Gun, Taser Mix-Ups Were Blamed in These 13 U.S. Police Shootings Since 2001
Gun, Taser Mix-Ups Were Blamed in These 13 U.S. Police Shootings Since 2001 On 4/13/21 at 12:52 PM EDT Duante Wright became at least the fourth person in the U.S. to be killed by a police officer who mistakenly fired a gun instead of their Taser. Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, was fatally shot by Brooklyn Center Police Department officer Kimberly Potter, 48, after he was stopped for a traffic violation on Sunday. Read more At a press conference on Monday, Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon said he believed that Potter had meant to use a Taser on Wright. He said: "It is my belief that t...
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