# Upd: Kim Potter trial resolved: guilty of manslaughter 1&2 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 20, 2021, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upd-kim-potter-trial-resolved-guilty-of-manslaughter-1-2/956384 "2021-12-20T21:46:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 82
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2021, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upd-kim-potter-trial-resolved-guilty-of-manslaughter-1-2/956384/82 "2021-12-23T22:37:11Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > > [@pkbites](#): > > > > And a huge majority of police involved shootings are found to be legally justified yet you still claim there is a problem with police shootings > > Absolutely I do. The “legal justification” standard does not remotely imply that deescalation could not have led to a resolution without harm to either the LEO _or_ the suspect. Alternative tactics and preclusion are always brought up in deadly force situations and most of the time rejected. In other words, all the district attorneys and grand juries in those cases when presented with everything involved are wrong and you are right. Got it! --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upd-kim-potter-trial-resolved-guilty-of-manslaughter-1-2/956384)._