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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Grant Jennings" data-source="post: 271737" data-attributes="member: 746">On April 11, 2021 a police officer in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota stopped a car owned and driven by Daunte Wright. During the course of the traffic stop officer Kimberly Potter shot Wright in the chest. Wright drove a short distance before colliding with another vehicle and struck a concrete barrier. Officers attempted to perform CPR but were unsuccessful, Wright was later pronounced dead at the scene.The mainstream media covered this as another shooting of an unarmed Black man by a White police officer with the Associated Press headline reading: Daunte Wright: Doting dad, ballplayer, slain by police. Many news outlets erroneously stated that Wright was stopped because he had an air freshener hanging from his rearview mirror; he was actually stopped for driving with an expired registration.[ATTACH=full]27298[/ATTACH]On Sunday December 1, 2019 Daunte Wright and his friend Emjay Driver attended a party at an apartment shared by two young women. One of the women knew Driver from high school; neither of the women knew Wright. At the end of the evening all of the guests left the party with the exception of Wright and Driver. The two men told the women that public transportation was not available because it was a Sunday evening and they lacked the money for a taxi, Uber or Lyft. The women reluctantly agreed to let the men stay overnight, sleeping on the floor, on the condition they left the next morning.The next morning the two women prepared for work. One of the women left to obtain $820.00 in cash, her share of the rent. She returned with the money and handed it to her roommate before leaving for work. The remaining woman had placed the cash in her bra; she asked the men when they were going to leave, they said their ride was on its way. During this time the woman heard Wright tell Driver they should "hit some stains" a phrase she understood to mean commit armed robbery.Wright stepped out of the apartment and returned approximately five minutes later saying a ride had arrived for him and Driver. The woman expected to exit the apartment at that time with Wright and Driver but Wright blocked the door, pulled a gun from either his waistband or jacket pocket and demanded she hand him the money inside her bra. The woman asked "are you serious?" To which Wright replied "Give me the f__king money, I know you have it!"  The woman got on her knees and began screaming as Wright repeatedly choked her and demanded the money. The woman told Wright and Driver police were close by. Driver said "let's go" and the two men left the apartment and left in a white Cadillac which had been waiting outside.The woman contacted the police. She identified Wright and Driver from photo line-ups. Daunte Wright was arrested and charged with Aggravated Robbery, the aggravating factors being the presence of an accomplice and the use of a gun. The charge carries a maximum sentence of 20 years. Wright was released on $100,000.00 bail. Wright was later found to be in violation of two conditions of his bail: he failed to keep in contact with a court monitor and it was discovered he was in possession of a handgun.[ATTACH=full]27299[/ATTACH]During this time Wright made numerous posts to social media of photos and videos of him drinking alcohol, smoking marijuana, waving large sums of money and holding at least two handguns. One of those handguns was a Ruger .45 pistol. Wright was charged in March 2021 with illegal possession of the Ruger; he had previously been charged with fleeing a Peace Officer during an altercation during the Summer of 2020. Wright was to attend a court hearing via Zoom on April 2, 2021 for these two charges but he failed to appear. A misdemeanor warrant for Wright's arrest was issued at that time.*On April 11 Wright was stopped due to the expired registration, a brief mention was made about the air freshener. During the stop the traffic officer became aware of the outstanding warrant against Wright and called for backup; officer Kimberly Potter responded. The officers asked Wright to step out of the car. When they attempted to handcuff Wright he resisted and re-entered the car. At the moment Kimberly Potter yelled "tazer! tazer! tazer!" but instead of her tazer she grabbed her pistol. Potter shot Wright once in the chest which led to Wright's death. After firing her gun Potter exclaimed "holy s__t! I just shot him!"I am not excusing Kimberly Potter's ineptitude or her failure to respond appropriately under pressure. I don't think she should have ever been a police officer. I am also not saying that Daunte Wright deserved to die because of any crimes he may have committed. I am saying the media is misrepresenting this case when they try to portray it as a cold blooded killing, racism or a case of "driving while Black". I don't think it is correct to equate this case with the murder of George Floyd.Warrant for Aggravated Robbery:[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.scribd.com/document/502729366/12-4-Arrest[/URL]Warrant for arrest issued April 2:[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.scribd.com/document/502602823/27-CR-21-4400[/URL]*Shortly after Daunte Wright's death comedian Walter Masterson posted a video to Tik Tok claiming Wright failed to attend the April 2 hearing because the warrant informing him of it had been misaddressed. Masterson later removed the video explaining that he was misinformed, the warrant in question did not apply to Wright. The claim the warrant was misaddressed is still being repeated by celebrities including Questlove who apparently aren't aware the information is false.</blockquote>

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