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On 14 August last year, LAPD officers were responding to reports of an alleged burglary attempt when they came upon Daniel Rivera, 37, standing near a ravine. Body-camera footage showed he hopped a fence into the wash, and was lying face down on the ground, largely motionless, as police approached. Even though he was unarmed and not moving, one officer kneeled on his back, two others handcuffed him, one shoved his face into the ground, and another shocked him with a Taser four times, causing his body to convulse, according to a lawsuit and footage. He appeared to call for help and scream in pain, but officers kept him largely face down for about seven minutes. ....
Cases of officers mistaking their service pistol for a Taser have been rare Updated Apr 13, 2021; Posted Apr 13, 2021 Daunte Wright s mother, Katie, eulogizes her son at his vigil, Monday, April 12, 2021, as the community responded to the police killing of 20-year-old Wright, with hundreds joining his family at the location on 63 Ave. N. in Brooklyn Center, Minn., where he was killed. (Jeff Wheeler/Star Tribune via AP)AP Facebook Share The Brooklyn Center police on Monday said the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright came by way of a rare mistake: An officer drew a service pistol when she thought she was holding a Taser. ....
Daunte Wright, 20, was shot and killed on Sunday during a traffic stop by a Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, police officer who allegedly meant to use her Taser instead. The Brooklyn Center police chief said the department assessed that the officer, Kim Potter, mistook her firearm for a stun gun based on body camera footage and the fact that she appeared to shout “Taser!” before firing. Wright was pulled over due to expired plates and the air fresheners hanging from his rearview mirror, according to the officers. Potter has since resigned from the force and been charged with second-degree manslaughter. Advertisement At least 16 people in the United States, including Wright, have been shot by police officers who claimed to have confused their firearm with a stun gun since 2001. A 2012 article published in the Americans for Effective Law Enforcement journal lists 10 such known cases from 2001 to 2009, but one of those was in Canada. A Slate review of news archives found eight ....