Spokes on a Wheel
The leftist media is at it again. A story was hoisted onto the front page well before we knew the facts or why such a story deserved such coverage. It wasn't about the 97 police officers who gave their lives protecting us in the first 4 months of 2021, nor was it about rising crime rates in cities that have demonized and defunded our police. As usual, it was about a black man who was killed while resisting arrest. The full story is that a female veteran police officer mistook her gun for her taser gun and accidently shot the man who was trying to drive away. Yesterday right here on NT we heard someone ask: " Would you agree that any shot at someone trying to drive away is a shot to kill?" Hours later we find that it was an accidental shooting.
Officer Kim Potter. (Photo by Bruce Bisping/Star Tribune via Getty Images)
After the leftwing media put the story on the front page, the leftist local government took over. The city council in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center immediately voted to put the Mayor in charge of the Police Department. The Brooklyn Center Mayor, Mike Elliott then held what is called a "presser" which in this case evidently meant questions were taken from some activists involved in riots rather than reporters. City Manager Curt Boganey, who until Monday evening had control over police personnel, said the officer who shot Wright will get “due process.” Boganey was then fired!
A woman who attended the presser said the officer must be “fired immediately” because “Daunte Wright did not get due process in that situation.” That's a snapshot of the individuals who run Brooklyn Center. I remember the days when I used to think the likes of a Marion Barry being an elected official was a rarity that would never be repeated, but here we are in the era of the left.
According to the Star Tribune, the city’s leaders also appeared prepared to fire Police Chief Gannon, who said at the press conference that he had authorized the use of tear gas and rubber bullets during protests the night before, after a police officer was injured.
As expected, on came the organized rioters. Last night they struck again in Brooklyn Center, as police officers were shelled with objects thrown from the crowd. A few officers suffered minor injuries during the rioting. Looters also broke into several businesses at a strip mall near the police station, including a Dollar Tree store. Imagine breaking in to a Dollar Tree store? There are those who love to loot during these events and they had a great time last night.
"Amelia Huffman, the Minneapolis Police Department’s deputy chief for professional standards, said 13 people were also arrested in Minneapolis amid the demonstrations -- four for burglaries, two were suspects in shots-fired incidents, six were for curfew violations, and one was on an outstanding warrant."
https://www.foxnews.com/us/live-updates-minnesota-police-and-protesters-clash-following-daunte-wright-fatal-shooting
Last but not least the person who is supposed to be managing the border crisis, but has been MIA for about a month, took to twitter: "Wright's family needs "justice and healing"
That's what Kamala Harris is doing in case anyone is interested.
Rashida Tlaib went a bit further and declared on Twitter that the death of Daunte Wright “wasn’t an accident” and was “inherently and intentionally racist.”
With the riots and looting that is occurring in Minnesota, one would hope that government officials would caution against assuming facts and encouraging the public to wait for the results of the investigation. These are not normal times, however and the left is going to do just the opposite, encouraging rioting and seeking retribution.
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Did anyone think that this was going to end by electing Joe Biden?
It's only going to get worse.
Trump and his supporters are off topic.
I'm off topic.
All kinds of crap is bound to hit the fan with Biden in the WH. The Dems generally demean and detest law enforcement officers and tend to coddle criminals
We are going to see crime go through the roof again. When do the people learn?
Sure... we should strengthen the police, give them unlimited authority and let them shoot whomever they please whenever it suites them! /s
Or we could follow the Democrats plan and not punish criminals; especially any that are African American.
What? No! We can't have a socialist-marxist-communist-whatever country! No, to be a strong society we must punish evil doers! Outdated tabs on a car is just the pretext we need cops to have so they can sort out the good guys (us) from the bad guys (them). So what if a few of them get killed by accident? As long as we are all still safe in our suburban gated communities. Can't make a soufflé without breaking some eggs. With this uprising the last few nights we know where to send in more cops and arrest the agitators. Hopefully some of them will resist and try to run too.
Typical BS. Ignore the outstanding warrant for illegally carrying an unlicense and unregistered firearm; and evading police the first time. That is the reason they were arresting him. Outdated tabs, which they pull white motorists over for as well, had nothing to do with the reason for the arrest.
