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

[harmonica]

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)

wrong wrong wrong--you couldn't be further from the truth--NOT avoidable
1. thank you --police brutality/etc is very, very VERY rare = not a problem
--that's 1 taser confusion every FIVE years!!!! that's 1 for every 50 MILLION arrests--not counting contacts and traffic stops--again--that's 1 for every 50 MILLION arrests!!!! you do see the word MILLION!!!?????
2. what you are trying to say is [ HAHAHAHAHAH ] ----now get this--humans are PERFECT!!!!!! ---but--UNDENIABLE humans are NOT perfect
..they can't even get something as SIMPLE as fast food orders correct!!!!!---and that's MUCH simpler than dealing with jackass human criminals
DUH DUH DUH DUH---
--dealing with jackass HUMANS is nothing like making a cheese sandwich
3. the article says '''training''''!!!!!!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
..you can train 24/7 and it won't be like the REAL thing.......I always say you people don't think in realistic terms and this is a great example
--those people that wrote that article are dumbasses --
4. just like in combat = friendly fire...there's ALWAYS friendly fire deaths/friendly deaths -------.they train a LOT---I was in the USMC....example:
one time in Afghanistan they killed their own troops because they gave the wrong NUMBERS to compute ..seems simple --yes? just give numbers = but-mistakes WILL happen --no matter how much training you have
..A. pilots train and get paid mucho $$$$$--they are smart!! ----and they kill hundreds of people because of mistakes

 

[Snouter]

Maybe all tasers should be replaced with a 36" riot baton that also fires taser.

Back a few years ago in Bridgeport, CT cops would break up Black mobs that gather after bar closing time in which half the time females would brawl with each other by taking a baton stun gun (2 footer or so, pressing the button to get sparks and saying, "Whoever stays on gonna get tased." The Blacks generally complied with the command.

 

[lantern2814]

1) white people get pulled over for having expired tags too. The police officer's job isn't to do the DMVs job. Had he not been a fugitive, he might of gone off with a warning...who knows.

2) Sorry, white people get pulled over all the time for having expired tags....had he not been a fugutive he would have been given time to get the expired tags fixed.

3) having a name and address doesn't mean they know where the person is...regardless, fugitives are often caught on routine traffic stops. The issue here, was that he was wanted for a violent crime, and resisted. He put himself in this situation where this accident could happen.

The Dems passed "police reform" in Minn in July of 2020...if you have issues with the stop and the law, take it up with them. If you think more should have been done Federally...take it up with the Dems that block even DEBATING police reform in the US Senate in July of 2020.

YOu are a bit confused. The Democratic House passed a police reform bill... but it died in the Senate.

If the violent crime he was wanted for was so serious, they'd have sent people to his house. It clearly wasn't.

There was no excuse to pull him over to start with, much less escalate the situation into a lethal force.

Heads need to roll on this one.

How many times do you have to be told expired plates was the reason for the stop. Shove your “the state is behind” crap. Thugs like this usually don’t care about “minor” things like making sure your car is legal. This happens to plenty of white people, but your racism blinds you. The criminal again tried to run and resisted arrest. Bringing it all on himself. The fault is with the criminals, not the cop.

 

[Quasar44]

He was looking at 20 yrs for robbery with a gun

 

[JoeB131]

1) nope I am not...the US Senate voted to NOT EVEN HAVE DEBATE...in July of 2020...in a shameful

Um. Yeah. Errr.... who had a majority in the Senate in 2020? Are you this fucking stupid?

2) I think robbery is serious....maybe you don't. How do you know police didn't go to his house? He pre-trial officer had put a capias for his arrest out because he stopped contacting him/her. He was a fugutive on the run. Nobody knew where he was.

Um, yeah, he was living with his mother... this wasn't complicated.

No, I don't consider a dispute over $820.00 worth shooting someone over.

The bitch is going to jail.... and she deserved to.

I trust the cops to kill more dirtbags than innocent people

and by a 100 to 1 margin

The cops shouldn't be killing ANYONE. That's not their job.

British cops kill less than 5 people every year. American cops kill 1000 people a year.

