Officer Potter
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Posted by: mindnspirit ®

12/23/2021, 17:59:35
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I am saddened and dismayed that officer Potter was found guilty on both counts. I also cannot stand this Judge's manner. A lot of attention was paid to the differences between a Taser and Handgun but no one ever brought up the similarity, in that they both have a hand grip, a trigger guard and a trigger. In a crisis moment, they can feel the same to the hand. She was not looking at her belt but at the action going on. Further, once again what brought on the death as inappropriate and tragic as it might be? THE BEHAVIOR OF THE DECEASED!!!!! If he did not struggle with the police - unheard of in my day, he would still be alive today. To me, many of these cases are more like suicide by police, then police wrong doing. On a lighter note please see "how to not get your ass beat by the police" by Chris Rock on UTube. This video should be shown in every high school in the country. 






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Posted by: TEEBONE ®

12/24/2021, 12:41:30
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LIBERTY HAS NO EXPIRATION DATE

Liberty is paramount. Government is an afterthought.

Democrats wouldn't buy a clue if it was government subsidized.

Liberals are people who stand on their heads and insist that the world is upside-down.




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LOVE IT!!!!!
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Posted by: Dee Wee ®

12/28/2021, 16:43:35
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I hear ya' brother...
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Posted by: LateForLunch ®

12/24/2021, 04:34:04
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...that being said, the law tends to look at actions like short video clips- not a long movie. The jury believed the officer was grossly negligent in failing to ensure she drew and brought the correct weapon to bear. That was all that was necessary to find her guilty.  Apart from the suspect's behavior, the officer had legal esponsibilities discrete from peripheral considerations. 


This is a good case in point of how the law is not always an effective mechanism for administration of justice. Potter stepped on a landmine when she pulled the trigger on the wrong weapon - juries are capricious and subject to impressions which are not always objective(politics). 






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