Bodycam video captured Potter shouting, “I’ll tase you!” and “Taser, Taser, Taser!” before she fired once.The defense has calleda horrific mistake, but have also asserted that Potter would have been within her rights to use deadly force because Wright might have dragged another officer, then-Sgt. Mychal Johnson, with his car.
In the aftermath of the shooting, Gannon said, political pressures mounted and he was forced “to resign in lieu of termination” because he refused to immediately fire Potter. He also said officers had to assume that Wright “very likely could have a gun” because he had one in the past, and that it would have been a “dereliction of duty” for them not to have tried to arrest him.
I believe she is guilty of manslaughter. It's easy to see how distraught she is, though. She obviously did not mean to shoot him, let alone kill him. A cop showing remorse! It should be taken into consideration at her sentencing. IMO
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