Yep, given that she was entering a barricaded area of congress with lawmakers and potentially Pence nearby....that is how it works.
This article is kind of long, but has some interesting and brilliant ideas.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...officer-court-manslaughter-charge/5121798001/
The officer that shot Wright is going to be tried for 2nd degree manslaughter. No real surprise there I guess. But at least this likely intentional and brutal killing has forced sweeping changes into how they police.
Excerpt:
Meanwhile, the case and others like it have already had a ripple effect on the community. Brooklyn Center's City Council on Saturday approved a series of changes. Unarmed civilians will enforce nonmoving traffic violations, and arrests on low-level offenses will be dropped in favor of citations.
Service file reveals commendations, reprimands for Kim Potter
A new Community Response Department will respond to all incidents in which a city resident has a medical, mental health, disability-related, or other behavioral or social need. The department will include trained medical and mental health professionals, social workers, or other expert staff and volunteers. A dispatch system will route "appropriate calls to the Community Response Department and not to the Police Department."
"It is time for real, structural, transformative change," Mayor Mike Elliott, the city's first Black mayor, said. "We have the ability to start creating that change now. And with this resolution, we are doing just that."
The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota lauded the changes as a "model for our state and nation."
"It's the most comprehensive package of transformational measures in the country," the group said in a statement.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...officer-court-manslaughter-charge/5121798001/
The officer that shot Wright is going to be tried for 2nd degree manslaughter. No real surprise there I guess. But at least this likely intentional and brutal killing has forced sweeping changes into how they police.
Excerpt:
Meanwhile, the case and others like it have already had a ripple effect on the community. Brooklyn Center's City Council on Saturday approved a series of changes. Unarmed civilians will enforce nonmoving traffic violations, and arrests on low-level offenses will be dropped in favor of citations.
Service file reveals commendations, reprimands for Kim Potter
A new Community Response Department will respond to all incidents in which a city resident has a medical, mental health, disability-related, or other behavioral or social need. The department will include trained medical and mental health professionals, social workers, or other expert staff and volunteers. A dispatch system will route "appropriate calls to the Community Response Department and not to the Police Department."
"It is time for real, structural, transformative change," Mayor Mike Elliott, the city's first Black mayor, said. "We have the ability to start creating that change now. And with this resolution, we are doing just that."
The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota lauded the changes as a "model for our state and nation."
"It's the most comprehensive package of transformational measures in the country," the group said in a statement.
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