America is currently suffering from perversions of judgment and justice, not so much on the part of the police but majorly due to public assumptions that crimes are not that serious and resisting arrest is not a crime. Daunte Wright got himself killed because he resisted arrest. The officer made a serious mistake for which she is now serving time but the mother makes an even more serious mistake by contributing to the ignorant error common among thugs that fighting the police and resisting arrest are acts of heroism, not crimes to be punished by jail time.
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“To those who disagree and feel a longer prison sentence is appropriate, as difficult as it may be, please try to empathize with Miss Potter’s situation,” said Chu, who called the affair “one of the saddest cases I’ve had in my 20 years on the bench.”
Wright’s family asked the judge to give Potter the highest penalty during the sentencing on Friday. His mother, Katie Wright, said she would never be able to forgive Potter for what she had “stolen from us.”
“A police officer who’s supposed to serve and protect took so much away from us,” she added.
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Judge Regina Chu called it ‘one of the saddest cases I’ve had in my 20 years on the bench.’
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“To those who disagree and feel a longer prison sentence is appropriate, as difficult as it may be, please try to empathize with Miss Potter’s situation,” said Chu, who called the affair “one of the saddest cases I’ve had in my 20 years on the bench.”
Wright’s family asked the judge to give Potter the highest penalty during the sentencing on Friday. His mother, Katie Wright, said she would never be able to forgive Potter for what she had “stolen from us.”
“A police officer who’s supposed to serve and protect took so much away from us,” she added.