Kim Potter was not justified in using deadly force against Daunte Wright, expert testifies

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A policing expert testified Wednesday that Kim Potter was not justified in using deadly force when the former officer fatally shot Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in suburban Minneapolis.

Video of the April 11 shooting shows that officers had pulled over Wright and tried to arrest him on an outstanding warrant when he got back in his vehicle and attempted to flee. Potter pulled out her firearm and shot him -- later admitting she meant to use her Taser instead. "I grabbed the wrong f**king gun and I shot him," she said after the shooting, which happened near the courthouse where former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was on trial for killing George Floyd.

Brooklyn Center Police Cmdr. Garett Flesland, who oversees department training, testified for the prosecution that shooting at occupants of a moving car is"rarely effective." He said firing at a driver could result in the vehicle striking"something or somebody." Special agent Sam McGinnis of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension explains the differences between Kim Potter's service weapon and a Taser.

 

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Wondering if this is newsworthy? What if Kim Potter got a brain MRI done & it revealed issue w/her corpus callosum?

Cnn what do you know?

Big whoop you could many so called experts yo say whatever you pay them, watch with your own eyes does it look like he going to listen or try to drive away with officer still in car he has spent his life committing crimes and that’s how he died.I’m sorry but sometimes truth hurts

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She wasn’t trying to use deadly force. She was trying to use her taser.

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