“Insanity Is Doing the Same Thing Over and Over Again and Expecting Different Results” - Unknown

This episode features the song “Aside” by Normcore, available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.

Links to this weeks stories :

00:09 Shooting of Daunte Wright 

• 20 Year old shot at traffic stop
• Outstanding warrant for arrest, failing to appear before court on the count of an unlicensed handgun
• 3 cops and a minor struggle, Daunte re-enters the vehicle 
• Officer Kim Potter shouts “Taser”, and proceeds to shoot him in the chest
• Car speeds off but Daunte dies of a single gunshot wound to the chest 
• Family fights back against “accidental” narrative 
• Took place in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota 
• Riots and protests ensue as racial tensions rise 

08:31 Virginia Stop 

• Uniformed Army Medic Caron Nazario was stopped 
• Officer Joe Gutierrez, now terminated, forced him out of the car while giving contradictory orders
• Using the pretext of the orders, Gutierrez pepper sprayed Caron and forcibly took him into custody 
• Nazario has begun a case against both present police officers and has received support from Virginia’s governor 

16:22 Joe Biden’s New Promise 

• Biden’s administration is set to announce the withdrawal of all US Troops from Afghanistan by September 11th
• On the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the administration attempts to paint a picture of less imperialist policies moving forward