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The death of Daunte Wright would have sparked disbelief and outrage at anytime. That a police officer could mistake their firearm for their Taser seems unfathomable.

Cop Mistook Handgun For Taser In US Shooting Of Black Man: Police Cop Mistook Handgun For Taser In US Shooting Of Black Man: Police "The officer drew their handgun instead of their taser," Brooklyn Center police chief Tim Gannon said at a press conference about Sundays shooting of Daunte Wright. A couple hundred people gathered in Brooklyn Center on Sunday evening. Minneapolis: The policewoman who fatally shot a 20-year-old Black man in a Minneapolis suburb accidentally confused her handgu...

Philonise Floyd, the second "spark of life" witness to testify, wept at a picture of his brother and their mother.

Prosecutors' case against former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin drew toward a close Monday with tender memories from George Floyd's younger brother and testimony from a police use-of-force expert who said no "reasonable" officer would have done what Chauvin did... 

Print article MINNEAPOLIS — Prosecutors’ case against former Officer Derek Chauvin drew toward a close Monday with tender memories from George Floyd’s younger brother, along with another look at the harrowing video and testimony from a use-of-force expert who said no “reasonable” officer would have done what Chauvin did. Seth Stoughton, a professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law, judged Chauvin’s actions against what a reasonable police officer in the same sit...

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Outrage and unrest are growing in Minnesota after the killing of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man. Muslims worldwide begin to observe the holy month of Ramadan. It's Monday's news.

Officer Kim Potter in 2007.Credit...Bruce Bisping/Star Tribune, via Getty Images Minnesota officials on Monday identified the police officer who shot Daunte Wright as Kim Potter, a 26-year veteran of the Brooklyn Center Police Department, and said she had been placed on administrative leave. The state’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said in a brief statement that Officer Potter had been placed on “standard administrative leave.” The statement did not elaborate, citing an active investig...

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George Floyd’s brother testified tearfully about their childhood. The trial continued with the backdrop of a fatal police shooting that kicked off protests in a Minneapolis suburb on Sunday.