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Philadelphia police had launched a plan years ago to equip all patrol officers with Tasers. It never happened.

Philadelphia police had planned years ago to provide Tasers to all patrol officers. But the process stalled, and thousands of officers never received them, including those who shot Wallace.

Neighbors gather near a memorial outside Walter Wallace Jr.'s home in West Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pa. Tuesday, October 27, 2020. Police officers fatally shot Wallace, a 27-year-old Black man armed with a knife during a confrontation Monday afternoon in West Philadelphia, an incident that quickly raised tensions in the neighborhood and sparked a standoff that lasted deep into the night.
Neighbors gather near a memorial outside Walter Wallace Jr.'s home in West Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pa. Tuesday, October 27, 2020. Police officers fatally shot Wallace, a 27-year-old Black man armed with a knife during a confrontation Monday afternoon in West Philadelphia, an incident that quickly raised tensions in the neighborhood and sparked a standoff that lasted deep into the night.Read moreJOSE F. MORENO / Staff Photographer