Half Cocked Excuse. A police patrol pulled over Daunte Wright- For those who Protect and Serve us right- Well trained long serving front line cops- The latest of many routine traffic stops. But this young man tried to break free, Now, why would a young black man flee? When Minneapolis's finest uphold the code? Where George Floyd died, just down the road? But a long serving cop stopped him! A quick blast of Taser from Officer Kim! Umm, somehow she pulled a gun not a Taser, A mystifying mistake that continues to amaze her. Now Officer Kim hides behind the scenes, gone on leave, Daunte is gone too, leaving his family to openly grieve, Kim's sheltered and protected behind the Blue enclave But Daunte takes her mistake to his cold lonely grave. (Little humour in my offering today. Apparently Officers put their Tasers on their less favoured side. So when they whip out their weapons they won't mix up the Taser with the gun. Wouldn't wanna confuse those two, would one? And surely a good cop knows wrong from right, left from right? Or am I naively mistaken in that belief too?)
‘Check nut holding trigger before discharging.’
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