 

[JoeB131]

How many times do you have to be told expired plates was the reason for the stop. Shove your “the state is behind” crap. Thugs like this usually don’t care about “minor” things like making sure your car is legal. This happens to plenty of white people, but your racism blinds you. The criminal again tried to run and resisted arrest. Bringing it all on himself. The fault is with the criminals, not the cop.

But yet the cop is in jail today.

 

[struth]

1) nope I am not...the US Senate voted to NOT EVEN HAVE DEBATE...in July of 2020...in a shameful

Um. Yeah. Errr.... who had a majority in the Senate in 2020? Are you this fucking stupid?

2) I think robbery is serious....maybe you don't. How do you know police didn't go to his house? He pre-trial officer had put a capias for his arrest out because he stopped contacting him/her. He was a fugutive on the run. Nobody knew where he was.

Um, yeah, he was living with his mother... this wasn't complicated.

No, I don't consider a dispute over $820.00 worth shooting someone over.

The bitch is going to jail.... and she deserved to.

I trust the cops to kill more dirtbags than innocent people

and by a 100 to 1 margin

The cops shouldn't be killing ANYONE. That's not their job.

British cops kill less than 5 people every year. American cops kill 1000 people a year.

1) what's your point? Do you not understand the rules of the Senate? Where you living under a rock in 2020 when this happened? Senate Democrats Block Police Reform from Coming to Communities Across America | U.S. Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina



2) having an address at your mom's house, doesn't mean you are always there. Geez. I don't think robbery is something worth dying over either...I think he's death is a tragic accident, but he put himself in the position for that accident to happen. He was charged with the violent crime, he jumped bail, he didn't want to answer for that, and tried to avoid arrest...he deserved and actually was suppose to be in jail.

The officer certainly has to pay the price for her accident. But, what's sad is we are seeing the mob...folks like youself...running the show, and not the legal system and Due Process.

 

[Mac-7]

Yeah. Errr.... who had a majority in the Senate in 2020? Are you this fucking stupid?

Think Filibuster

 

[DigitalDrifter]

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.

And she needs to go to jail for that. She used lethal force over a traffic infraction.

Seriously, how can you be a cop for 26 years and not know the difference between your gun and your 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?

Uh, as stated, the State is way behind in reissuing tags because of Covid... You ever try to go down the DMV now?

I would expect the cops to NOT escalate the situation. Write a citation, get his address, and inform the warrants squad where he lived.

"She used lethal force over a traffic infraction."

No she did not, and please stop spreading bullshit!

She accidentally used lethal force because he had a warrant out for his arrest, he fought, and attempted to flee.

 

[Turtlesoup]

How many times do you have to be told expired plates was the reason for the stop. Shove your “the state is behind” crap. Thugs like this usually don’t care about “minor” things like making sure your car is legal. This happens to plenty of white people, but your racism blinds you. The criminal again tried to run and resisted arrest. Bringing it all on himself. The fault is with the criminals, not the cop.

But yet the cop is in jail today.

She shouldn't be----she at worse made a mistake---human error. Something that we are all guilty of----------human nature being human nature. Sometimes, especially under stress, good people make a mistake. Her brain just didn't work for a second---and she accidently shot and killed a violent criminal. The criminals death is no loss to society, likely an improvement--------------but yet idiots are trying to destroy her. It isn't right.

 

[22lcidw]

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

They didn't pull him over for being a fugitive. They pulled him over because he had an expired tag (even though the state is way behind in issuing tags because of Covid). This is another case of "Driving while Black".

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.

Again, the state is way behind on reissuing those tags due to Covid.... So this was a case of "Driving While Black". The kind of routine harrassment most black people put up with as part of their daily routine. THAT'S why they get so upset over a Duane Wright or George Floyd. Because they know "But by the grace of God, that could be me." Some thug with a badge could kill you, and then justify it by pointing out anything bad in your life justified it.

They had his name, they had his address. If they were really keen on getting him for a non-appearance warrant, they knew where to find him.

De-escalation- Cops need to learn it.

To not escalate by law enforcement and by the person stopped for a possible infraction is important also. The issue is when it is escalated law enforcement can not lose face over it. The best people in it can handle it better then those not so good. But even they can have a not so great day. Humans are just that.

