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Kaleva

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27. "I'll Tase you! I'll Tase you! Taser! Taser! Taser!"

Mon Apr 12, 2021, 09:14 PM

Apr 2021

"“I’ll Tase you! I’ll Tase you! Taser! Taser! Taser!” the officer is heard shouting on her body cam footage released at a news conference. She draws her weapon after the man breaks free from police outside his car and gets back behind the wheel.

After firing a single shot from her handgun, the car speeds away, and the officer is heard saying, “Holy (expletive)! I shot him.”"

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/minnesota-police-shoot-kill-man-traffic-stop-incident-77013203

My guess is that the officer did not receive adequate training or possibly was not up to the task even with training. Sadly, often the only way one finds out a person is incompetent after training is when bad shit happens.

Several things can happen during a stressful situation:

Tunnel vision

Auditory exclusion

Sensory exclusion

I'm only guessing here but it may be that sensory exclusion came into play and the officer couldn't tell she was holding her service pistol instead of her taser. Something that extensive training most likely would have prevented from happening. But I'm just guessing.

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Now theyre saying the shooting of a 20 yr old black man in Minneapolis was accidental. [View all] Nevilledog Apr 2021 OP

"Taser taser taser!...Oh shit, I just shot him." WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2021 #1

No way you can mistake a gun for a taser once it's in your hand Nevilledog Apr 2021 #4

Psychology may have an answer to that. NutmegYankee Apr 2021 #23

Base that on what? Nt USALiberal Apr 2021 #29

Size, shape, weight... Nevilledog Apr 2021 #33

If a cop can't tell the difference between a taser and a gun iemanja Apr 2021 #2

This particular officer is a woman. WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2021 #5

No words malaise Apr 2021 #3

Someone just asked the police chief if the officer has since commited suicide agalisgv Apr 2021 #6

Yes, there are rumors that she has. (She has not.) WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2021 #9

If she mistook her gun for that Head-On stuff, then probably. Aristus Apr 2021 #14

they lost any credibility lots of dead people ago... stillcool Apr 2021 #7

If I had a nickel for every time.... I wouldn't have ANY nickels, FFS!!! Comfortably_Numb Apr 2021 #8

Fruitvale Station Sneederbunk Apr 2021 #10

Aren't guns and tasers a lot different in their grip? Takket Apr 2021 #11

Right? Nevilledog Apr 2021 #12

Of course. The weight difference alone should have been a huge tipoff. nt crickets Apr 2021 #15

If police officers can't tell the difference agalisgv Apr 2021 #20

Revolvers don't have a safety and many semi autos doc03 Apr 2021 #16

Now that's a versatile excuse! struggle4progress Apr 2021 #13

that last one is a keeper stillcool Apr 2021 #19

My guess is that the police are watching the Chauvin trial.... TheRealNorth Apr 2021 #17

The body cam shows him yelling taser taser taser before firing Cicada Apr 2021 #18

She did not mean to shoot him, the video makes it clear. nt USALiberal Apr 2021 #21

It was the police chief who said this is what he believed malaise Apr 2021 #22

Other then the officer's body cam audio recording. Kaleva Apr 2021 #25

You mean Oh shit I shot him malaise Apr 2021 #26

"I'll Tase you! I'll Tase you! Taser! Taser! Taser!" Kaleva Apr 2021 #27

I agree 100% with what you're saying here. sammythecat Apr 2021 #36

It's similar to "buck fever" which happens to some deer hunters Kaleva Apr 2021 #37

A lot of things can happen during a stressful situation Kaleva Apr 2021 #24

Women without the physical strength to subdue male suspects should not be patrol cops. Klaralven Apr 2021 #28

I would love to hear how you're going to decide that. Nt USALiberal Apr 2021 #30

Have them subdue a fit, 6' 2", 220 lb unarmed combat training officer. Klaralven Apr 2021 #31

Really really stupid idea! Nt USALiberal Apr 2021 #32

If police cannot use weapons, then they need to be highly proficient in martial arts. Klaralven Apr 2021 #34

Ridiculous, you would never get enough people to meet that criteria. USALiberal Apr 2021 #35

That 6'2" 220 lb combat training officer should be fired Kaleva Apr 2021 #38