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Minnesota officer shouted 'Taser!' but fired a gun instead, fatally shooting a man at a traffic stop, police say
CNN ^ | 4/12/21 | Keith Allen, Adrienne Broaddus, Hollie Silverman and Joe Sutton, CNN

Posted on 04/12/2021 10:36:31 AM PDT by Meatspace

A 20-year-old man was fatally shot during a traffic stop after a Minnesota police officer shouted "Taser!" but fired a handgun instead of the non-lethal stun gun, Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon said.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: banglist; minnesota; police
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To: Meatspace

That is one of the reasons that I believe non-lethal weapons should not be in a gun configuration. Not sure of the configuration that would work best but a flashlight configuration has been recommended.


41 posted on 04/12/2021 10:58:13 AM PDT by taxcontrol (You are entitled to your opinion, no matter how wrong it is.)
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To: Meatspace

Uh oh. Same thing happened here in NE Oklahoma.

70yo thrill seeking auxiliary Sheriff’s deputy did was convicted of manslaughter and did time for it.


42 posted on 04/12/2021 10:58:43 AM PDT by OKSooner (Hey Boehner, go smoke another Camel, and have a big ol' glass of bourbon with it too.)
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To: Reno89519
He had a warrant for his arrest. He knew he was being detained for the warrant when he got back into the car to drive off.
43 posted on 04/12/2021 10:58:56 AM PDT by Myrddin
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To: Meatspace

This might be just what the America haters were waiting for. An excuse to riot during the Chauvin trial.


44 posted on 04/12/2021 10:59:23 AM PDT by I want the USA back (I have ZERO confidence in my government, and almost zero in the medical industry.)
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To: SamAdams76
...frankly I don't think CNN should ever get posted here.

Agreed.

45 posted on 04/12/2021 10:59:38 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...siameserescue.org)
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To: Bonemaker
Pretty chicken shit for “probable cause”.

You are certain this is why he was stopped?

46 posted on 04/12/2021 10:59:42 AM PDT by Cuttnhorse (Nothing dies harder than a lie that people want to believe)
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To: SamAdams76

Driving a Subaru says that you are definitely in no hurry to go anywhere.

I know first hand about those little rattle traps. My wife had one when we first met.


47 posted on 04/12/2021 10:59:56 AM PDT by Howie66 (God Bless TEXAS! #Texit)
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To: Migraine

That too!😁


48 posted on 04/12/2021 11:00:30 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Cuttnhorse

I’ve so read.


49 posted on 04/12/2021 11:01:18 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Reno89519

“Stopping him for an air freshener hanging from mirror, as an early report suggests, seems ridiculous”

Did you see his arrest record? Agravated robbery, gun crimes etc.


50 posted on 04/12/2021 11:02:08 AM PDT by setter
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To: Mr.Unique

Cops aren’t called the biggest gang in America for no reason..


51 posted on 04/12/2021 11:03:09 AM PDT by Shadylake
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To: taxcontrol
non-lethal weapons should not be in a gun configuration.

You're correct.

52 posted on 04/12/2021 11:03:17 AM PDT by SJackson ([Rome}A city for sale and doomed to quick destruction, if it should find a buyer, Gaius Crispus)
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To: Sarah Barracuda
The female cop appears to be black..how will the commie media use that narrative

Easy — Let me get out my Neo-marxist word-generating machine.

its the white-racist and male chauvinist, patriarchal system which forces people of color, especially women, to not understand they are both working on the same plantation. Women of color are most oppressed, and therefore most desperate to survive in a violent system that wants to kill them.

53 posted on 04/12/2021 11:03:47 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: Howie66

At least my car insurance went way down!


54 posted on 04/12/2021 11:05:41 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (By stealing Trump's second term, the Left gets Trump for 8 more years instead of just four.)
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To: Reno89519

Two trips to the stop and go jail in the last 4 months, resulting in being out on bail and not showing up for court appearance so he knew he had a no bail bench warrant for his arrest.

Almost always the same story, someone who should have been behind bars decides to run using a vehicle surrounded by cops and it’s called ‘defenseless man’ or ‘unarmed man’ as they’re looting the Nike & cell phone stores. Probably would have lived if even after being shot they just threw up their hands. After all, according to the 9th circuit, if you’re shot you’re in custody, even if you flee the scene.


55 posted on 04/12/2021 11:06:22 AM PDT by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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To: Meatspace

She f-ed up the entire stop. Dude had Daunte willingly submitting to HANDCUFFS when she stuck her little Karen claws in to do some weird search of him, causing the kid to pull away and get back in the car. Then she killed him. 1st degree Karenslaughter.


56 posted on 04/12/2021 11:07:16 AM PDT by montag813 ("Fallen, fallen, is Babylon the Great")
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To: Meatspace
If the guy was in the car, why would she shoot a taser? And how did she not instantly feel the difference between the Taser and her gun? Could they be that similar in size and feel?

Of course, this presents an interesting dilemma for the SJW's. A black victim, and a female black police officer. We know a badge cancels out a male, black cop; and it cancels out a white, female cop. But a black female?

57 posted on 04/12/2021 11:08:27 AM PDT by Repealthe17thAmendment
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To: Magnatron

Locals keep the Taser on their chest.


58 posted on 04/12/2021 11:09:53 AM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: montag813

There’s really been a lot of awful screwups by female cops. That one in Dallas went home after her shift and went into the wrong apartment and killed the guy living there. That one almost got by, but thankfully she was convicted of murder. But of course, as a cop, only got 10 years, parole after 5.

This one she screams ‘did I shoot him?’ Oops. That might fly for cops, but the average joe would go away for at least 20 with no parole.


59 posted on 04/12/2021 11:11:16 AM PDT by Shadylake
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To: Cuttnhorse

Cops might wanna consider closing the car door when the perp gets out. Eliminate one more impulse for the perp to control.


60 posted on 04/12/2021 11:12:27 AM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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