of manslaughter in the killing of Daunte Wright says jurors felt she made an honest mistake when she drew her firearm instead of her stun gun, but that she was still responsible for his death.

The juror spoke with KARE-TV reporter Lou Raguse on the condition of anonymity due to what the station described as the “public animosity” surrounding the case. It published the story Wednesday.

The juror said no one felt Potter was a racist or meant to kill Wright, but that doesn’t mean she was above the law.

“I don’t want to speak for all the jurors, but I think we believed she was a good person and even believed she was a good cop,” the juror said. “No one felt she was intentional in this. It’s ludicrous that some people are assuming we thought she was a racist. That never came up or anything like that. We felt like she was a good person, we felt she made a mistake, and that a mistake does not absolve you from the fact she did commit a crime.

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In this screen grab from video, former Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kim Potter stands with defense attorney Earl Gray, as the verdict is read Thursday, Dec.,23, 2021 at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minn. Jurors on Thursday convicted Potter of two manslaughter charges in the killing of Daunte Wright, a Black motorist she shot during a traffic stop after she said she confused her gun for her Taser.(Court TV via AP, Pool)

[WhiskeyGrinder]

1. Whether she's racist or not, she was an active participant in a white supremacist institution whose

main purpose is to uphold and protect white supremacy. Her going to prison won't fix the system.

[BlackSkimmer]

9. And then there's this guy:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/lapd-cop-shot-teen-girl-233115180.html

Doesn’t strike me as the white supremacist type.

[LiberalFighter]

2. Maybe

But if a civilian had done the same thing they would had been prosecuted and convicted in a heartbeat. She was trained and should be held to a higher standard.

[brush]

3. A long-time veteran, a training officer at that, should not panic...

and make a lethal mistake like that. She go convicted and she should have.

[The Magistrate]

4. That's Exactly Right, Sir

When wielding deadly force, you do not get to make mistakes.

[marie999]

5. I don't think she made a mistake.

[jimfields33]

7. The article says the jury thinks she did though.

[marie999]

8. Well, it was their thinking that counts.

[mcar]

6. They are correct

I applaud this jury for their fair verdict.