He wouldn't have been killed if he hadn't resisted arrest and tried to flee a second time. Guess they should have expected that from the first time. That is on the LEO's for not taking proper precautions so he couldn't have tried to escape.
You live in a gate community? Must be nice. Most of us can't afford that and have to live in the real world; and fend for ourselves.
You mean the rioters. Leftists can never call something what it really is.
You mean after assaulting police and injuring innocent bystanders first? I am sure the shops that were vandalized and looted by the BLM and Antifa rioters were guilty of something./S Funny how the left wants the kid gloves to come off when the far alt right riot; but for their leftist Brown Shirt riots it is strictly "hands off"!
How else will the rookie killers get practice? Shoot 'em in the back while they're running away! Gotta be worth a lot of points amongst the good ole' boys! Then plant a gun and drugs on 'em. They were asking for it! No good druggie gangbangers!
To some folks they're vermin, scum, so no loss, right?
He wouldn't have been killed if he hadn't been "accidentally" shot. Non-compliance in the New World Order IS a death sentence.
Yeah, I didn't know allegedly resisting arrest or attempting to 'flee a second time' warranted a shot in the head . . . a death sentence.
That is because those in charge (all Democrats) are stoking the fires as fast as they can. While the US is burning they hope to cram as much of their radical agenda through as possible while the media has everyone's attention diverted.
And we have a new Senate Parliamentarian, who disagrees with her predecessor and is willing to give them 4 shots at "reconciliation" in a year's time. What will happen with the attempt to federalize policing? Don't know yet. In the meantime cops are quitting in droves. Those who remain aren't going to put themselves in jeopardy of being fired and/or convicted of some crime or worse. This is going to get a lot worse before people feel the need for safety.
I am waiting for the Democrats to realize they can't put their leftist Brown Shirts back in the bottle once they are no longer needed. Somehow they really think they can turn their radical followers on and off with a switch. It will come back to bite them in the ass; but not before it devastates this country first.
You remembered 'leftist brown shirts'! Good boy!
"That is because those in charge (all Democrats) are stoking the fires as fast as they can. While the US is burning they hope to cram as much of their radical agenda through as possible while the media has everyone's attention diverted."
You forgot to mention 'leftist brown shirts'
WOOF!
Big deal , the original story I read said he was shot while driving away. Any shot from behind the car at someone driving away would in effect be a shot to kill as the only thing that could be hit would be the drivers head or neck. The original story turned out to be incomplete or not totally accurate.
I accept that the woman cop shot him by accident.
Let's ask the question why was he stopped in the first place, and why did they "run his license". Did he look suspicious?
Why wasnt he just given a warning to take care of the expired registration?
I saw the press conference and I thought the questions to the police chief were quite antagonistic. I dont think the "traffic stop" would have gone the same way if Wright were white, but now that it's done the cop that shot him has to be given due process.
He had a warrant for possessing an illegal gun. I thought enforcing gun laws is a good thing?
People who have expired license plates are usually just told to take care of it as soon as possible.
It would really help if cops tried to do that or similar with young black drivers.
Instead we have a situation where young black males think they should make a break for it or they might end up like George Floyd. Clearly not a good atmosphere.
If the only issue was unexpired plates, there wouldn't be a story.
He had a warrant for illegal gun possession. Should police try to enforce warrants related to gun laws? If not, why are democrats constantly urging for more gun laws to be passed?
After the stop, it's standard procedure to check for warrants....regardless of race.
But not to get shot in the head. That only happens when you're black.
After they run your license if you're not wanted and have a clean driving record the cop might cut you a break but they always run you license no matter what. It only takes a minute these days they have the computers right in their cars.
Everyone should already know that by now.
They just are trying to make the stop seem like it wasn't legitimate for some strange reason.
They're trying to justify the Perp's violent resistance and escape or just ignore it completely along with the warrant for his arrest. That's why they keep saying he was shot for expired plates as if they pulled him over and just walked over and shot him.
If you actually read the articles posted he was stopped because his vehicle tags were out of date. They stop anyone and everyone for that regardless of race, color, religion, or sex; and yes they issue tickets for that! I have personally been in cars that have been stopped for expired tags. Not one of them got off w/o a ticket!
