MN - Daunte Wright, 20, fatally shot by police during traffic stop, Brooklyn Center, 11 April 2021

[kittythehare]

her resignation letter
The officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright just resigned, as did the chief of police.

Mary Moriarty Retweet

The officer who killed #DaunteWright has resigned. This is exceedingly common when officers expect to be fired. It can prevent the worst of departmental discipline or decertification that could prevent them from being an officer elsewhere. This is a defensive move.
https://twitter.com/DrPhilGoff/status/1382023337338142729?s=20

 

[MrsWatson]

her resignation letter
The officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright just resigned, as did the chief of police.

Mary Moriarty Retweet

The officer who killed #DaunteWright has resigned. This is exceedingly common when officers expect to be fired. It can prevent the worst of departmental discipline or decertification that could prevent them from being an officer elsewhere. This is a defensive move.
https://twitter.com/DrPhilGoff/status/1382023337338142729?s=20

Possibly to save at least part of her pension?

 

[al66pine]

Stun Gun Target Selection?
@cocomod re your post below. May seem an academic distinction and perhaps irrelevant, but respectfully: LEO used Taser,* not stun gun.** I'm not saying that Taser target selection protocol is different, but the Taser weapon itself is different.

I think because it would be extremely difficult to hit the arm, and because the standard in using the stun gun is to aim :
To use the stun gun, hold the contact probes firmly against the attacker. The best target areas to aim for are on the neck and torso, particularly the under arm, upper shoulders, groin, and upper hip (below the rib cage). These areas are nerve centers and the electrical current will affect the whole body when struck here

* Taser - Wikipedia
** Stun gun - Wikipedia

 

[imstilla.grandma]

The city's police chief Tim Gannon, is also quitting, Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliot said on Tuesday.

"I'll Tase you. I'll Tase you. Taser. Taser. Taser," the officer is heard shouting on her body cam footage released on Monday.

His family have rejected that suggestion and his half-brother, Dallas Wright, told a vigil on Monday: "My brother lost his life because they were trigger happy."

His mother Katie Wright said: "My heart is broken in a thousand pieces... I miss him so much, and it's only been a day.

"He was my life, he was my son and I can never get that back. Because of a mistake? Because of an accident?"

Brooklyn Center mayor Mike Elliot has called the shooting "deeply tragic" and wants the officer to be dismissed.
Daunte Wright: Police officer who 'accidentally' shot black man resigns along with police chief as protests continue

 

[imstilla.grandma]

But officers who said they mistakenly killed citizens when they thought they were deploying stun guns have faced stiff legal consequences.

For example, a transit officer in Oakland killed Oscar Grant in 2009. The officer, Johannes Mehserle, testified at trial that, fearing Grant had a weapon, he reached for his stun gun but mistakenly fired his .40-caliber handgun. A jury convicted Mehserle of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced him to two years in prison. His department paid $2.8 million to Grant’s family.

In Tulsa, Oklahoma, a volunteer sheriff’s deputy, Robert Bates, killed an unarmed Eric Harris, who was being held down by other officers, in 2015. Bates was convicted of second-degree manslaughter and sentenced to four years in prison. Tulsa County agreed to pay $6 million to Harris’ estate.
Police Use Gun Instead of Taser? Long Before Daunte Wright, It Happened in Madera. - GV Wire

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Daunte Wright's parents 'can't accept' officer killed their son by 'mistake'

 

[kittythehare]

Daunte Wright's parents 'can't accept' officer killed their son by 'mistake'

I'm in tears witnessing their heartbreak and profound loss.
I'm actually glad Benjamin Crump is with them because he has so much experience (though he frequently irritates me, hi did not on this occasion)

Any 'justice' they receive will be poor compensation for their loss and the knowledge that he died in terror and agony.

Also what's with their insistance he close down his phone, his only lifeline to safety.

They had so many options, did LE.
They chose the most brutal.
RIP young Daunte.
The last thing you wanted was to become another hashtag.

 

[cvaldez1975]

But officers who said they mistakenly killed citizens when they thought they were deploying stun guns have faced stiff legal consequences.

For example, a transit officer in Oakland killed Oscar Grant in 2009. The officer, Johannes Mehserle, testified at trial that, fearing Grant had a weapon, he reached for his stun gun but mistakenly fired his .40-caliber handgun. A jury convicted Mehserle of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced him to two years in prison. His department paid $2.8 million to Grant’s family.

