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tblue37

(68,362 posts) Mon Apr 12, 2021, 06:37 PM Apr 2021

That warrant Daunte Wright was being arrested for is picayune--just like what he was [View all]

pulled over for. And now he's dead.Text

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The "warrant" on #DaunteWright was over unpaid fines for 2 minor misdemeanors — one a marijuana case — totaling $346. He pled guilty, filed for deferred payment and they were sent to collections DURING A PANDEMIC. Then he was pulled over for car air fresheners and killed over it.

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That warrant Daunte Wright was being arrested for is picayune--just like what he was [View all] tblue37 Apr 2021 OP

To paraphrase Nina Simone: "America, God Damn" Dawson Leery Apr 2021 #1

From an earlier article - Ms. Toad Apr 2021 #2

A resisting subject, confusion and sloppy police work. A toxic mix. Sneederbunk Apr 2021 #3

its amazing how fast this happens..... Takket Apr 2021 #4

+1 Ferrets are Cool Apr 2021 #5

Conservatives enforce the rules. Dawson Leery Apr 2021 #6

Rules for thee, but not for me... Claire Oh Nette Apr 2021 #16

Yep. nt crickets Apr 2021 #14

If it was a serious warrant, they would have sent the warrant squad to his home greenjar_01 Apr 2021 #7

That's not an arrest warrant. That's a record indicating a fine that was "sent to collections"... PoliticAverse Apr 2021 #8

This is why Twitter shouldn't be used as a source Sympthsical Apr 2021 #9

The expired plates is 100% bullshit seeing the DMV in every state has slowed because of covid... uponit7771 Apr 2021 #10

Just made an OP saying exactly that Sympthsical Apr 2021 #11

+1, the Lt Medic in VA that had a BS stop 100% pisses me off cause the LT did everything he could .. uponit7771 Apr 2021 #12

The victim himself was on the phone with his mother and told her he was pulled Solomon Apr 2021 #15

How does that turn into a warrant? ecstatic Apr 2021 #13

Kick dalton99a Apr 2021 #17

Why did you exclude the gun warrant and the fleeing from police warrant? WarGamer Apr 2021 #18