Again, police can only initiate a stop if they have a reasonable suspicion that a crime or moving violation has been committed. Based on the PD policy at that time, the police were instructed to NOT pull people over for minor violations, like an expired tag.
First of all, policy is not the same as a law. Second, what is the exact wording of the policy? That it's not allowed to pull them over and check license, insurance and warrants, or is it just against the policy to issue tickets for expired tags? Third, St. Daunte was also observed making an illegal turn.
This policy makes sense, given that covid-19 spreads through human contact, and that the DMV at the time could not keep up with license/tag renewals and new applications due to impacts of said pandemic. The police pulled Wright over for an expired plate, not an illegal air freshener (which was discovered during the stop), or an illegal turn (not part of any official police record I could find, including statements by the police chief).
You would be wrong, as usual.
Minnesota Reformer said:
Luckey testified Wednesday that he pulled over Wright after he noticed Wright’s blinker signaling a right turn even though he was in the left turning lane. Luckey said he also noticed an air freshener hanging from the rearview mirror — which is technically illegal — and that the car’s registration tab was expired.
Kimberly Potter’s former supervisor says it was legal for her to fire gun at Daunte Wright
Therefore, the police violated their department's policy by pulling Wright over, likely because the police in the Twin Cities area have a documented history of racial profiling and were acting in this capacity.
Assertion without evidence. There is zero evidence Wright was pulled over because he was black.
Irrelevant. You are not the police chief or an elected official in the Twin Cities area who has the authority to make policy.
Relevant. This is a political discussion forum. We discuss political issues here. Including policies enacted by elected officials.
Isn't it against the rules to accuse fellow posters of lying?
Nonsense. Pulling people over for expired plates does not make anyone safer. You are full of shit.
The only one full of shit is you.
Pulling people over allows police to catch those who drive without driver's license, without insurance and those who have warrants. St. Daunte was three for three. Are you really going to argue that taking people without license or without insurance does not make the roads safer? Or that arresting people with arrest warrants isn't making us safer?
I don't know what Wright was thinking at the time of the illegal detainment.
[Citation needed] that the stop in question is considered "illegal detainment" under Minnesota Law.
Given the history of discrimination, violence and even murder that the Twin Cities PD is known for,
He wasn't stopped by "Twin Cities PD". Even if he was, you are arguing for guilt by association.
I would not have been surprised if he were scared for his life at being accosted and arrested by the police.
And therefore he decided to escalate the situation, making it many orders of magnitude more dangerous for himself? What kind of sense does that make? Had Wright allowed police to arrest him, he'd be in jail but alive and well.
Mr Wright's warrant was apparently related to a $346 fine for a non-appearance in a cannabis and disorderly conduct related trial.
No. A gun case he caught while on bail for an armed robbery (
he and an accomplice held a woman at gunpoint and tried to take her rent money). Where did you get the cannabis nonsense from anyway?
Not a huge deal in the big picture, and not one most people would have been trying to run from. And also not something that would suggest that Mr Wright posed a threat to anyone in the community.
Again, it was for guns. Which is why the digression is even somewhat relevant in this thread .
Did Mr Wright have a lawful license to drive? If yes, he posed no threat to the motoring public by driving without a piece of plastic on him.
Good point, or at least it would be if that's what it was. Do you have any information suggesting that he was a licensed driver in good standing and only did not have the actual license in his possession? Or are you just speculating.
And it is also completely irrelevant to the police violating their own policy and killing a human in a moment of racially biased prejudice (the fear of the young black man). You are only bringing this up in an attempt to divert our attention from the facts.
There is zero evidence that the shooting resulted from "racially biased prejudice" rather than a tragic mistake.
Mr Wright died because a white police officer was so terrorised at the thought of a young black man with a cannabis charge related warrant running free that she recklessly shot him with a jacketed hollow point.
What is the relevance of the officer being white? Other than your own racial prejudices, of course.
What is the relevance of the type of bullet she fired? Presumably the bullets are standard department issue.
And again, you are dead wrong on the nature of the warrant.
Those are the facts and there is no other explanation that fits the scenario.
You are very misinformed. Mistakes happen.
The thing we should be talking about is why she felt so terrified and overwhelmed that her 26 years of training and experience went out the window. Why is white America so scared of young black men that we keep killing them on the streets for no good reason?
Why are you trying to make everything about race? Many white people get shot by police too, you know.
All your posts over the years speak to the contrary.
BULLSHIT!
You are not outraged that a young man was shot and killed by an incompetent police officer who was violating her department's policy, all over a fucking expired tag.
Not to mention a gun warrant while on bail . You are right that I am not much outraged about this. I do not think Daunte Wright deserved to die, but he was a bad guy and he decided to increase chances of things going south by running. People make mistakes. Even seasoned professionals.
This is not a racial issue for me. I would not be outraged if it was a case of a white criminal getting shot under similar circumstances.
What would be different is that the case would not have generated national headlines. The black nationalist attorney general would not personally insert himself into the case to upgrade charges.
You are continuously outraged that people protesting such acts of killing sometimes block roads as a form of protest.
Blocking roads and highways, not to mention bridges or public transit, are unacceptable forms of protest, no matter your cause. As is occupying territory and declaring "autonomous zones".
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