Officers discovered Wright had a warrant for a weapons possession charge and they tried to arrest him but he pulled away. Video shows Potter, who is white, shouted several times that she would use her Taser on Wright, but she had her gun in her hand and fired once into his chest.
stoked distrust and showed how Black people are viewed in the justice system primarily as defendants rather than victims.Chu called it “one of the saddest cases” she’s seen. “If it’s not about race, certainly she made a point to make it clear she has a high regard for public service that police officers give in our society,” Hardaway said. She said white people have long been held in higher regard in the judicial system and “we saw those realities playing out as the judge was delivering her sentence.”
Rachel Moran, a law professor at the University of St. Thomas, said she can understand why the judge believes two years was appropriate; Potter is not at risk of reoffending, she will serve about 16 months of her sentence in prison and the shooting was deemed a mistake.
Most disturbing 2many outside the lightness of sentencing was the judge's seeming personal identification w KimPotter as opposed 2showing any real empathy 4family of DaunteWright. EqualityInJustice JusticeSystem JusticeInAmerica BlackHistoryMonth
And those civil rights activists are 100% correct.
And the family is correct, the fact that she was a 26-year veteran officer with intensive training should have meant she needed to be held a higher standard.
It's not about race as much as the racist left-wing media wishes it was. The REALITY is she was a cop. She would have gotten 20 years if she wasn't no matter what her race is. Everyone knows it. It's not about race. It's about people who work in government protecting one another