Because they ran his driver's license, which is standard procedure, and the warrant came back for him carrying an unlicensed/unregistered firearm and evading arrest. Also, why shouldn't they give a ticket for the expired tags at the very least? Maybe they should have just apologized for pulling him over; and let him go on his merry way once they found out he was African American? Maybe they should create a slide rule to factor in race, sex, religion, and everything else. White males get
You have proof that they would have violated basic procedures if he was white? Would love to see it. Not everyone is as racist as the left.
Damn it of all the audacity! Thinking that the officer actually has rights under the law! Don't worry the Democrats are looking at doing away with due process. It takes too damn long and sometimes doesn't give the results they want. Now everything will be done in the court of public opinion; and of course Conservatives and Republicans opinions will not count. We have just gone through a five year test run of it at the federal level.
"They stop anyone and everyone for that"
But white folks don't get shot in the head for it.
He didn’t get shot for having expired tags. At least tell the truth about the story. There is room to be bothered by the story without lying about it.
Where did I say that?
I leave the lying to the poster.
And shot in the head.
"Nearly daily"? Please quit with the hyperbole. As per the left's fabrications trying to turn criminals into martyrs in many instances. Yes, there have been mistakes, errors in judgement, and sometimes outright illegal killings; but please don't act like it only happens to African Americans. The Democrats and media just like to use it as a political dog whistle.
Where in the hell did I say that? I agreed with former head of police when he said the officer would be allowed "due process"; for which he was fired! Or is the officer not allowed due process. I know the left doesn't believe in due process; but everyone is entitled to it.
You are correct. Democrats shouldn't be allowed that power; but they are damn well trying for it!
It's true - nearly daily - and possibly multiple times in a day - I'm sure there are many, many instances that we never hear about.
You forgot to mention 'leftist brown shirts'
Of course. Of course. Secret police murders. Whatever it takes to keep the illusion alive. Probably by out of town right wing agitator police no doubt. .
Out of curiosity, why, in your world, does the Biden administration condone the secret murders of hundreds of black people every year? Was Obama in on it too?
Sure am interested in where you got your numbers from.
Or did you make them up?
My understanding is that whenever a ticket is being written the license is run. I recall riding with someone who was stopped for speeding. They ran his license and found there was a warrant on him (not seeing his probation officer). They called for backup. He was handcuffed and held until they could schedule a court hearing. He was a white Irish American postal worker, so to pick up on what you are implying - Did he look suspicious or do we just grant Black Americans immunity from the law?
Why wasnt he just given a warning to take care of the expired registration?
Usually that's granted to people with a perfect driving record. It's a rare discretion that is left up to the officer seldom given out like candy.
I saw the press conference and I thought the questions to the police chief were quite antagonistic.
Agreed. One admitted to being an activist involved in the protest.
I dont think the "traffic stop" would have gone the same way if Wright were white, but now that it's done the cop that shot him has to be given due process.
I totally disagree. An expired registration is an automatic - even for special groups!
Do we?
What 'special groups'?
The ones that Eric Holder called "protected."
Okay, so there is no such thing. Thanks for admitting it!
Expired tags was why he was stopped.
SOP to run license of someone during a stop.
Because he had outstanding warrants. Why didn't he simply get his tags on time like millions of others manage to do? Why did he have any warrants to begin with?
This really isn't all that hard to understand.
I was stopped for that once. The State Police towed my car on the spot. It was very costly. I never had it happen again.
Yeah, but you didn't get shot in the head for it.
I didn't resist an arrest. If I had I'd probably end up shot.
Nah, that only happens to black folks, for driving while black. They're the only ones who are shot in the head for 'resisting arrest' or in the back for running out of fear for their livres.
So you were smart enough to start following the law.
And I bet when the cop pulled you over, you didn't try to run and didn't have any warrants out for you.
I am sorry the dude died, but when are people going to become smart enough to stop running and start obeying directions?
Some folks are just flat-out too damn dumb to get that part.
Imagine things going badly when you commit an infraction, then try to run from the cops. Who'd a-thunk it?!?!
