Use Your Karen-Power to Police the Police.

Farrah Alexander
5 min readApr 13, 2021

Daunte Wright was killed by police in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. Kimberly Potter, the police officer responsible for his death, reportedly meant to tase the 20-year-old Black father, but confused her taser with her gun and shot him instead, even saying, “ Oh shit. I just shot him.

Now, before the police apologists come out saying Wright had a warrant, or a vaguely criminal record, or the horrifyingly classic, “just comply,” let me be clear- I don’t care. Police officers should never serve as the judge, jury, and executioner during a brief traffic stop. If…

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Farrah Alexander

Author of RAISING THE RESISTANCE: A Mother’s Guide to Practical Activism, available now. Follow her @AuthorFarrah and on AuthorFarrah.com