Welcome to our coverage of the Kim Potter manslaughter trial over the April 11, 2021 shooting death of Duante Wright in a suburb of Minneapolis, when then-police officer Potter accidentally used her Glock 17 pistol in place of her intended Taser. Today saw an additional five jurors seated in this second day of jury selection, […]
It’s come to my attention that some folks with a limited grasp of how the law works were confused by some of my commentary regarding the Dominick Black gun charge during my recent appearance on the Tim Pool IRL. Always on the lookout for a teachable moment, I thought I’d take few minutes to bring
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Welcome to our coverage of the Kim Potter manslaughter trial over the April 11, 2021 shooting death of Duante Wright in a suburb of Minneapolis, when then-police officer Potter accidentally used her Glock 17 pistol in place of her intended Taser. Today saw four jurors seated in this first day of jury selection. Two prospective
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Tomorrow morning begins the jury selection in the Minnesota trial of former Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kimberly Potter, on charges of 1st and 2nd-degree manslaughter for the April 11, 2021 shooting death of criminal suspect Duante Wright, whom Potter shot in the mistaken belief that she was wielding her less-than-lethal Taser electroshock weapon. The shooting
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Well, this elicited a chuckle when it came across my news feed. Apparently, the Left is already panicking about my proposed Kyle’s Law, even though “proposed” is a bit extravagant for a single-page notion hosted on the web site of a small-town lawyer in Colorado.
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UPDATE: Because it seems possibly helpful to the discussion, I’ve appended to the bottom of this post the video, and a transcript, of the entirety of the citizen’s arrest portion of Judge Walmsley’s instructions to the jury. We’ve all heard about the verdicts now in the Ahmaud Arbery case trial. Rather than list all the
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Only Travis McMichael was found guilty of Count 1, Malice Murder, but all the defendants were found guilty of multiple counts of felony murder, so they’re all looking at life in prison without the possibility of early release. COUNT l – MALICE MURDER, O.C.G.A. 16-5-1 TRAVIS MCMICHAEL Guilty GREG MCMICHAEL Not Guilty WILLIAM R BRYAN Not Guilty COUNT
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UPDATE: Because it seems possibly helpful to the discussion, I’ve appended to the bottom of this post the video, and a transcript, of the entirety of the citizen’s arrest portion of Judge Walmsley’s instructions to the jury. Today the jury heard the last of argument and received their jury instructions in the Arbery case trial,
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Today the jury heard the last of argument and received their jury instructions in the Arbery case trial, in which defendants Greg McMichael, Travis McMichael, and Roddy Bryan are each facing a count of malice murder, four counts of felony murder, and then the four predicate felony counts (two for aggravated assault and two for
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