Thread by @soychicka

In no way am I trying to justify the shooting of Daunte Wright.
However, this document (case 27-CR-19-29850 via publicaccess.courts.state.mn.us/DocumentSearch), should be noted as it suggests a reason that the shooting officer was moved to draw any weapon at all.*

Again, the shooting can not be justified... but neither can the media reporting his outstanding warrant as simply 'marijuana-related' and failing to report for two full days on the more serious prosecution wherein he attempted to strangle a woman at gunpoint.

This delay in reporting gives those who intend to use fear as a weapon and exacerbate racial tensions - they relish the opportunity to to decry those justifiably outraged at LE treatment of black men...

And when media doesn't reveal the full back story in a timely fashion, activists who believe him to be innocent of serious criminal activity are then cast as supporting those who have engaged in domestic violence and attempted robbery.

And that drives the wedge deeper.

* note: I couldn't formulate a 280c way to say "drew any weapon - claimed to have drawn the intended taser but accidentally drew a gun...." etc.

Any weapon = non-lethal.
Feigned outrage can step aside, that's not the point I'm trying to address here.