Nope, everything was "yes sir."
I am sorry the dude died, but when are people going to become smart enough to stop running and start obeying directions?
It's going to take a long, long time. Some are teaching them that they were "victims."
I see how your friend is doing the old reach a round! I'd get a ticket for it but I'm sure she won't!
Who is she?
Mass State Troopers ? If they hadn't shot you I'd be surprised.
Stopped for expired registration. Anyone pulled over for a traffic violation has their license run to check for outstanding warrants, that's standard procedure.
It is almost universally known, too.
I don't get why people try to pretend it isn't SOP.
I simply don't understand rioting and looting. What does it accomplish?
It keeps us talking about the rioting and looting; and not talking about what the Democrats are trying to ram through Congress. It is also taking attention away from the border crisis.
Yeah, that's why they're doing it. . . .
For some chaos is a thrill. For others it's unbridled anger to lash out. Either way it's wrong.
Agreed. Unintelligent as well considering it's their own neighborhood businesses that they're destroying. The UPS store... really? That lady [sister of the owner] is clearly Indian [from India], so does their livelihood not matter? I don't feel that any person or group of persons are any better / worse than another. If an individual is an asshole, I just don't associate with that person... I know FAR more Caucasian assholes than Indian, Mexican, Central American, African American, Native American, etc., but then again there's far more Caucasians in my vicinity too. I've always just decided my opinion on the individual; I don't understand lumping people into groups by race, sex, sexual orientation, color, religion, political affiliation and any other friggen "named" grouping. I feel that the only reason for grouping is to highlight differences; highlighting differences creates tension and divide.
There’s more than one kind of person in a riot. Some people are authentically angry, but I think it’s rarely about the one triggering incident. They are acting out of frustration from a pattern of similar incidents. Those people, I think, are understandable. Unfortunately, some other people are simply opportunists, using the moment to commit crime or promote chaos.
But really... every single time there's a "white on black" killing, people feel the need to get so angry they destroy their own community's businesses. It does not make sense no matter how one "justifies" such an act. There are non-violent ways to be heard; ones that follow our laws!
I'm not dismissing these issues or the frustration. I'm saying that rioting and looting are most certainly not the right answers.
Go figure!
When a problem is ignored for years, decades, sometimes the only recourse is to be loud.
One of the onlys way to be 'heard'
Being loud is acceptable, destroying public and private property is not.
And some people are still trying to sweep it under the rug.
Always an excuse to justify violence. Dismissing physical assaults and gunfire as being "loud" is SOP.
An even quicker turnaround to justify attacking police than I thought. Obviously, Officer Sicknick was just a tool to be exploited (with lies about how he died no less) but it was a nice couple weeks there where democrats pretended to be outraged that a mob could attack police. Now it's back to normal.
Always an excuse to justify violence against a segment of society.
Put your head in the sand and act like it never happens. Act like it is their own fault...
Attack police? Ask the insurrectionists about that...
How Orwellian. Criticizing violence is "justifying violence."
ut your head in the sand and act like it never happens.
Unarmed blacks are killed by police about 20 times a year. For comparison, 58 police were killed by violence last year. Cows kill about 20 people a year.
So now it's bad again? Or were the insurrectionists just being "loud"
"Always an excuse to justify violence against a segment of society.
Put your head in the sand and act like it never happens. Act like it is their own fault...
Attack police? Ask the insurrectionists about that..."
It's always victim blaming from certain folks.
You obviously made up those statistics. What a bunch of bullshit.
So yes, you are doing noting but trying to downplay it.
Placing blame on those that are killed.
Hell I have read here the thoughts that police shooting should be considered main stream.
Could hardly compare people upset about different justice to people trying to over throw due process.
Just face it, you all don't want to understand the problem. Could care less about the plight some face.
Same people probably think a woman deserved to be raped because she was wearing a mini skirt.
Downplay what? I provided facts.
It's sad that most liberals ignorantly believe that thousands of unarmed blacks are shot by police every year.
But there's a whole industry scaring them and feeding them lies, so it's understandable.
You provided nothing other than bullshit. So now it is the fault of the media trying to scare people...
Yeah, head in sand.
