kittythehare
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The relevant paragraphs, trying not to exceed the 10% limit hereFor some reason I cannot access that site, but if it is true it was the wrong address, this lad did not have a chance.
A wrong address and because of that an officer who used the wrong weapon, killed him and then said 'Oh ****, I shot him' like that was the only explanation needed. I say that when I mistake all purpose flour for cake flour.
Gannon said Monday that Wright was initially stopped after officers saw his car’s tabs were expired. After officers ran his name, they found an outstanding gross misdemeanor warrant.
The one outstanding warrant for Wright's arrest, Hennepin County authorities confirmed, was issued after the young man failed to appear for a hearing on April 2. The court date was to deal with a gross misdemeanor charge dating to last summer, when Wright allegedly got caught carrying a pistol without a permit and fled from a peace officer.
rthur Martinez, a public defender who represented Wright, said he believed his client had never received notice of the scheduled appearance—and said that the court had not informed him either.
“He obviously didn’t get it, and no one notified me, and a date came up for April 2nd for 2:30 in the afternoon, and him not knowing about it, didn’t show up, and there was a warrant issued for his arrest,” said Martinez, who shared an image of the warrant with The Daily Beast that shows that the judge set bail at a $3,000 bond or $500 in cash.
“That’s how not serious this is: it’s a $500 bail. This wasn’t a $50,000 bail. This isn’t something where he allegedly did something violent to someone,” he said. “It’s not even a felony. It’s a gross misdemeanor. To tase or shoot somebody is insane.”
The HCDC said they had sent warrant to his home address and it was not returned but refused to comment on whether they had notified his attorney (paraphrasing this bit)
His aggravated robbery case had no outstanding warrants and was due to go ahead in August.
These are the facts that have been misrepresented.
His lawyer was unaware of the zoom hearing, he was apparently unaware of it and the bit I've been trying to figure out all day is whether his lawyer is notified at the same time as himself routinely in MN and through what means. Looks like neither of them received the date. And that is the gist of the story as far as anybody knows.
And if all that pans out to be the truth he genuinely had no knowledge that he had missed a court zoom appearance which may be why he went to sit back in his vehicle on foot of the warrant he knew nothing about, could have known nothing about cos even his attorney knew nothing about it..
He had complied with all that was required of him under his obligations to fulfil requirements of the alleged armed robbery case.
And this is really what the public needs to be told.