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ESR | April 19, 2021 | Police officer mistaking her gun for her taser was not racism

By Rachel Alexander web posted April 19, 2021 Protesters have been rioting and looting since former veteran Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kim Potter accidentally used her handgun to fatally shoot Duane Wright, a black man, instead of using her taser. If Wright had been white, there would have been little to no protesting or publicity. Potter would have been disciplined and received a typical sentence for a fatal accident like that.  But because the victim was black, it’s been declare...
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Police Officer Mistaking Her Gun for Her Taser Was Not Racism

Protesters have been rioting and looting since former veteran Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kim Potter accidentally used her handgun to fatally shoot Daunte Wright, a black man, instead of using her taser. If Wright had been white, there likely would have been little to no protesting or publicity. Potter would have been disciplined and received a typical sentence for a fatal accident like that.  But because the victim was black, it’s been declared police racism and Potter is likely to get a...
United States Brooklyn Center Derek Chauvin Robert Bates Johannes Mehserle Eric Harris

Taser confusion errors like Daunte Wright shooting rare but avoidable

When Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, police officer Kim Potter allegedly mistook her service weapon for a stun gun and fatally shot an unarmed Black motorist Sunday, it was at least the 16th such “weapons confusion” incident in the United States since 2001. And the victim, Daunte Wright, was at least the fourth person to have died as a result, according to data compiled by the website FatalEncounters.org and University of Colorado professor Paul Taylor, who tracks such cases. These types of inc...
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Taser-confusion errors like Daunte Wright shooting rare, but avoidable

Jo Ciavaglia USA TODAY Network When Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, police officer Kim Potter allegedly mistook her service weapon for a stun gun and fatally shot an unarmed Black motorist Sunday, it was at least the 16th such “weapons confusion” incident in the United States since 2001. And the victim, Daunte Wright, was at least the fourth person to have died as a result, according to data compiled by the website FatalEncounters.org and University of Colorado professor Paul Taylor, who tracks...
United States New York Bergen County New Jersey Hennepin County Bucks County

Former Warminster DARE officer accused of sexual abuse

A former Warminster police officer is accused of sexually abusing four teenage boys while working as a D.A.R.E officer 20 years ago, but authorities say they fear there could be additional potential victims. James Christopher Carey, 52, was arraigned before District Judge Maggie Snow on 122 counts of child sexual assault related charges Wednesday. Bail was set at 10% of $100,000, which he posted, according to the DAs office. Carey, now of Cape May Court House, New Jersey, did not comment ...
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