I have a ton of respect for this guy. Even though I think this is an open and shut manslaughter on the hands of the cop here, he did the right thing by calling for due process. He should sue for wrongful termination. It's his job to ensure there is some kind of review process anytime someone wants an officer fired. It's highly likely that the review process would have resulted anyway in her being fired, but you don't just get to skip to the end.
I understand Duante Wright was not an angel. I'm not at all saying Wright was in the right here or anything to that effect. The video clearly shows he shoved off a cop and dove into his car. A reasonable cop could have assumed he was reaching for a gun tucked under the seat or something. I fully understand that. But when a cop says "taser, taser, taser" while pulling out her pistol and shooting Wright, that seems like a clear example of "she made a mistake which resulted in the death of a person."
In Minnesota, second degree manslaughter is defined as "a person who causes the death of another by... the person's culpable negligence whereby the person creates an unreasonable risk, and consciously takes chances of causing death or great bodily harm to another."
The cop was negligent in that she pulled her pistol instead of her taser and Wright died as a result of her actions. I guess a court case will have to explain what "consciously takes chances of causing death..." means here.
It's already being reported the cop will be charged with 2nd degree manslaughter, so I'm not way off base here saying that is the likely charge. Im no defense attorney but I don't see how, given the facts of this case, you really argue that she didn't kill Wright by accident (manslaughter). If the defense is, well she meant to taze a suspect resisting arrest but accidentally pulled out her gun instead, that would seem to directly affirm manslaughter here, would it not? If I'm missing something please correct my thinking here. I'm not trying to eagerly condemn someone without due process, I'm just expressing my opinions on the case and the relevant law as I see it.
I have a ton of respect for this guy. Even though I think this is an open and shut manslaughter on the hands of the cop here, he did the right thing by calling for due process. He should sue for wrongful termination. It's his job to ensure there is some kind of review process anytime someone wants an officer fired. It's highly likely that the review process would have resulted anyway in her being fired, but you don't just get to skip to the end.
Manslaughter? Duante was wanted for armed robbery and strangulation of a woman, he had been evading arrest for two years.
I understand Duante Wright was not an angel. I'm not at all saying Wright was in the right here or anything to that effect. The video clearly shows he shoved off a cop and dove into his car. A reasonable cop could have assumed he was reaching for a gun tucked under the seat or something. I fully understand that. But when a cop says "taser, taser, taser" while pulling out her pistol and shooting Wright, that seems like a clear example of "she made a mistake which resulted in the death of a person."
In Minnesota, second degree manslaughter is defined as "a person who causes the death of another by... the person's culpable negligence whereby the person creates an unreasonable risk, and consciously takes chances of causing death or great bodily harm to another."
The cop was negligent in that she pulled her pistol instead of her taser and Wright died as a result of her actions. I guess a court case will have to explain what "consciously takes chances of causing death..." means here.
It's already being reported the cop will be charged with 2nd degree manslaughter, so I'm not way off base here saying that is the likely charge. Im no defense attorney but I don't see how, given the facts of this case, you really argue that she didn't kill Wright by accident (manslaughter). If the defense is, well she meant to taze a suspect resisting arrest but accidentally pulled out her gun instead, that would seem to directly affirm manslaughter here, would it not? If I'm missing something please correct my thinking here. I'm not trying to eagerly condemn someone without due process, I'm just expressing my opinions on the case and the relevant law as I see it.