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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 Sunday's 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 handgun with her taser, police said Monday, fueling tensions in this city already on edge because of the ...
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 situation would have done, and repeatedly found that Chauvin did not meet the test. “No reasonable o...