Why then, do you believe, so many liberals believe the completely nonsensical claim that police kill over a thousand unarmed blacks a year? Given that so many liberals believe that nonsense, do you think they have a grasp on the issue they are protesting? Is having an idea how often an event happens important when assessing a problem or not?
"You provided nothing other than bullshit. So now it is the fault of the media trying to scare people...
Yeah, head in sand."
That's all he ever provides. That's all he's got.
Who the hell made the claim that you are pushing? As far as I can tell, no one.
So yes pulling things out of your ass.
You didn't provide any facts. [removed]
Everyday you get proved wrong. That's not a good look.
The chart also says very conservative people believe the same thing.
Why do conservatives believe 10k people are killed a year?
Also, I thought you all didn't believe in polls...
[removed] You don't provide facts.
That's not a good look.
You can be loud without being violent.
I'd like clarification on this statement. I'm not condoning the behavior of anyone from this article.
says very conservative people believe the same thing
Try math and look again.
Over 50% of very liberal people believe more than a thousand unarmed black men are killed by police every year.
About 20% of very conservative people believe it.
hy do conservatives believe 10k people are killed a year?
Some do. They aren't skeptical enough of liberal media and progressives. Thought that would be obvious.
Also, I thought you all didn't believe in polls.
Is that supposed to be an argument? Really pathetic attempt at deflection.
Thanks for the response. I too appreciate your contributions as well.
I'm a proponent of root-cause analysis. Do I think it's pretty difficult to mistake a taser with a pistol? ABSOFUCKINGLUTELY! Do I think this particular instance as race-related? No. I think this female police officer panicked out of fear; whether it was warranted or not doesn't really matter, she reacted poorly, but still deserves due processing.
The facts that we actually know:
1) Daunte Wright had expired plates; thus, warranting a traffic stop.
2) The officers ran the plates and driver's license and found an outstanding warrant.
3) Daunte Wright attempted to get back into the driver's seat of his vehicle [I'm not completely sure if it was during his arrest or just before, I will be honest, I didn't watch any video].
4) Officer Kim Potter shot Daunte and then claimed that she thought that she had her taser in her hands.
5) Kamala Harris and Rashida Tlaib are making this political.
6) Riots and looting occurred in MN with the claims of being angry with the system.
In my personal opinion, the last two points really don't have anything at all to do with what happened to Daunte, but with the claims that they are, I decided to add them. The ends do not justify the means for Daunte nor MN businesses. You know who loses here? Daunte's family and the business owners.
Many times a day.
What's skeptic? Some random blog?
Nope, never, [removed]
Who is bugs?
A cockroach
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Block party, free stuff
Yes, The allowance of a small part of the 13 percent of the population to do what they do best.
City Manager Curt Boganey, who until Monday evening had control over police personnel, said the officer who shot Wright will get “due process.” Boganey was then fired!
That's the craziest part of this story.
He should have know better! Due process is for who the Democrats say it is! Her job is automatically forfeit. Union contract and agreements only protect those the Democrats say they protect. Obviously this officer is guilty and will be punished to the fullest extent of the law. What really irks the left that they must conduct a show trial for appearances.
You forgot to mention 'leftist brown shirts'
Please explain to us how innocent she is.
It seems that some have again decided that due process is a liability. After Curt Boganey called for due process for the officer, he was fired.
I said she was allowed due process. Am I wrong? Or is she not entitled to a fair trial?
Maybe she just gets fired from her job- if she doesn't quit first. Maybe she gets a lesser sentence of involuntary manslaughter. But the rabid left already has her convicted and sentenced for first degree murder. No trial or investigation needed!
Perhaps he should have obeyed the officers instead of trying to flee.
Normally, people accept their ticket and go on with their day.
Normally, people don't have existing warrants, get tags on their cars in a timely manner, and obey officer commands without resisting or fleeing.
Even more tragic is one side has to lie about what the other side did.
Please point out where anyone has exonerated the officer.
I didn't know expired tags was a valid excuse for murder?
Parse words or just choosing to use them correctly and accurately?
How convenient the left forgets that he was carrying an illegal fire arm and evaded police the first time; and that there was a warrant for his arrest.