In Tulsa, Oklahoma, a volunteer sheriff’s deputy, Robert Bates, killed an unarmed Eric Harris, who was being held down by other officers, in 2015. Bates was convicted of second-degree manslaughter and sentenced to four years in prison. Tulsa County agreed to pay $6 million to Harris’ estate.
Police Use Gun Instead of Taser? Long Before Daunte Wright, It Happened in Madera. - GV Wire

this also happened in my hometown and the officer still is a cop.

Family of man shot instead of Tasered by Madera cop gets $775,000

 

[Gibbo214]

The city's police chief Tim Gannon, is also quitting, Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliot said on Tuesday.

"I'll Tase you. I'll Tase you. Taser. Taser. Taser," the officer is heard shouting on her body cam footage released on Monday.

His family have rejected that suggestion and his half-brother, Dallas Wright, told a vigil on Monday: "My brother lost his life because they were trigger happy."

His mother Katie Wright said: "My heart is broken in a thousand pieces... I miss him so much, and it's only been a day.

"He was my life, he was my son and I can never get that back. Because of a mistake? Because of an accident?"

Brooklyn Center mayor Mike Elliot has called the shooting "deeply tragic" and wants the officer to be dismissed.
Daunte Wright: Police officer who 'accidentally' shot black man resigns along with police chief as protests continue

Badly trained. All that screaming does is terrify the victim into doing something rash. An out of control armed police officer screaming at him. MOO.

 

[mickey2942]

Badly trained. All that screaming does is terrify the victim into doing something rash. An out of control armed police officer screaming at him. MOO.

Wasn't the victim already in the car and attempting to flee at this point? It looked like the officer was reacting to the victim's attempting to flee from the officer and get back in the car to drive away. That is when the officer was trying to get the victim to remain in police custody.

This situation doesn't seem to make a lot of sense to me...looks like a lot of rush to judgements here.

1. Victim pulled over for traffic code violation.
2. Victim identified as having an active warrant for arrest
3. Victim tried to leave police custody
4. Police react, accidentally shot victim instead of using taser.

Have I missed anything here?

 

[Reasonable & Just]

I truly dont understand why in the world the City Manager was fired simply because he said she would have due process?

Wth?

Our country is founded on due process. This is so wrong. Imo

And first the Mayor just said the PC was relieved of his duties, and in the next sentence said he resigned. Why? What did he do wrong?

I'm talking about the PC being held now.

The officer resigned but the Mayor is trying to take credit for it. Oh now he's saying he didnt have anything to do with it.

This is crazy the politicians are trying to take all the credit. Ugh!

He's stuttering throughout because he's making it up as he goes along imo.

Jmho

Brooklyn Center mayor's office now has 'command authority' over police department, city manager fired

The city manager was voted out because he wouldn't just fire her, and probably in order to give responsibility (and the fallout) to the mayor's office. She'll get due process in court. The Constitution does not grant any of us due process to keep our jobs, although she is a union member. But she is a union member who demonstrated gross and fatal incompetence on video. That goes way beyond something requiring "discipline". Some people should just not be carrying. The people of Brooklyn Center would be understandably angry about keeping her on the payroll.

As for him stuttering, he's a young mayor in a stressful situation. Let's hope he gets better at it. I'm more interested in her voice - how shaky and strained it was - as well as her poor choice to escalate the situation by interfering while the officer was trying to cuff him. It wasn't crucial to get that card off of him at that moment, and it set the wheels in motion. I wonder if she had been drinking, and her voice makes me wonder it even more.

 

[oceanblueeyes]

this also happened in my hometown and the officer still is a cop.

Family of man shot instead of Tasered by Madera cop gets $775,000

That poor man's family sure didn't get very much money at all for his death.

Jmho

 

[Reasonable & Just]

Wasn't the victim already in the car and attempting to flee at this point? It looked like the officer was reacting to the victim's attempting to flee from the officer and get back in the car to drive away. That is when the officer was trying to get the victim to remain in police custody.

This situation doesn't seem to make a lot of sense to me...looks like a lot of rush to judgements here.

1. Victim pulled over for traffic code violation.
2. Victim identified as having an active warrant for arrest
3. Victim tried to leave police custody
4. Police react, accidentally shot victim instead of using taser.

Have I missed anything here?

