Stephen Colbert on Tasering: ‘An act of torture to force compliance’

The Guardian 1 min read 4 years ago

<p>Late-night hosts discuss the killing of Daunte Wright in Minnesota and vaccine hesitancy risks after the FDA paused the Johnson &amp; Johnson vaccine</p><p>On the Late Show, Stephen Colbert opened again with outrage over the killing of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/daunte-wright">Daunte Wright</a> in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis. On Sunday, officer <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/13/daunte-wright-officer-kim-potter-police-chief-resign">Kim Potter</a>, a 26-year veteran of the force, shot and killed 20-year-old Wright, who was unarmed, during a traffic stop after she <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/12/protests-minneapolis-fatal-police-shooting-traffic-stop">confused her gun for her taser</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/apr/14/stephen-colbert-taser-trevor-noah-johnson-johnson-vaccine">Continue reading...</a>
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