RE: Mixing up your taser with your handgun
April 14, 2021 at 11:36 pm
(This post was last modified: April 15, 2021 at 1:11 am by Anomalocaris.)
(April 14, 2021 at 6:22 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: Apparently, she's a trainer, too. Personally, I think it sticks in the craw not because no one would believe that cop, a 26 year veteran, would be so stupid. We do, we all believe that. It's that calling this an accidental discharge doesn't seem to square with the term. It smacks of euphemism.
The official version of the story is no better than the obvious, either. She intended to zap a guy leaving the scene...... with passengers, after pulling him over for air freshners in his rearview? If shooting the guy was her autopilot, that's an indictment of systemic racism, not a defense.
That extremely highly trained and experienced professional can make lethal mistakes in reflex while carrying out long accustomed and familiar procedures is amply and repeatedly demonstrated in the history of airline crashes.
I certainly do not think this unfortunate incident necessarily reflects anything nefarious, at least upon close and unemotional inspection, on the either police training, personel selection, or Kim Potter the person.
