Fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

It doesn't matter what anyone thinks the difference is.  The police dept in question is currently defending itself against allegations that officers are threatening the lives of citizens with tazers by stating that tazers are not lethal weapons, and therefore present no legally actionable or credibly arguable threat to life.  

They cannot demand such statements made against them be dismissed with prejudice, but refer to such statements when justifying a murder.  Full stop.

Then they’re in one helluva bind. If tasers don’t present a credible threat to life, there was no justification for shooting Brooks when he pointed the taser. If tasers DO present such a threat, then Brooks was fully justified in running off when they threatened to taser him, and the cops had no justification for shooting him.

Boru