Daunte Wright was at least the fourth person to have died as a result of taser confusion since 2001

[Quasar44]

The kid was no good bum but the cop totally screwed up
She must have been given that job due to gender

 

[Leo123]

Yes but she still is guilty of his death and that is an easy involuntary manslaughter

Maybe, but the thug bolted. That's why he got shot. You seem to disregard certain facts that are uncomfortable to you. Like Floyd if the thug complied he would not be room temperature.

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

I wonder how Daunte’s father feels about this — whoever he is.

 

[Leo123]

The kid was no good bum but the cop totally screwed up
She must have been given that job due to gender

So now you are not only racist but sexist. What kind of shit are they teaching you in Canada? The cop made a mistake because the perp bolted. You could have done the same Mr. 'Arm Chair Cop.'

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

The kid was no good bum but the cop totally screwed up
She must have been given that job due to gender

And/or race.

 

[Quasar44]

The kid was no good bum but the cop totally screwed up
She must have been given that job due to gender

So now you are not only racist but sexist. What kind of shit are they teaching you in Canada? The cop made a mistake because the perp bolted. You could have done the same Mr. 'Arm Chair Cop.'

Mistake ??? A mistake is buying the wrong bread
or chips
This is a murder that resulted. Yes the thug refused arrest but she panicked and ruin her career and is going to jail

 

[Quasar44]

The kid was no good bum but the cop totally screwed up
She must have been given that job due to gender

So now you are not only racist but sexist. What kind of shit are they teaching you in Canada? The cop made a mistake because the perp bolted. You could have done the same Mr. 'Arm Chair Cop.'

I am in the desert !! I am in west Vegas

 

[Quasar44]

You can’t F up like that

 

[JoeB131]

Easy solution--get rid of the tasers and start shooting criminals again. Atleast they would know they were going to be shot and might be better behaved.

Yes, we should go around having the cops shoot people because they have an air freshener hanging off their windshield....

But let's start doing that to white people, we'll see how fast the outrage grows.

 

[JLW]

These type of mistakes do happen. Who hasn’t had a brain freeze or moment of absent mindedness where they thought they were doing or holding one thing while doing or holding another. It doesn’t excuse the cop from her dereliction of duty or her negligence, but does make her actions more in line of an accident.

 

[JoeB131]

These type of mistakes do happen. Who hasn’t had a brain freeze or moment of absent mindedness where they thought they were doing or holding one thing while doing or holding another. It doesn’t excuse the cop from her dereliction of duty or her negligence, but does make her actions more in line of an accident.

The problem here was that the cops pulled him over for a bullshit reason to start with, and then escalated the situation up to deadly force.

You can maybe excuse the mixup (I don't), but not everything that led up to it.

 

[struth]

Rare, but not unprecedented.


Experts: Taser confusion errors like Daunte Wright shooting are rare but avoidable

When Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, police officer Kim Potter allegedly mistook her service weapon for a stun gun and fatally shot an unarmed Black motorist Sunday, it was at least the 16th such “weapons confusion” incident in the United States since 2001

Taser confusion errors like Daunte Wright shooting rare but avoidable (usatoday.com)

hunting accidents are avoidable too------but they happen. They are not called "MURDER" Gun accidents as a GENERAL CATEGORY ----are kinda
common. Accidental discharge, ----gun falling into
the hands of a child-----and STRAY or even RICOCHETED BULLET. Where there are weapons---there a accidents------for those who do not know---spend some time in a busy hospital emergency room

Yes, this doesn't appear to be murder...involuntary manslaughter maybe, but not murder

 

[struth]

These type of mistakes do happen. Who hasn’t had a brain freeze or moment of absent mindedness where they thought they were doing or holding one thing while doing or holding another. It doesn’t excuse the cop from her dereliction of duty or her negligence, but does make her actions more in line of an accident.

The problem here was that the cops pulled him over for a bullshit reason to start with, and then escalated the situation up to deadly force.

You can maybe excuse the mixup (I don't), but not everything that led up to it.

He had an outstanding warrant for his arrest. He had pending violent crimes, a robbery, that bond was revoked because he did not stay in contact with his pre-trial officer, and he also got a new gun charge. They had every reason to stop him and arrest him. That was the problem. The police officer was doing their job arresting him, and frankly didn't have discretion not to arrest them due to the warrant issued. Daunte Wright accused of choking and robbing woman at gunpoint, had arrest warrant

He didn't want to go back to jail...I get that....but that's what lead to his legal stop and arrest....and his actions on the scene lead to this accident.

 

[JoeB131]

He had an outstanding warrant for his arrest. He had pending violent crimes, a robbery, that bond was revoked because he did not stay in contact with his pre-trial officer, and he also got a new gun charge. They had every reason to stop him and arrest him. That was the problem. The police officer was doing their job arresting him, and frankly didn't have discretion not to arrest them due to the warrant issued. Daunte Wright accused of choking and robbing woman at gunpoint, had arrest warrant

He didn't want to go back to jail...I get that....but that's what lead to his legal stop and arrest....and his actions on the scene lead to this accident.

