The video of 20-year-old Daunte Wright being shot by a police officer in Minnesota depicts #17.
That’s 17 known times an officer in the U.S. has mistakenly fired a gun instead of a taser, injuring or killing the person on the other side of the barrel.
While incidents of weapon confusion are extremely rare among law enforcement officers in the U.S., the latest incident in Minn. is..
Ashley Carter spoke with a police veteran on if pulling a taser instead of a gun is a common mistake.