 

[PoliticalChic]

How many times do you have to be told expired plates was the reason for the stop. Shove your “the state is behind” crap. Thugs like this usually don’t care about “minor” things like making sure your car is legal. This happens to plenty of white people, but your racism blinds you. The criminal again tried to run and resisted arrest. Bringing it all on himself. The fault is with the criminals, not the cop.

But yet the cop is in jail today.

She shouldn't be----she at worse made a mistake---human error. Something that we are all guilty of----------human nature being human nature. Sometimes, especially under stress, good people make a mistake. Her brain just didn't work for a second---and she accidently shot and killed a violent criminal. The criminals death is no loss to society, likely an improvement--------------but yet idiots are trying to destroy her. It isn't right.

Seems that consistency is lacking.


"Prosecutors Will Not Charge Capitol Police Officer in Death of Ashli Babbitt

An investigation found “that there is insufficient evidence to support a criminal prosecution.”

Prosecutors Will Not Charge Capitol Police Officer in Death of Ashli Babbitt
An investigation found "that there is insufficient evidence to support a criminal prosecution."

legalinsurrection.com




"Officer Charged With Second-Degree Manslaughter in Death of Daunte Wright

The police officer claimed she meant to use her taser gun."

Officer Charged With Second-Degree Manslaughter in Death of Daunte Wright
The police officer claimed she meant to use her taser gun.

legalinsurrection.com

 

[Turtlesoup]

How many times do you have to be told expired plates was the reason for the stop. Shove your “the state is behind” crap. Thugs like this usually don’t care about “minor” things like making sure your car is legal. This happens to plenty of white people, but your racism blinds you. The criminal again tried to run and resisted arrest. Bringing it all on himself. The fault is with the criminals, not the cop.

But yet the cop is in jail today.

She shouldn't be----she at worse made a mistake---human error. Something that we are all guilty of----------human nature being human nature. Sometimes, especially under stress, good people make a mistake. Her brain just didn't work for a second---and she accidently shot and killed a violent criminal. The criminals death is no loss to society, likely an improvement--------------but yet idiots are trying to destroy her. It isn't right.

Seems that consistency is lacking.


"Prosecutors Will Not Charge Capitol Police Officer in Death of Ashli Babbitt

An investigation found “that there is insufficient evidence to support a criminal prosecution.”

Prosecutors Will Not Charge Capitol Police Officer in Death of Ashli Babbitt
An investigation found "that there is insufficient evidence to support a criminal prosecution."

legalinsurrection.com




"Officer Charged With Second-Degree Manslaughter in Death of Daunte Wright

The police officer claimed she meant to use her taser gun."

Officer Charged With Second-Degree Manslaughter in Death of Daunte Wright
The police officer claimed she meant to use her taser gun.

legalinsurrection.com

Capital hill police shooting ashli though was no accident---he was a blm supporter talked several times on facebook of wanting to shoot Trump supporters, hid behind a wall and shot with no warning or justification and claims that he didn't see the other 3 cops waiting for anyone who got through as he snuck up and got into position to shoot.

 

[PoliticalChic]

How many times do you have to be told expired plates was the reason for the stop. Shove your “the state is behind” crap. Thugs like this usually don’t care about “minor” things like making sure your car is legal. This happens to plenty of white people, but your racism blinds you. The criminal again tried to run and resisted arrest. Bringing it all on himself. The fault is with the criminals, not the cop.

But yet the cop is in jail today.

She shouldn't be----she at worse made a mistake---human error. Something that we are all guilty of----------human nature being human nature. Sometimes, especially under stress, good people make a mistake. Her brain just didn't work for a second---and she accidently shot and killed a violent criminal. The criminals death is no loss to society, likely an improvement--------------but yet idiots are trying to destroy her. It isn't right.

Seems that consistency is lacking.


"Prosecutors Will Not Charge Capitol Police Officer in Death of Ashli Babbitt

An investigation found “that there is insufficient evidence to support a criminal prosecution.”

