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 a University of Colorado professor who tracks such cases.
These types of incidents are rare, experts say, although no government agency tracks the use of Taser-like devices nationwide so it’s impossible to say with certainty how many times it has occurred.
Assistant Bucks County DA demoted over DoorDash job resigns
Deputy District Attorney Gregg Shore s resignation goes into effect Wednesday, according to the DA s office.
Shore, who had been the first assistant district attorney for DA Matt Weintraub, was demoted to his current role last month. The DA s office discovered Shore had been doing DoorDash deliveries during work hours between October and February.
Jennifer Schorn, a 20-year member of the DA s office, was appointed to first assistant district attorney.
Weintraub said at the time he chose to demote Shore instead of fire him in light of his years of service.
Shore did not immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday afternoon.
UpdatedTue, Apr 13, 2021 at 8:58 pm ET
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The Bucks County Justice Center in Doylestown. (Peter Blanchard/Patch)
DOYLESTOWN, PA A former top prosecutor in the Bucks County District Attorney s Office who was demoted last month has filed for resignation.
The departure of Assistant District Attorney Gregg Shore will become effective Wednesday, a DA s spokesperson confirmed.
Once the second-in-command in the district attorney s office, the longtime prosecutor s resignation comes less than a month after news of his side job as a DoorDash delivery driver at times during normal work hours became public.
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Bucks County District Attorney Matt Weintraub had said that Shore had exercised poor judgment but decided not to fire him in part due to past performance, perhaps most notably as the lead prosecutor in the Cosmo DiNardo and Sean Kratz 2017 murder trial.
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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 incidents are rare, experts say, although no government agency tracks the use of Taser-like devices nationwide so it’s impossible to say with certainty how many times it has occurred.
A 14-year-old is charged with making false reports of threats at two Quakertown schools, according to the Bucks County District Attorney s Office.
The DA s office said in a news release Monday that police charged a 14-year-old with making multiple false reports on the Safe2Say Something application, which prompted the Quakertown Community School District to have virtual classes at certain schools on those days.
The teen is charged with five counts each of making terroristic threats, false reports, disorderly conduct and false reports to the Safe2Say program, according to authorities. The terroristic threats charges are felonies.
The DA s office said the teen used the Safe2Say Something application, which is run by the Attorney General s Office, to make the false reports January through March. The teen targeted three others, and reported that they were going to harm themselves or others, the release states.