Post by davidsf on Dec 27, 2021 7:25:04 GMT -8
We've seen a couple of, what I consider, positive outcomes of recent jury trials. It occurs to me, we will always have opinions about politicized trials and lawsuits so maybe it is time for them to have their own thread. To recount the most recent:
- ✔️Travis McMichael, who fired the fatal shots, was convicted Wednesday on all counts, including the charge of malice murder. His father, Gregory McMichael, and neighbor, William "Roddie" Bryan, were convicted of felony murder and other charges in the murder of Ahmaud Arbery
- ✔️A Wisconsin jury on Friday found Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty in the fatal shooting of two men during protests in Kenosha last year.
I agreed with both
now, we see the Jury trial of former Officer, Kim Potter, has come to a conclusion:
www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/kim-potter-trial-daunte-wright-killing-verdict-2021-12-23/
What I know about this one (according to court reports):
My opinion: The jury reached a sound verdict.
I do not think Potter deliberately murdered Wright. But a 25 year officer (wasn't she also a training officer?) mistaking the grip of her weapon for the grip other taser, I'm just not buying it. They are in different positions on her belt, and they each have a different heft and feel. I'm sure "heat of the moment" had some level of impact and I see no evidence of racism from her (although all I know about her is what I read, so if something wasn't reported, I wouldn't know), but all things considered, I believe, whether it was a mistake (which I do not believe) or a heat of passion (which I do believe), the guilty verdict is the right one... although I do question how she can be guilty of TWO charges for then same act.
now, we see the Jury trial of former Officer, Kim Potter, has come to a conclusion:
www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/kim-potter-trial-daunte-wright-killing-verdict-2021-12-23/
A Minnesota jury has reached a guilty verdict on both charges in the case of Kim Potter, a White former police officer who fatally shot Black motorist Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in April.
Potter, 49, was convicted of first- and second-degree manslaughter in the death of 20-year-old Wright, who attempted to flee during the stop. Potter, who resigned from the Brooklyn Center police force after the shooting, maintained that she intended to reach for her Taser instead of her gun.
Potter, 49, was convicted of first- and second-degree manslaughter in the death of 20-year-old Wright, who attempted to flee during the stop. Potter, who resigned from the Brooklyn Center police force after the shooting, maintained that she intended to reach for her Taser instead of her gun.
- Potter claimed she reached for her taser and not her gun; and, in fact,
- Yelled "taser, taser, taser" just before firing.
- Daunte Wright WAS attempting to flee the police, and even tried to run the officers over (although, I'm not sure where I heard that)
- Potter was a 25 year veteran of the PD.
My opinion: The jury reached a sound verdict.
I do not think Potter deliberately murdered Wright. But a 25 year officer (wasn't she also a training officer?) mistaking the grip of her weapon for the grip other taser, I'm just not buying it. They are in different positions on her belt, and they each have a different heft and feel. I'm sure "heat of the moment" had some level of impact and I see no evidence of racism from her (although all I know about her is what I read, so if something wasn't reported, I wouldn't know), but all things considered, I believe, whether it was a mistake (which I do not believe) or a heat of passion (which I do believe), the guilty verdict is the right one... although I do question how she can be guilty of TWO charges for then same act.