Prosecutors Will Not Charge Capitol Police Officer in Death of Ashli Babbitt
An investigation found "that there is insufficient evidence to support a criminal prosecution."

legalinsurrection.com




"Officer Charged With Second-Degree Manslaughter in Death of Daunte Wright

The police officer claimed she meant to use her taser gun."

Officer Charged With Second-Degree Manslaughter in Death of Daunte Wright
The police officer claimed she meant to use her taser gun.

legalinsurrection.com

Capital hill police shooting ashli though was no accident---he was a blm supporter talked several times on facebook of wanting to shoot Trump supporters, hid behind a wall and shot with no warning or justification and claims that he didn't see the other 3 cops waiting for anyone who got through as he snuck up and got into position to shoot.

There certainly is a War on Police.....a war on civilization.

 

[Wapasha]

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)

So what's the math on that? How many millions of police interactions involving stun guns have there been in the past two decades?

 

[Wapasha]

Capital hill police shooting ashli though was no accident---he was a blm supporter talked several times on facebook of wanting to shoot Trump supporters, hid behind a wall and shot with no warning or justification and claims that he didn't see the other 3 cops waiting for anyone who got through as he snuck up and got into position to shoot.

Where were the flash bombs, tear gas, pepper bombs, smoke grenades, and other non lethal measures? Nope, the officer went straight to shooting wildly into a crowd and killing a woman.

No other capital police officer fired their weapons, which shows me that there was never any justification to do so. People kept entering the building, so if it was protocol to fire on them, then we'd have a lot more dead rioters.

 

[Wapasha]

She shouldn't be----she at worse made a mistake---human error. Something that we are all guilty of----------human nature being human nature. Sometimes, especially under stress, good people make a mistake. Her brain just didn't work for a second---and she accidently shot and killed a violent criminal. The criminals death is no loss to society, likely an improvement--------------but yet idiots are trying to destroy her. It isn't right.

I read she was a field training officer.

Some people here may know an old saying, teachers teach, because they cannot do.

Maybe all she has done for the past few years is conduct training lectures and narrate Power Point slides, and has not been hands on, nor actually bothered to train or practiced her own skills in years.

I've know my fair share of educators / instructors, who were essentially incompetent when it came to actually putting to practical use what they were teaching, because it had been years and years since they actually worked in the field they taught. Their only skill was proctoring tests and reading from a teaching syllabus.

Possibly her police department had been losing officers due to the way police have been mistreated and disrespected in that state for all of 2020. Maybe the chief or mayor started putting unqualified dinosaurs like her back into the field, and she simply was not trained nor qualified anymore?

Does this describe her? I don't know, it's just a suspicion of mine, given that she seemed so incompetent.

 

[JoeB131]

1) what's your point? Do you not understand the rules of the Senate? Where you living under a rock in 2020 when this happened?

Mitch runs the Senate... He could have brought the bill to a vote. He didn't.

She shouldn't be----she at worse made a mistake---human error. Something that we are all guilty of----------human nature being human nature. Sometimes, especially under stress, good people make a mistake. Her brain just didn't work for a second---and she accidently shot and killed a violent criminal. The criminals death is no loss to society, likely an improvement--------------but yet idiots are trying to destroy her. It isn't right.

She made a mistake and someone died. That's the important point here. She's in a job where she's supposed to maintain control of the situation.

 

[Anathema]

Rare, but not unprecedented.

If there is so much confusion just get rid of the tasers and start authorizing officers to shoot non-compliant sacks of shit.

 

[Mac-7]

1) what's your point? Do you not understand the rules of the Senate? Where you living under a rock in 2020 when this happened?

Mitch runs the Senate... He could have brought the bill to a vote. He didn't.

She shouldn't be----she at worse made a mistake---human error. Something that we are all guilty of----------human nature being human nature. Sometimes, especially under stress, good people make a mistake. Her brain just didn't work for a second---and she accidently shot and killed a violent criminal. The criminals death is no loss to society, likely an improvement--------------but yet idiots are trying to destroy her. It isn't right.

She made a mistake and someone died. That's the important point here. She's in a job where she's supposed to maintain control of the situation.

The left has gone from accusing the police of being white racists who murder black people for sport to complaining that the cops are human and not perfect