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

[Apollo]

Can you share link and time stamp where her taser (or the other officers) is visible? Thanks much.

At exactly 50 seconds in of this 1:19 video

 

[Jax49]

This is the taser they used in 2018. I don’t know if they use it still.
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At least one of the male officers had something bright yellow on his belt (in the video), but I can't tell if it is a taser.

 

[kittythehare]

The manual advises that the device should not be used against people “whose position or activity may result in collateral injury” — including people who are “operating vehicles.” Mr. Wright was sitting in the driver’s seat when Officer Potter fired, and his car traveled several blocks after he was shot.

The manual also says that “reasonable efforts should be made to target lower center mass and avoid the head, neck, chest and groin” if an officer is using a Taser. Mr. Wright died of a gunshot wound to his chest, according to the Hennepin County medical examiner.
How Could an Officer Mistake a Gun for a Taser?

 

[kittythehare]

That's a picture comparing A gun to A taser. Not every taser is yellow like that one, and hers certainly looked nothing like that in the video. It looked black, which many, if not most of them are.

Shame on him for letting that pic be plastered all over if that isn't an identical taser to the one she used.

But it was actually yellow.

 

[Jax49]

At exactly 50 seconds in of this 1:19 video

Doesn't that show her gun, not her taser?

 

[Apollo]

But it was actually yellow.

Maybe the grip, that you can't see was, but the taser is not yellow.

 

[Apollo]

Doesn't that show her gun, not her taser?

OMG!! You're absolutely right!!! My apologies. What was I thinking.

 

[NoSI]

Well, IMO she is in the wrong job.

So 26 years of service mean nothing? One mistake/accident, although a terrible one, wipes out everything good she has ever done as a LE Officer?

 

[Jax49]

dbm

 

[sds71]

The yellow high-lighted item is on the belt of one of the male officers, I think???

But Deputy Obayashi said it does show her fellow officer with his gun on one side of his body and his Taser on the other side, holstered so that either weapon could easily be grabbed by his dominant hand.

Body-camera footage of the police shooting of Daunte Wright
Mr. Wright, 20, was shot and killed by Officer Kimberly A. Potter during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb on Sunday.

How Could an Officer Mistake a Gun for a Taser?

 

[PrairieWind]

At exactly 50 seconds in of this 1:19 video

That is a good catch Apollo. I think at 52 seconds a little better view. It does appear to be the yellow taser, in the cross reach position for dominant hand use.

 

[kittythehare]

So 26 years of service mean nothing? One mistake/accident, although a terrible one, wipes out everything good she has ever done as a LE Officer?

No more than a criminal record wipes out any good her victim did.
We know a lot about him, not enough about her to say whether she was good, bad or indifferent.
We are not a homogeneous race and no profession can be said to be homogeneous either because it consists of humans.

BTW I come from a LEO family, seniority is not an indicator of goodness. Or evil. Just time.

 

[PrairieWind]

So 26 years of service mean nothing? One mistake/accident, although a terrible one, wipes out everything good she has ever done as a LE Officer?

She resigned in days and surrendered to authorities when charges were filed. So far sounds like she is totally owning this.

 

[NoSI]

She resigned in days and surrendered to authorities when charges were filed. So far sounds like she is totally owning this.

100% agree with you.

 

[angelainwi]

I do not understand why she did not include an apology in her resignation letter and/or apologized to the family...

 

[kittythehare]

I do not understand why she did not include an apology in her resignation letter and/or apologized to the family...

I'd prefer if she had waited to be fired.
By resigning she can take up a LE position again and help save her pension.
Her lack of apology is not a sign of 'owning' anything at all.
IMO it is little more than a clever move by her.
She stated she had 'loved every minute'
EVERY SINGLE MINUTE!

 

[SaguaroSpirit]

I'd prefer if she had waited to be fired.
By resigning she can take up a LE position again and help save her pension.
Her lack of apology is not a sign of 'owning' anything at all.
IMO it is little more than a clever move by her.
She stated she had 'loved every minute'
EVERY SINGLE MINUTE!

Respectfully, I disagree with your post. MOO, IMHO, JMOO, etc.

 

[angelainwi]

I'd prefer if she had waited to be fired.
By resigning she can take up a LE position again and help save her pension.
Her lack of apology is not a sign of 'owning' anything at all.
IMO it is little more than a clever move by her.
She stated she had 'loved every minute'
EVERY SINGLE MINUTE!

Good point, EVERY SINGLE MINUTE. WTFudge

 

[PrairieWind]

I'd prefer if she had waited to be fired.
By resigning she can take up a LE position again and help save her pension.
Her lack of apology is not a sign of 'owning' anything at all.
IMO it is little more than a clever move by her.
She stated she had 'loved every minute'
EVERY SINGLE MINUTE!

She served 28 years and doesn't appear to have any problems. How does resigning save her pension? Explain that to me. She loved her job, clearly. You think she loved that last day? Clearly not.

 

[Tippy Lynn]

I do not understand why she did not include an apology in her resignation letter and/or apologized to the family...

She knew charges were coming and I'm sure she was advised not to.