Making the news today....

[nepia]

The officer had 26 years service. A guy clambering into his own car in front of three cops can hardly be stressful.  My impression is that it's a horrible mistake, handgun being mistaken for taser.

How big a mistake - in terms of the error itself, not the consequences - and how justifiable or not is something we won't know for a long time.

 

Happening so near the George Floyd shooting and so soon afterwards - well you couldn't make that up.

[harvey b davison]

What about the serving army officer the got pulled at a petrol station and got pepper sprayed despite trying to comply with two different set of instructions shouted at him ?

[Stubby]

1 hour ago, Mark Bolam said:

She was probably within her rights to just shoot him, she shouldn’t have mentioned the Taser, it makes her look incompetent.

This . Considering each " weapon " should be on different sides of your body . She should have shouted " gun , gun , " ...

Edited April 13, 2021 by Stubby

[trigger_andy]

13 minutes ago, Stubby said:

This . Considering each " weapon " should be on different sides of your body . She should have shouted " gun , gun , " ...

But she never, she shouted Tazer, Tazer Tazer. There's little point in not mentioning the Tazer when there is video footage of her screwing up and saying just that. 

 

Surely having both weapons painted the same colour and remarkably similar appearance is something that needs looked at? 

[Stubby]

3 minutes ago, trigger_andy said:

But she never, she shouted Tazer, Tazer Tazer. There's little point in not mentioning the Tazer when there is video footage of her screwing up and saying just that. 

 

Surely having both weapons painted the same colour and remarkably similar appearance is something that needs looked at? 

Absolutely .

[Mark Bolam]

1 hour ago, nepia said:

The officer had 26 years service. A guy clambering into his own car in front of three cops can hardly be stressful.  My impression is that it's a horrible mistake, handgun being mistaken for taser.

How big a mistake - in terms of the error itself, not the consequences - and how justifiable or not is something we won't know for a long time.

 

Happening so near the George Floyd shooting and so soon afterwards - well you couldn't make that up.

Jesus, I didn’t realise they shot him as well.

[Stubby]

2 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

Jesus, I didn’t realise they shot him as well.

Maybe they just wanted to make sure Mark

[trigger_andy]

20 minutes ago, harvey b davison said:

What about the serving army officer the got pulled at a petrol station and got pepper sprayed despite trying to comply with two different set of instructions shouted at him ?

The Officer has already been fired. No doubt the Army Officer will get a nice fat pay cheque (and rightly so) 

 

The picture below shows the stark disparity in requirements to become a Police Officer, this is something that needs looked at asap in the US. 

 

But then so does the rampant gun crime in the US especially Black on Black. It seems BLM only if they are killed by a Cop and there is a chance for some good looting after. 

[trigger_andy]

7 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

Jesus, I didn’t realise they shot him as well.

Thats because he wasn't. 

[Stubby]

4 minutes ago, trigger_andy said:

Thats because he wasn't. 

He knew that Andy ....