Please bone up on the Minnesota State constitution Bill of Rights = "Section 6 Text of Section 6: Rights of Accused in Criminal Prosecutions In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury of the county or district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which county or district shall have been previously ascertained by law. In all prosecutions of crimes defined by law as felonies, the accused has the right to a jury of 12 members. In all other criminal prosecutions, the legislature may provide for the number of jurors, provided that a jury have at least six members. The accused shall enjoy the right to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation, to be confronted with the witnesses against him, to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor and to have the assistance of counsel in his defense." https://ballotpedia.org/Article_I,_Minnesota_Constitution
It was clear to me from the start that Potter committed no crime. She should get a desk job and counseling until she gets over it.
The Constitution trumps Minnesota law, and the Constitution says a defendant is entitled to a fair trial. Changes of venue are normal and appropriate when a defendant cannot get a fair trial in the county where the alleged crime occurred.
"There is a substantial likelihood that Potter’s conviction will be reversed by an appellate court," he said. "Potter is not a flight risk nor a danger to the community. The judge’s decision to throw her into prison seems lawless and calculated to appease the public lust for holding police accountable, even in cases where the fact and the law do not justify imprisonment."(Dershowitz) Perfectly true.
Interesting... and in Minnesota, a jury should not be allowed to know about the lengthy criminal past of the perp that the police officer was trying to arrest? Brantner Smith, a spokeswoman for the National Police Association, has pointed out that the jury did not learn anything about Wright before making its ruling, except for seeing "...a photo of him with his child," said Smith. 'He was a violent felon. He put a man, a fellow Black man, in a vegetative state. He was known to carry a firearm. The warrant was for a weapons violation.'" Officer Potter, however, KNEW what the arrest warrant was for, and the situation she was confronted with was therefore not (NOT) some simple traffic violation! Link: https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/betsy-brantner-smith-police-kim-potter/2021/12/24/id/1049873/ Why wasn't this vitally-important part of the whole narrative explained to the jury?! If Smith is right in what she claimed, the court badly bungled the presentation of the case by deliberately keeping important FACTS surrounding the incident from the jury! Oh, and... as you have pointed out, in Minne-SOH-tah, the protocol demands "...to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor and to have the assistance of counsel in his defense"...(?) Then why weren't any witnesses who could attest to the criminal nature of Daunte Wright, and for the reality of the arrest warrant itself allowed to testify before the jury ...?! Moreover, did everyone involved in this legal travesty forget that Daunte Wright was violently resisting lawful arrest?! No, Wyrd, there were definitely compelling, extenuating circumstances here that cried out for a change of venue -- far, far away from the mob of BLM/ANTIFA/NFAC sympathizers that is Minne-EHH-polis.... ."Hey, at least this will keep the mobs from rioting, burning, and looting again...."
Had Wright been my own Son or Brother, I could not fault the LEO. I would put it all on him, because that's where all the onus belongs. The ruling is a great injustice against truth and Officer Potter. I find the charges and ruling disgusting.
