The Justice system finally working the way it was designed, and when you cause a negligent act, you’ll be held responsible for what you did.
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We all know why but no one will say it. We all know why nobody is saying it.
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I respect your question, hopefully you will respect my answer. Time has proven it does not end as you mentioned all the time for some peoples. Trust in LEO’s has been lost for some for many decades by corrupt cops.
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We don’t wanna be OFF TOPIC 
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That is an interesting article. I am honestly a bit conflicted on this. By resisting, didn’t the motorist escalate the situation?
Whether she is guilty or not, it is tragic that this could have ended so many better ways.
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No, its not an excuse. I simply puts the idea of grabbing the wrong weapon is a more understandable light.
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Since I don’t live in big blue cities, I know of LEO corruption only through movies and, now, through the media push.
That does not excuse those who refuse to comply with legal orders given by LEOs. I am thinking a great many LEO “abuse” charges happen simply because the suspect refused to comply with LEO instructions.
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Yeap. He said it very professional way, I said it with simple language.
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A most unfortunate situation. The officer was guilty of manslaughter. Any one of us could be in the same situation if we failed to exercise proper firearm safety and an innocent person was killed.
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I am also a retired LEO. I worked uniform patrol for more than 2 decades. I have been in many situations just like the one in question.
This incident should never have happened. The driver had been identified, his escape on his traffic warrant and subsequent charges were not a threat to public safety.
To simplify my point, let’s set aside the numerous officer safety mistakes that led up to the driver regaining control of the vehicle. A taser should NEVER be deployed on a person that has control of a motor vehicle. So, at the point the driver regained control of the vehicle, the fight is over, the cops lost the battle. At this point, good cops go back to the station, write a report , a warrant request and have a debriefing to learn from the mistakes that were made.
Sometimes, discretion is the better part of valor.
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I would not go a far as saying an innocent person was killed. The officer was wrong and she will pay for that. That does not make Daunte Wright innocent.
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She was guilty of something. I think they over charged, maybe should have been negligent homicide or something.
It sounded like though she had taser training, it was insufficient. In the fraction of a second that it took and pumped with adrenaline, the mistake went unnoticed. Then muscle memory took over and the weapon was fired. If you watch at full speed it’s not something you could likely pull back from.
Another officer was in danger of being dragged. The culprit was attempting to escape.
Now compare to a doctor that makes a mistake and someone dies. That happens under controlled circumstances with aides around him in a nice clean, quiet, well lit, well supplied OR. He doesn’t end up in prison.
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While he shouldn’t have died that day, he wasn’t innocent. He could have complied a gone home in 2 hours.
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Frank73 - Kim Potter should have never worn a badge. She drew her sidearm somehow thinking it was a department issued Taser and she killed Daunte Wright with it.
Former LEO to former LEO - I disagree with you. Have you never made a mistake? I know I did, but was fortunate it did not have the result Potter’s mistake did. She made a mistake, but is still responsible for her actions and the result of those actions. Rightly charged & the jury got it right.
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The reality of the situation is that as soon as she said ‘I made a mistake and grabbed the wrong weapon’, she was done. If no other mistake was made, this alone would have her hung in today’s social climate. When I was a federal flood adjuster, part of your training is a class given by an attorney in ‘legalese’. The first and last thing he said was never say your sorry, in court this means you made a mistake. Once you admit you have made a mistake, you are wrong. This has nothing to do with right or wrong, just that saying the wrong thing at the wrong time will hang you in court, not to mention public opinion.
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The scary part is her years as a leo and that she was a training officer as well!!
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Wow! I think we are not training LEO enough overall. Many have lethal, less than lethal, dealing with the public… Not making excuses for mistakes.
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All LEO’s instructions are not legal, for instance. If one is just walking and a cop says come here, what’s legal about that? But then it leads to an illegal search ( Terry Stop ), there are just to many LEO’s thinking that badge and gun makes them a god. I do not dislike LEO’s but I am not a so called boot licker, and I am not a bad guy nor do I go for bad, never have never will but if they come at me disrespectfully I give it back.
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Everything… It is his / her job and there is nothing wrong with this.
Any search needs a reason. Do not assume that once you are stopped for a questioning you are going to be searched.
This is different at every place. I’ve witnesses both extremes and these depends on location.
I live in small community when everybody knows each others and Sheriff Deputies are here for us. Sometimes they ask to stop to get some information.
I’m driving to Chicago sometimes and see opposite - LEO stops somebody to ask questions… and viola - problem started… stopped person feels his/her rights has been just violated… 
So as you can see - no crime community vs. high crime community.
Sometimes people makes problems without any reason… blaming LEOs…
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