On April 11, 2021, 20-year-old Don Wright was stopped by police while driving in a suburb of Minneapolis, Minnesota. According to the police Wright was wanted It was decided to arrest him immediately, but it was said that he opposed his arrest.
According to the 20-year-old’s mother, he called her directly when he understood that the police had stopped him, the news agency wrote. AP.
The mother also says that the son was with him in the car with his girlfriend. It all ended fatal. A police officer shot the man and pronounced him dead at the scene.
Don’t Wright’s family hugs attorney Ben Crump outside Hennepin County Government Center as the trial of ex-police officer Kim Potter begins. Photo: Karim Youcel/AFP
Taking the wrong weapon
It was 49-year-old police officer Kim Potter who killed 20-year-old Don’t Wright.
According to the police officer himself, all this was a tragic accident. Potter, who shot and killed the 20-year-old, says she thought she had picked up an electric shock weapon, not a firearm.
The episode was filmed with the body camera that Potter was wearing during the incident. In the video, one can hear a desperate potter.
– You shot him, and you took the wrong gun! Oh my God Potter says in the video.
In the recording, you can see the police officer drowning on the sidewalk and sitting up after Wright’s car starts to roll.
Defense attorney Paul Ing believes Potter’s immediate reaction bolsters their argument that the shooting was an accident.
– Potter’s defense attorney said during the trial on Wednesday that the policemen are people. The defense attorney seemed to blame Wright, saying all the 20-year-old should have done was give up on the spot.
The miracle tree I play
Potter was training with a new police officer when he waved at the age of 20. Wright had expired tags on the car, and a Wundebaum hanging from the mirror.
When they found out that Wright already had an arrest warrant for him, they tried to arrest him. Then Wright sat in the car instead of cooperating with the police.
A poster of 20-year-old Daunte Wright who died after being shot by a police officer on April 11, 2021. The episode provoked strong feelings and reactions, as this was one of many instances of white police officers shooting in the dark. Skinned. Photo: Nicole Neri/Reuters
Potter’s body camera recorded her screaming “Taser, Taser, Taser” before she fired a shot with the pistol, which she thought was an electric stun gun.
Portions of the video were shown during the trial on Wednesday, the news agency wrote AP.
Another police officer who was present during the incident also testified during Wednesday’s trial. Officer Anthony Lockey, who was training when the accident occurred, said he could smell marijuana from Wright’s car. He is also said to have seen marijuana still lying on the console of the car.
son called
Don’t Wright’s mother, Kate Bryant, testified during Wednesday’s trial. While testifying, she told about the moment she saw her son lying in the car after he was shot.
The mother had spoken to her son before the tragic accident. When she called her son again through a video call, she heard her son’s friend yell that someone had shot him. Then the friend directed the phone to the driver’s seat, where Daunt Wright was lying.
The deceased 20-year-old’s mother was in tears and testified during the trial on Wednesday. Photo: AP
– My son was lying there. The mother, who sobbed as she testified on Wednesday, said he did not act and appeared dead.
I made a mistake
Potter’s defense attorney said his client made a mistake when she grabbed the wrong weapon and shot Wright after he tried to get away from police officers who were trying to arrest him. Just before Potter shot, another police officer partially climbed into Wright’s car and, according to Inge, was in danger of being injured if the 20-year-old had started the car.
Engh believes that police officers have every reason to believe that Wright was wearing a gun, when another police officer, Anthony Lockey, discovered that Wright was wearing an arrest warrant for the weapons charge.
“She had to do this to prevent the death of a fellow officer,” defense attorney Eng said during the trial.
Betrayed by his profession
On an earlier occasion, the prosecutor in the case, Erin Eldridge, said Potter had underestimated the extensive training she went through to become a police officer — including training in the risks involved in firing the wrong weapon.
– That’s exactly what I’ve been training for for years. The attorney general said that on April 11, her job betrayed her and Daunte Wright failed.
We must be able to trust that they know the difference between right and left. The prosecutor continued that this case concerned a police officer who knew she would not do wrong, but failed to do so properly.
Prosecutors say Potter was trained to use electro-shock weapons several times during his 26-year political career. The last benefit was six months before the tragic accident.
A 14-person jury will hear the case.
The Minnesota sentence requires a prison sentence of just over seven years for first-degree murder and four years for second-degree murder. Prosecutors said they would seek a longer sentence.
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