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Van Wanggaard: “My understanding was he had the weapon before he got to the…”

Featuring: Van Wanggaard, Republican | Wisconsin State Senate, District 21

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Published | Video Starts at 18:44

He was pulling the door open to reach in and either get something else or to pick up a weapon that was in there. My understanding was he had the weapon before he got to the car, a knife. And that's a weapon in itself. So now the officer. If this guy got there, the first thing would have been to not let him get to the car. (18:44–18:50)

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Asserts that the individual had a knife before reaching the car in the incident discussed.

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