Yes. Watch the video, and you can see that he wasn't resisting up until she inexplicably wandered up off the sidelines, touched him, took a card off of him. In the midst of this, the officer who was in the process of cuffing him stepped aside to give her room or something. The contact may have made him panic, thinking she was planting something on him. At the very least, it created an opening for him to flee. That's not unusual for people being arrested, and something officers should anticipate, rather than being shocked by. So shocked they themselves panic and grab their guns rather than their tasers, while screaming hysterically.

 

[oceanblueeyes]

Brooklyn Center’s population is @30k

Tippy, do you know how much crime they have there since it's a small city of only 30k?

TIA

jmho

 

[oceanblueeyes]

Wasn't the victim already in the car and attempting to flee at this point? It looked like the officer was reacting to the victim's attempting to flee from the officer and get back in the car to drive away. That is when the officer was trying to get the victim to remain in police custody.

This situation doesn't seem to make a lot of sense to me...looks like a lot of rush to judgements here.

1. Victim pulled over for traffic code violation.
2. Victim identified as having an active warrant for arrest
3. Victim tried to leave police custody
4. Police react, accidentally shot victim instead of using taser.

Have I missed anything here?

I truly think this was a horrible accident, but she still should be held accountable.

No way no how would she do this on purpose knowing how it would immediately erupt into a firestorm.

Plus why would she want to end her 26 years with the force this way? Imo, she wouldn't, and for all we know she may greatly regret what happened, and is very remorseful, and distraught over what she did.

Doing it deliberately just makes no logical sense to me.

I wonder since this is a small town how often do they have to pull their tasers? It doesn't excuse what she's done by any means, but the video we've seen thus far shows her yelling.. warning the other officer...saying taser, taser, and when she shoots him with her firearm instead it's like she can't believe she did this.

Jmho

 

[Tippy Lynn]

Tippy, do you know how much crime they have there since it's a small city of only 30k?

TIA

jmho

Brooklyn Center is only 10 miles north from downtown Minneapolis. It's not as bad as north Minneapolis, but for a small city there's a fair amount of crime. Crime is on the rise in the last few years as well.

Crime in Brooklyn Center - Brooklyn Center, MN Crime Map

Brooklyn Center, 55430 Crime Rates and Crime Statistics - NeighborhoodScout

 

[kittythehare]

this also happened in my hometown and the officer still is a cop.

Family of man shot instead of Tasered by Madera cop gets $775,000

as is the cop who killed Tamir Rice
https://twitter.com/JoyAnnReid/status/1382025510566367239?s=20

Nothing in federal law prohibits the officer who killed Daunte Wright from joining a police department in the next town over. We need a national database of officer misconduct.
https://twitter.com/JulianCastro/status/1382040500543356933?s=20

 

[kittythehare]

I truly think this was a horrible accident, but she still should be held accountable.

No way no how would she do this on purpose knowing how it would immediately erupt into a firestorm.

Plus why would she want to end her 26 years with the force this way? Imo, she wouldn't, and for all we know she may greatly regret what happened, and is very remorseful, and distraught over what she did.

Doing it deliberately just makes no logical sense to me.

I wonder since this is a small town how often do they have to pull their tasers? It doesn't excuse what she's done by any means, but the video we've seen thus far shows her yelling.. warning the other officer...saying taser, taser, and when she shoots him with her firearm instead it's like she can't believe she did this.

Jmho

I posted guidelines for taser use last night, she did not observe those guidelines either.
Some of those guidelines included giving the person a reasonable time to respond, that did not happen.
They also guided against chest shots.
He died from a shot to the chest.

 

[kittythehare]

Wasn't the victim already in the car and attempting to flee at this point? It looked like the officer was reacting to the victim's attempting to flee from the officer and get back in the car to drive away. That is when the officer was trying to get the victim to remain in police custody.

This situation doesn't seem to make a lot of sense to me...looks like a lot of rush to judgements here.

1. Victim pulled over for traffic code violation.
2. Victim identified as having an active warrant for arrest
3. Victim tried to leave police custody
4. Police react, accidentally shot victim instead of using taser.

Have I missed anything here?

about 16 pages, Mickey, 16 pages.

 

[Kakidoll]

Honestly, I wish he would stay away, but I felt all along it was only a matter of time he'd show up.

I hope he doesn't rile anyone up when passions are already high.

Jmho

He's there TO rile people up. Chant the name, start the emotional riots again. Thats His MO every time, it seems. Its made him a millionaire many times over. He's the first person called now. MOO