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Related: About this forumThe shooting of Duante Wright
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apparently the officer mistook her pistol for a taser, an unacceptable fail.
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The shooting of Duante Wright (Original Post)
magicguido
Apr 2021
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hlthe2b
(113,193 posts)1. Well, it has been "claimed" that she mistook gun for taser. I remain appropriately skeptical.
Bayard
(28,990 posts)2. I'm not understanding why it was necessary to taze him either.
He doesn't seem to be resisting.
cyndensco
(1,766 posts)3. "Holy Shit! I shot him."
onecaliberal
(36,594 posts)4. I can't....
poli-junkie
(1,506 posts)5. Mistaking gun for a taser was the same excuse for
B.A.R.T. cop who murdered Oscar Grant at the B.A.R.T. Fruitvale station some years ago.
Totally inexcusable.
