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Davis Moturi reflects on failed pleas to Minneapolis police that led to him being shot in his own yard (www.mprnews.org)

submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Davis Moturi lay awake in bed last October, eyes on the ceiling, unable to shake the burning image of his neighbor pointing a gun directly at him through the bedroom window.

The week before, that neighbor — a white man named John Sawchak — had brandished a large knife from his own upstairs window next door, where he often tracked Moturi. Sawchak had screamed racial slurs at Moturi, who is Black, threatening to kill him.

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He had been calling the police, pleading with them to do something for a year now, but they said they couldn’t do anything if Sawchak didn’t come outside. One officer suggested the couple move out, which Moturi later learned was what a Black family who previously lived in their house did, facing similar threats and no relief from the police.

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... days later, Moturi was shot while trimming a tree in his front yard. It took the police about five days after that to arrest Sawchak.

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MPR News combed through court documents and spent hours with Moturi, as he continues to recover from a year of torment police apparently couldn’t stop until after the trigger was pulled.

Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20250409111223/https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/04/08/davis-moturi-reflects-on-being-shot-by-neighbor-john-sawchak-in-minneapolis

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 days ago

"The paid racists do not do anything against racists" I can not even being to imagine how it is to be a minority in this shit-infested world. Hell, i can not even find a job without racists in them and i am white.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

This story is bananas. After Moturi was shot, it wasn't until he went to the press that the police made an effort to arrest the shooter. Here's MPD chief's unhinged response to the criticism.

https://youtu.be/A0TCnMHHhwY

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

"the victim was injured", "he was injured by gunfire"

Geez, just say he was maliciously shot by the neighbour. This is that sugar coating nonsense to downplay what happened.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Lmao, at 2 minutes, he legit lays out why the police is too pussy ass bitch to do their job

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

If the shooter was black they would have sent the SWAT team within an hour. I can't believe the chief was saying this shit out loud. "We knocked on the door, he didn't answer, there was nothing we could do."