Fetterman defends pulling shotgun on Black jogger in 2013, but explains why he would would not do it now

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.

"I understand there’s history in Black and brown communities of profiling, but this ... was simply an individual that had a mask, and I wasn’t aware of anything about it other than he was the only individual running from the gunfire," he said.

At the time, Fetterman told local television station WTAE that he heard what sounded like "assault rifle gunshots" and saw a man running. Fetterman said he took a shotgun out of the vehicle and merely used it to detain the man until cops showed up. He claimed he did not point it at the man, later identified as Christopher Miyares, but Miyares said otherwise.