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Memoriams
Ex-Officer To Be Charged With Manslaughter In Fatal Shooting
National Crime
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
CHARLES DAVIS
BUFORD MILLS, SR.
IDELL MILLS
May the winds of heaven blow softly and whisper in your ear,
How much we love and miss you and wish that you were here.
~ Your loving family.
IN MEMORY OF
CARRIE E. THOMPSON My Mother
April 8, 1995
Kim Potter, the Min- nesota police officer who fa- tally shot Duane Wright, will be charged with second- degree manslaughter.
Potter resigned from the Brooklyn Center Police De- partment Tuesday, along with the department’s chief, because of the controversial shooting Sunday of 20-year- old Wright, who was Black.
Wright’s death, which occurred as he fled a police traffic stop, heightened ten- sions that were already high in and around Minneapolis, due to the ongoing murder trial of another former police officer, Derek Chauvin, who is charged in last year’s killing of George Floyd,
Veteran officer, Kim Potter, resigned after Sunday's fatal shooting of Duante Wright.
who was also Black.
Body camera video from
Potter during the incident during Sunday suggests that she believed she had pulled out a Taser, instead of a pis-
tol, when she pointed it at Wright and fired after he twisted away from another officer who was trying to handcuff him next to his SUV.
Capitol Police
Kenosha Cop Who
JOSEPH McRAE My Husband April 19, 1998
TERENCE R. McRAE My Son
April 14, 2002
Memory, grateful that I have one. God has blessed me with precious memories of all of you. I will never forget what you have meant to me.
Missing you Mama, Joe and Ted.
Your loving daughter, widow and mother, respect- fully, Cynthia McRae and fam- ilies.
Were Ordered
Shot Jacob Blake
To Go Easy On
Returns To Work Like
MAGA Rioters
Nothing Ever Happened
One of the most frighten- ing aspects of the Capitol riot was how easy it appeared to be for a right-wing mob to take over the building.
Now, a new report from from the Capitol Police in- spector general has helped to explain why that was the case.
The report, obtained by The New York Times ahead of a Capitol Hill hearing on Thursday, confirms that offi- cers were specifically in- structed by their leaders not to use their most effective tactics to hold off the pro-Trump hordes.
Inspector General Michael A. Bolton writes that the agency’s Civil Distur- bance Unit, which is trained to deal with big protests, was for- bidden from using its most powerful tools to stem the riot. “Heavier, less-lethal weapons,” such as stun grenades, “were not used that day because of orders from leadership,” Bolton wrote. Officials who were on duty during the riot told the in- spector general that, if such equipment was allowed, it could have helped cops “push back the rioters.”
The white police officer who shot Black man Jacob Blake in the back seven times will “not be subjected to discipline,” according to a Tuesday statement from Kenosha Police Chief Daniel Miskinis.
Officer Rusten Sheskey returned from administrative leave as of the beginning of this month, and is back on active-duty, the statement said. Sheskey shot Blake in August 2020 as he was get- ting into his van with his chil- dren, reigniting anti-police brutality protests. Blake is now paralyzed from the waist down.
A judge ruled earlier this year that Sheskey will not
RUSTEN SHESKEY
face any criminal charges. “He acted within the law and was consistent with train- ing,” Miskinis’ statement said. “I know that some will not be pleased with this out- come; however, given the facts, the only lawful and ap- propriate decision was made.”
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