Daunte Wright choked a woman and threatened to shoot her if she did not hand over $820 she had stuffed in her bra, court papers obtained by DailyMail.com allege.
That is the case that led to a warrant for his arrest at the time he was shot and killed by police officer Kimberly Potter in Minnesota on Sunday, leading to days of unrest.
And online speculation that he did not know there was a warrant out for his arrest is false, DailyMail.com has learned. A letter returned to the court for having a wrong address was giving notice of a court date in August and had nothing to do with the warrant.
Wright was allegedly pulled over for having expired license plate tags, although he called his mother and told her it was for having an air freshener hanging on his rear-view mirror. While checking his details, Potter and other officers learned of the warrant.
When they tried to handcuff him, Wright got back into his car and at that point Potter shot him in the chest after warning fellow officers to get out of the way by shouting, ‘Taser, taser, taser.’
This is why you can’t jump to conclusions to soon. I did that. I thought he was just some kid panicking, and the officer also panicked, and screwed up. Now, I know the rest of the story. He was clearly a threat to society. They may have thought he was going for a gun. I hope she gets off. They should have thrown a gun in the floor of the car. Just kidding. This boy was going to grow up and be a threat to society. He was on that path. I stand corrected on my initial opinion.
But, but, he will be made out a well behaved boy next door. CLEAR the veteran police woman that was attempting to keep her community a safe place to live.
Yup with a white casket and a white horse drawn carriage just like ole George. But he’ll still be a thug. Just a dead one.
The ess show on TV is sad. Sad from the standpoint it gets national airtime. Watching relatives scream, yell, spewing hatred over and over when they smell a payday.
Yes, folks grieve in many ways – yet a huge pattern has developed in the last decade with TV cameras rolling for the riots that follow. Talk about true injustice.
Not to mention the screaming “say his/her name”.
SMH.