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PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,746 posts)
2. Any chance she's going to be charged with anything?
Tue Apr 13, 2021, 01:37 PM
Apr 2021

I have to say, that as a person who has never ever handled any guns or tasers, I keep on wondering how exactly the mistake could have been made. Are they not in separate holsters? Do they not feel different?

 

Treefrog

(4,170 posts)
4. They feel very different. Most cops wear them on opposite hips, though I have seen them on the same
Tue Apr 13, 2021, 01:39 PM
Apr 2021

hip. She fucked up in every way, whether intended or not. She should face at least manslaughter charges.

Arazi

(6,829 posts)
12. Her Glock weighs 34 oz. Her taser weighs 8 oz and is a completely different color
Tue Apr 13, 2021, 01:59 PM
Apr 2021

She carried for 26 years and made a "mistake"?!

No fucking way

https://www.google.com/amp/s/nypost.com/2021/04/12/taser-vs-gun-how-do-brooklyn-center-cops-wear-their-weapons/amp/

For instance, a fully loaded Glock handgun — which is typically carried by officers — weighs in excess of 34 ounces, according to the gunmaker’s home page.

By comparison, a Taser stun gun weighs 8 ounces, the company’s site said.

 

Treefrog

(4,170 posts)
7. All hell breaking loose in that community.
Tue Apr 13, 2021, 01:44 PM
Apr 2021

That cop needs to be charged. They need to get a grasp of this, and quickly.

malaise

(267,788 posts)
11. He should have resigned after he walked off the platform at the press conference yesterday
Tue Apr 13, 2021, 01:57 PM
Apr 2021

He did come back but walking off was offensive

Claire Oh Nette

(2,636 posts)
6. THis should be standard procedure in police shootings...
Tue Apr 13, 2021, 01:42 PM
Apr 2021

where the victim is unarmed, or shot in the back, or accidentally shoots himself while handcuffed in the back of a police car.

Criminal trial, civil trial. Police officer cleared in a fair trial, reinstate them.

Traffic stops for fix it tickets should be a meter maid/infraction force job. We do not need an occupying military presence in our communities.

BlueLucy

(1,609 posts)
13. Cops sometimes yell, "STOP RESISTING"
Tue Apr 13, 2021, 02:00 PM
Apr 2021

repeatedly when no one is resisting. My guess is they want to make it look like a suspect is resisting when they are not in order to man handle them as they wish. This cop yelling, "TASER" could be for that same reason.

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