You remember the idiot resisted arrest and who ran from police not once but twice? He wouldn't be dead if he had follow the damn law.
But hey "Hands up! Don't shoot" bullshit is still going around; so it shouldn't be too hard to keep this lie alive as well for the left.
The officer will get her day in court; sorry- no passing "due process". She has the same damn rights to a fair and impartial trial as the criminals the left loves to defend (unless they are alt right criminals- then it is straight to prison, no trial needed). Do you really think she will get a fair trial given the rabid leftists.
When is murder a valid excuse for expired tags?
You forgot to mention 'leftist brown shirts'
This 'officer' was on the force for 25 years. No way in hell she confused her taser with her gun. She was involved in covering up the police shooting of an autistic man two years ago.
Oh no. The 'leftist media'. Oh no, how dare they report on something that happened.
They should wait for several days, maybe a week until they can get everything they need....
Never mind all the lies told by 'rightest media'.
They don't count...
Sad thing is most leftists are torn about this latest police shooting.
They don't know if they should be pissed because cops shot a half black guy....or...
They are happy that the cops shot and killed the white half.
Either way, they are going to riot.
Those dog whistles are loud and clear bugs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
UPDATE:
Members of the violent far-left activist group Antifa identified themselves to a Fox News reporter who was on scene in Brooklyn Center, Minn., ahead of another night of unrest following the police-involved shooting of a motorist on Sunday.
Correspondent Mike Tobin joined "The Ingraham Angle" to give the latest from the scene where throngs of protesters and law enforcement faced off following the reportedly accidental shooting death of Daunte Wright, 20, by now-resigned Officer Kimberly Potter.
Potter has said she meant to reach for her taser instead of her gun while involved in an altercation with Wright at his car.
Tobin, who was relocating to another part of the town at the time, spoke to Ingraham from inside a vehicle.
"I can tell you this. The makeup of the population out here certainly changed tonight. I think Sunday night it was all about the locals that were here: They were genuine and angry," he said.
"As it goes on, you get more people coming in from out of town. I had several people that I spoke with who identified themselves as Antifa -- and angrily so. So you had that crowd out here."
"We saw an increased number of kids 'wearing the uniform' if you will, the black hoodies, the backpacks. I saw leaf-blowers out there, different kinds of ... makeshift shields and things. It was changing dramatically in terms of the makeup, and certainly the numbers of the crowd."
Host Laura Ingraham added that, following some of the protest groups social media accounts, she read that they have been warning fellow activists that police were heard on radio scanners potentially planning "mass arrests" of people engaged in unrest.
"I guess it is ticking them off even more," she said. "So that is something that we should also take a look out for. Look, the mayor of St. Paul and the mayor of Minneapolis both said they would not tolerate looting and violence. They both made that clear despite what we saw last night and the night before."
"Yeah, they say they won't tolerate looting and violence but there's still looting and violence," Tobin replied. "Then you had the [Brooklyn Center] Mayor Mike Elliott suggest, as you noted, that if there was a curfew and it to be enforced -- it sounded like what he was saying you're drawing a line in the sand -- and that it gives them something to defy and it creates a dynamic, he said, an excuse for more arrests."
Minnesota police made more than 60 arrests for rioting and other offenses during protests for Daunte Wright on Tuesday night in Brooklyn Center, Minn.
Officers took people into custody for "riot and other criminal behaviors," Minnesota State Patrol Colonel Matt Langer said in a news conference early Wednesday morning. "The behaviors that we continue to see are unacceptable and we are not going to tolerate them ...It is not acceptable and it will not be tolerated if you choose to do criminal activity and destroy property and throw objects and make it unsafe for people to come and exercise their First Amendment rights."
Langer said he didn't have the exact numbers of how many had been arrested.
Some of the rioters had thrown projectiles, including bricks and bottles, at officers, Booker Hodges, an assistant commissioner for the Minnesota Department for Public Safety, said.
A fox 'news' reporter?
That Fox News Reporter is a real reporter and fyi he corrected Sean Hannity last night. Hannity erroneously thought the police were forbidden from using tear gas.
No one on Fox 'news' is a 'real reporter'