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MontanaMama

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3. Even a taser would have been excessive force.

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Mon Apr 12, 2021, 02:31 PM

Apr 2021

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AOL News: Officer intended to use Taser, not gun on black victim fatally shot in MN. [View all] sprinkleeninow Apr 2021 OP

How do you make that kind of mistake?!? TDale313 Apr 2021 #1

Oopsie, I thot I pulled my Taser. sprinkleeninow Apr 2021 #2

Racist Colored Glasses? maxrandb Apr 2021 #5

Even a taser would have been excessive force. MontanaMama Apr 2021 #3

Agreed. n/t TDale313 Apr 2021 #4

I have no words left either. sprinkleeninow Apr 2021 #6

That would depend on what his warrant was for EX500rider Apr 2021 #13

I haven't seen it mentioned anywhere which makes me think PoliticAverse Apr 2021 #16

Post removed Post removed Apr 2021 #30

I haven't read that there was a warrant. MontanaMama Apr 2021 #22

I read it in one of the online news stories about it. EX500rider Apr 2021 #26

It was a warrant for felony fleeing and gun possession charges. Calista241 Apr 2021 #36

Yup. Tasers have caused many fatalities. abqtommy Apr 2021 #19

AOL still exists? Chakaconcarne Apr 2021 #7

Yes, it do. We still have 7 email accounts with them. Plus several google accounts. sprinkleeninow Apr 2021 #8

Some people haven't figured out how to cancel it yet. n/t PoliticAverse Apr 2021 #14

It ain't a matter of figuring it out. rsdsharp Apr 2021 #29

Please don't hold it against me. I/we got stuff in there from sprinkleeninow Apr 2021 #34

Do you still hear... PoliticAverse Apr 2021 #37

Not on any phones unless that sound is chosen for an alert. sprinkleeninow Apr 2021 #38

Are we sure the victim was not just "fixing to ride the lightning?" ColinC Apr 2021 #9

'They' getting on people who are coming out protesting these sprinkleeninow Apr 2021 #18

Cops Around Here Wear Gun & Taser... ProfessorGAC Apr 2021 #10

That's my thinking also. Not on the same side as firearm. sprinkleeninow Apr 2021 #23

No, police taser's are gun shaped EX500rider Apr 2021 #27

The Tasers Our Cops Wear... ProfessorGAC Apr 2021 #28

I'm sure I'll be in the minority here, but I believe the explanation. Goodheart Apr 2021 #11

Interesting how many people reflexively assume the officer was male... regnaD kciN Apr 2021 #25

87% of LEOs are male. Mosby Apr 2021 #32

"But I shouted 'taser!' as I shot him." Politicub Apr 2021 #12

It's like cops singing or playing copywritten material when they're being filmed. Aristus Apr 2021 #15

I like to keep the rat poison next to the trail mix lame54 Apr 2021 #17

That excuse was used in the Oscar Grant killing, and the cop still got prosecuted and convicted... RockRaven Apr 2021 #20

Convicted of "involuntary manslaughter"... PoliticAverse Apr 2021 #31

Yet another major WTF!!! Oops, I killed you, so sorry. Can't believe this shit goes on and on!!! n/t RKP5637 Apr 2021 #21

As Jim Wright at Stonekettle Station put it... regnaD kciN Apr 2021 #24

Bottom line, 'this'... eom sprinkleeninow Apr 2021 #35

BS. There's no way a gun weighs the same as a taser, nor are the shaped the same Lettuce Be Apr 2021 #33