Kamala Harris Explains The ‘Big Difference’ in Gun vs. Taser Debate

Amid nationwide outcry over the newest police capturing of 20-year-old Daunte Wright, Vice President Kamala Harris weighed in on the continuing debate over police mistaking a gun for a taser.

“There’s a massive distinction between the 2,” Harris advised TheGrio. “Among the many points is the difficulty of coaching and having regulation enforcement who carry each be very clear in regards to the distinction between the 2, as a result of as we’ve got seen the consequence might be the lack of life and an unjustifiable lack of life.”

With Wright’s homicide going down in Brooklyn Heart, Minnesota, just some miles away from the continuing homicide trial of Derek Chauvin, heightened unrest and pressure have ignited as protests over America’s racial bias problem continues.

“Regulation enforcement must be held to the best requirements of accountability, and if we don’t totally handle racial injustice and the inequities in our nation, we’re going to proceed to see the type of factor that we’ve got been experiencing,” she stated. “On the core of which are points which are about systemic racial injustice and implicit bias. And sadly, these are points that permeate all of our system.”

Throughout a press convention on Tuesday, Harris stated that Wright “must be alive at the moment” and famous how folks “will preserve dying” if America doesn’t handle its longstanding problem of racial bias.

.@VP on Daunte Wright: He must be alive at the moment. pic.twitter.com/1pISvFsJtX

— Symone D. Sanders (@SymoneSanders46) April 13, 2023

“To his household and family members: you have to know that the president and I grieve with you because the nation grieves his loss and we stand with you,” Harris stated. “Our nation wants justice and therapeutic and regulation enforcement should be held to the best requirements of accountability.” She continued. “On the identical time, we all know that people will preserve dying if we don’t totally handle racial injustice and inequities in our nation from implicit bias to damaged methods.”

Following the deadly capturing, Police Chief Tim Gannon of the Brooklyn Heart Police Division described it as “an unintentional discharge.” Gannon claimed officer Kimberly Potter, a 26-year veteran, discharged her gun after allegedly mistaking it for her Taser. Each Gannon and Potter introduced their resignations on Tuesday, CBS studies.