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[Doug Tait]

4 hours ago, Stubby said:

How can you mistake a taser for a glock pistol ?

That was my first thought, having seen the footage the officer was actually shouting 'taser, taser, taser' as she drew and fired the pistol. Did look like a mistake, maybe she was panicking. 

 

Agree with Trigger Andy though, often when these stories come out I think what did they expect? Never been to the US but I know if the Police point a gun at you and your reaction is to fight/run you're at risk of being shot at regardless of how right or wrong you are.

[Stubby]

42 minutes ago, Doug Tait said:

That was my first thought, having seen the footage the officer was actually shouting 'taser, taser, taser' as she drew and fired the pistol. Did look like a mistake, maybe she was panicking. 

 

Agree with Trigger Andy though, often when these stories come out I think what did they expect? Never been to the US but I know if the Police point a gun at you and your reaction is to fight/run you're at risk of being shot at regardless of how right or wrong you are.

I thought you had to keep your pistol mounted on your domimant arm side and the taser on the other .

[Doug Tait]

That would make sense Stubby, but I'm unaware of the rules. I can't claim to have any training to carry firearms 

[Mark Bolam]

Some Tasers are quite hand-gun like.

 

Good points about compliance, like.

 

 

[Doug Tait]

26 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

Some Tasers are quite hand-gun like.

 

Good points about compliance, like.

 

 

I see what you mean. Have only seen them occasionally carried by the Police here in Scotland and they look like yellow plastic.

 

You'd hope though, someone entitled to carry a weapon for their job would be well trained to recognise what they were holding, especially in a stressful situation. 

[Mark Bolam]

Absolutely, there’s no excuse for a mistake of that magnitude.

[trigger_andy]

Just now, Mark Bolam said:

Absolutely, there’s no excuse for a mistake of that magnitude.

I dunno like? 

 

Considering the victim (supposedly) already has warrants out for his arrest including brandishing an unlicensed firearm then when the Police try and pull him over he evades arrest, refuses to pull over then struggles with the Police when they finally apprehend him. Id be absolutely bricking myself that a man with this track record who is acting in such an uncontrollably way is not reaching for another unlicensed weapon. 

 

Id say let 'due process' take place before casting judgement but supposedly following the law is now a sackable offence. 

 

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Daunte Wright died in an area that was already on edge because of the trial of the first of four police officers charged...

 

Now-former city manager Curt Boganey, speaking earlier to reporters, said the officer who shot Mr Wright would get “due process” after the shooting.

“All employees working for the city of Brooklyn Centre are entitled to due process with respect to discipline,” Mr Boganey said.

[Mark Bolam]

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

[trigger_andy]

Just now, 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.

Good point. 
 

As with all these highly emotive cases it’s best letting the courts who see all the evidence decide before they start looting and destroying their own neighbourhoods again. 
 

We only see and read what sells newspapers. 

[Doug Tait]

I think if the guy had done what he was told the situation would never have happened.

 

When I was young and very stupid there was an occasion when I found myself being detained by armed police. The only thing in my mind, despite being drunk and extremely wound up, was listen carefully and do exactly what I was told. Didn't even consider another option.

 

Worked out too. Being quiet, compliant and saying yes sir a lot to the chaps with the guns led to a night b&b and a lift home in the morning. Everyone was happy with how it ended!