Minnesota officer who shot Daunte Wright should have known difference between Taser, gun: Ted Williams

The deadly police capturing of Daunte Wright within the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center is a “tragedy of epic proportion,” former Washington D..C. murder detective Ted Williams advised “America Reports” Monday.

“This is the very last thing that Minnesota wants, with the Derek Chauvin trial happening in Minneapolis,” stated Williams, referring to the previous Minneapolis officer charged in reference to the in-custody loss of life of George Floyd final yr.

Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon advised reporters Monday that Wright, 20, died after a feminine officer mistook her gun for a Taser. The officer might be heard on physique digital camera footage yelling “Taser!” whereas engaged in a wrestle with Wright. Seconds later, the officer says, “Oh, s—, I just shot him.”

“What stood out to me … this was a senior police officer,” Williams stated. “This wasn’t a rookie. This is someone who had training. You expect someone with training, even in the cause of a situation like this, to take the appropriate action. She pulled out her Taser, she thought. What she actually pulled out was her gun.”

Williams famous that officers are sometimes skilled yearly on utilizing each firearms and stun weapons. 

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“They should definitely, even in high stress situations, know the difference,” he stated.

“This is not the first incident of this nature. There are other incidences … where an officer believes they were pulling their Taser and in fact they wound up shooting and killing somebody with their gun.”