Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, who is running as the state's Democratic Senate candidate, defended his decision to pull a shotgun on a Black jogger in 2013.
Miyares said Fetterman"followed me into North Braddock and pulled a shotgun, and aimed it at my chest."
Nine years later, Fetterman defended his actions. He claimed that he was doing his job as mayor and that he would not act the same way today, because he no longer has that job. Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, accompanied by Rep. Dwight Evans, D-Pa., speaks in Philadelphia, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022. It was a decision I made in a split second to protect the community as the chief law enforcement officer," he said, adding later,"It’s not something that I would repeat, simply because right now I’m not in that kind of a role.
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