Officer Potter absolutely did NOT deserve the verdict she got. As tragic as it was....there has to be leniency for an accident. In the heat of the moment; she made a horrible mistake by taking the wrong gun out, but her repeated statements of "I'm going to tase you," PROVE it was a mistake. I pray an appeal will bring a different verdict for her. Thank you for what you do, Mr. Stein!
Merry Christmas Ben. I live in Minneapolis. I watched the case closely and I prayed that the jury would have the strength to do the right thing. Sadly, they did not. When the verdict was read I just sobbed. For her and for America. I don’t want to live in a place where we idolize criminals and vilify police officers, where respect and law and order no longer exist.
Hi Ben! I would like to comment on the Potter verdict if I may. Of course it was too extreme under the circumstances. I felt that immediately upon hearing the verdict and then listened to another defense attorney on TV explaining that her own defense attorney failed her in his final arguments to the jury. He explained that yes, she was guilty of Negligence in drawing the wrong weapon but it did not rise to the level of "culpable negligence" which would have been the case if she had shown up to work intoxicated or overly exhausted. I agree....her attorney failed her. What is disgusting is the Washington Post writing an article about there being an empty seat at the table of the family of Daunte Wright. Who are they trying to fool.....Daunte Wright's many victims? He was a predator, he should not be celebrated in any way.
Absolutely not. She should have been tried by a jury of her peers-law enforcement personnel who understand the stresses she was under-rather than a jury of well-meaning folks who couldn’t understand what happened.
I think officer Potter made a grave error. It was not intentional. I am not a police officer and I don't carry two weapons, so I can't put myself in her shoes. But I would think she would've known which weapon she had in her hand. I am a supporter of police, but I think this is the correct verdict, unfortunately.
It's impossible to kill someone twice. Therefore any double convictions are inherently bogus, regardless of whether or not either conviction is justified.
Officer Potter absolutely did NOT deserve the verdict she got. As tragic as it was....there has to be leniency for an accident. In the heat of the moment; she made a horrible mistake by taking the wrong gun out, but her repeated statements of "I'm going to tase you," PROVE it was a mistake. I pray an appeal will bring a different verdict for her. Thank you for what you do, Mr. Stein!
Merry Christmas Ben. I live in Minneapolis. I watched the case closely and I prayed that the jury would have the strength to do the right thing. Sadly, they did not. When the verdict was read I just sobbed. For her and for America. I don’t want to live in a place where we idolize criminals and vilify police officers, where respect and law and order no longer exist.
Hi Ben! I would like to comment on the Potter verdict if I may. Of course it was too extreme under the circumstances. I felt that immediately upon hearing the verdict and then listened to another defense attorney on TV explaining that her own defense attorney failed her in his final arguments to the jury. He explained that yes, she was guilty of Negligence in drawing the wrong weapon but it did not rise to the level of "culpable negligence" which would have been the case if she had shown up to work intoxicated or overly exhausted. I agree....her attorney failed her. What is disgusting is the Washington Post writing an article about there being an empty seat at the table of the family of Daunte Wright. Who are they trying to fool.....Daunte Wright's many victims? He was a predator, he should not be celebrated in any way.
There would have been an empty seat at that table regardless, because if he wasn't in jail he would have been on the run.
Absolutely not. She should have been tried by a jury of her peers-law enforcement personnel who understand the stresses she was under-rather than a jury of well-meaning folks who couldn’t understand what happened.
I think officer Potter made a grave error. It was not intentional. I am not a police officer and I don't carry two weapons, so I can't put myself in her shoes. But I would think she would've known which weapon she had in her hand. I am a supporter of police, but I think this is the correct verdict, unfortunately.
It's impossible to kill someone twice. Therefore any double convictions are inherently bogus, regardless of whether or not either conviction is justified.