Except that's not what he was stopped for. He was stopped for not having a tag on his mom's car, or because his mom had an air freshener hanging off the rear-view.

Clearly, the warrant's squad wasn't looking that hard for him.

 

[struth]

He had an outstanding warrant for his arrest. He had pending violent crimes, a robbery, that bond was revoked because he did not stay in contact with his pre-trial officer, and he also got a new gun charge. They had every reason to stop him and arrest him. That was the problem. The police officer was doing their job arresting him, and frankly didn't have discretion not to arrest them due to the warrant issued. Daunte Wright accused of choking and robbing woman at gunpoint, had arrest warrant

He didn't want to go back to jail...I get that....but that's what lead to his legal stop and arrest....and his actions on the scene lead to this accident.

Except that's not what he was stopped for. He was stopped for not having a tag on his mom's car, or because his mom had an air freshener hanging off the rear-view.

Clearly, the warrant's squad wasn't looking that hard for him.

He was stopped because of a traffic infraction, and it was determined he had these outstanding warrants.

You can argue that traffic infractions are stupid all you want, but they are the law. The fact he had the outstanding warrants is why he was arrested.

Or maybe they were, and this was the bases to stop the vehicle to execute the arrest because they knew he was a fugitive and wanted for violent felonies.

Either way, he put into motion the events that lead to his death.

 

[JoeB131]

He was stopped because of a traffic infraction, and it was determined he had these outstanding warrants.

You can argue that traffic infractions are stupid all you want, but they are the law. The fact he had the outstanding warrants is why he was arrested.

Or maybe they were, and this was the bases to stop the vehicle to execute the arrest because they knew he was a fugitive and wanted for violent felonies.

Either way, he put into motion the events that lead to his death.

Again, the traffic infraction was "Driving While Black". An all too common occurrence in this country.

If they thought he was actually a dangerous fugitive, they should have called in a lot more backup.

 

[struth]

He was stopped because of a traffic infraction, and it was determined he had these outstanding warrants.

You can argue that traffic infractions are stupid all you want, but they are the law. The fact he had the outstanding warrants is why he was arrested.

Or maybe they were, and this was the bases to stop the vehicle to execute the arrest because they knew he was a fugitive and wanted for violent felonies.

Either way, he put into motion the events that lead to his death.

Again, the traffic infraction was "Driving While Black". An all too common occurrence in this country.

If they thought he was actually a dangerous fugitive, they should have called in a lot more backup.

no...it was driving while being a fugitive. Do you think police officers shouldn't be arresting fugitives wanted for violent crimes like robbery?'

Why did they need anymore backup then they had? The vast majority of arrest don't have people resisting arrest in this manner.

Plenty of white, asians and hispanics get pulled over for traffic infractions, such as this offense, and that legal stop, often results in other charges...such as DUI etc.

Newsflash you can't drive around with expired plates and not expect to get pulled over.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Easy solution--get rid of the tasers and start shooting criminals again. Atleast they would know they were going to be shot and might be better behaved.

Yes, we should go around having the cops shoot people because they have an air freshener hanging off their windshield....

But let's start doing that to white people, we'll see how fast the outrage grows.

That's not WHY he was pulled over. It's unfortunate that this lie is being reinforced all over social media.

1. He was pulled over because he had expired plates

2. Officer then noted there was an item dangling from mirror (an infraction)

3. It was then the officers discovered there was a warrant out for his arrest

The officers then needed to make an arrest, Wright attempt to flee, and fights assisting officer.
Officer Potter then calls out "taser! taser! taser!" in order to warn assisting officers, and fires her firearm thinking she has deployed her taser.

Now tell us Joe, if you drive around with expired plates, do you expect to never be stopped by police?

If you have a warrant out for your arrest, do you expect the officers to ignore that?

If you attempt to flee and fight with officers, do you expect to be allowed to leave?

 

[irosie91]

He had an outstanding warrant for his arrest. He had pending violent crimes, a robbery, that bond was revoked because he did not stay in contact with his pre-trial officer, and he also got a new gun charge. They had every reason to stop him and arrest him. That was the problem. The police officer was doing their job arresting him, and frankly didn't have discretion not to arrest them due to the warrant issued. Daunte Wright accused of choking and robbing woman at gunpoint, had arrest warrant

He didn't want to go back to jail...I get that....but that's what lead to his legal stop and arrest....and his actions on the scene lead to this accident.

Except that's not what he was stopped for. He was stopped for not having a tag on his mom's car, or because his mom had an air freshener hanging off the rear-view.

Clearly, the warrant's squad wasn't looking that hard for him.

so JOE? your point?

 

[Who_Me?]

Back in the day the Chicago Police would all carry nightsticks since the Taser wasn't invented yet. I just remember seeing cops beating the living snot out of the bad guys but rarely was there a fatality. I don't remember many police shootings but there were a lot of police brutality claims. It certainly neutralized the bad guys. Maybe that was better?