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Is This Post About the Ex-Cop Who Shot Daunte Wright True?

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14 April 2021

Is This Post About the Ex-Cop Who Shot Daunte Wright True?

Readers may have seen the news over the last several days of a police officer who purportedly mistakenly grabbed a handgun instead of a stun gun. In viral social media posts, civil rights attorney Ben Crump claimed that officer, Kim Potter, once told other officers to deactivate their body cameras after they killed someone in 2019.

Snopes reporter Jessica Lee took a closer look.

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