On April 11, those searching for updates on the progress of Derek Chauvin's trial following the death of 46-year-old George Floyd would soon learn of another Black man losing his life after an encounter with police less than 10 miles away.
As The New York Times reported, Minneapolis police detained 20-year-old Daunte Wright after discovering there was a warrant for his arrest when they pulled him over for driving without current registration. When he attempted to flee, footage from officer Kim Potter's body camera shows her drawing a weapon and stating her intent to shock Wright with a taser before firing a pistol.
But while both her reaction on camera and the chief of the Brooklyn Center Police Department's statements characterized this situation as a result of Potter mistaking her service pistol for a taser, the story has attracted widespread bewilderment that such a mistake is even possible.
And as we'll soon see, that confusion isn't just being shared by civilians.