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Officer Kim Potter Charged With Second Degree Manslaughter In The Wright Shooting
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<blockquote data-quote="Box Ox" data-source="post: 4833727" data-attributes="member: 48469"><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/14/nyregion/taser-manslaughter-cases-kim-potter.html" target="_blank">At Least 15 Officers Mistook Guns for Tasers. Three Were Convicted.</a></p><p></p><p>"While it is rare for the police to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/04/13/us/daunte-wright-taser-gun.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage" target="_blank">mistake their sidearms for their stun guns</a>, it is even rarer for charges to be brought against them in such cases. A New York Times review of 15 other cases of so-called weapon confusion over the past 20 years showed that only five of the officers were indicted. Only three, including the only two cases in which people were killed, were eventually found guilty.</p><p></p><p>“When you’re talking about cases where the excuse is it’s an accident, they’re just not easy to prove,” said Geoffrey P. Alpert, a criminologist at the University of South Carolina who studies the use of force.</p><p></p><p>"In the 15 cases reviewed by The Times, two in which people were killed resulted in manslaughter convictions by juries; a third officer pleaded guilty to a lesser charge in a case in which someone was injured. Two other cases are pending."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Box Ox, post: 4833727, member: 48469"] [URL="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/14/nyregion/taser-manslaughter-cases-kim-potter.html"]At Least 15 Officers Mistook Guns for Tasers. Three Were Convicted.[/URL] "While it is rare for the police to [URL='https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/04/13/us/daunte-wright-taser-gun.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage']mistake their sidearms for their stun guns[/URL], it is even rarer for charges to be brought against them in such cases. A New York Times review of 15 other cases of so-called weapon confusion over the past 20 years showed that only five of the officers were indicted. Only three, including the only two cases in which people were killed, were eventually found guilty. “When you’re talking about cases where the excuse is it’s an accident, they’re just not easy to prove,” said Geoffrey P. Alpert, a criminologist at the University of South Carolina who studies the use of force. "In the 15 cases reviewed by The Times, two in which people were killed resulted in manslaughter convictions by juries; a third officer pleaded guilty to a lesser charge in a case in which someone was injured. Two other cases are pending." [/QUOTE]
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