Former suburban Minneapolis officer Kim Potter sentenced to 2 years in prison for killing Daunte Wri

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31. De-escelation

The point is to not escalate the situation just to get or maintain control. In this case, there was no reason to attempt to force him out of the vehicle. The worst case result would have been him leaving and picking him up later. They knew where he lived, they knew the car he was driving, and the warrants had been out for a while and there was no sense of urgency in arresting him. There was no justification for using deadly force (and yes, a taser is still dangerous). There was nothing here to justify breaking bones. Force is used when the suspect escalates. The only escalating done by the suspect here is that he tried to leave.

Look, I understand their training, and I'm not suggesting they didn't follow it. She really screwed up. It's not even really clear to me how she could have done it. It suggested there was some confusion in her mind about which weapon to use. But what is clear is that she was thinking more about which weapon to use, that whether to use one at all.