Associate law professor Seth Stoughton testified that retired Brooklyn Center officer Kim Potter's actions were excessive, inappropriate and out of proportion.
A national expert on policing and use of force testified Wednesday at Kim Potter’s trial that the former Minnesota officer was not justified in using deadly force when she fatally shot 20-year-old Daunte Wright after a traffic stop in April.
“The use of deadly force was not appropriate. And the evidence suggests that a reasonable officer in Officer Potter’s position could not have believed that it was proportional to the threat at the time,” said the associate professor, who completed a report analyzing the case before the trial began. “In other words, the use of [deadly] force was apparently excessive and inappropriate.”
“An officer who overextends themselves by putting themselves into someone’s vehicle certainly has the potential, if the vehicle begins moving, to be dragged, ejected, seriously injured, killed, run over by the vehicle or the like,” Stoughton said. “That’s always a risk. As I talked about earlier, it doesn’t become a threat until there’s ability, opportunity and intention, but it’s always a risk of reaching into a vehicle.
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