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In reply to the discussion: "TASER! TASER! TASER! TASER!" [View all]WarGamer
(18,395 posts)22. Now put on your prosecutor hat and prove why
the 26 year veteran woman officer had the intent to kill the young man.
I'll wait.
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Yet she fired her gun when they WEREN'T out of the way. She's lucky she didn't shoot a cop.
Solomon
Apr 2021
#28
Yup. Too many videos of cops yelling "stop resisting!" as they beat the shit out of a POC
Arazi
Apr 2021
#4
Of course. But I am postulating that it has been coopted as a legal cover.
Stinky The Clown
Apr 2021
#29
Cops routinely yell unfulfillable commands and describe things that aren't actually happening.
WhiskeyGrinder
Apr 2021
#6
if she was a t.o. - the American people is in deep shit ( no offense to gender )
monkeyman1
Apr 2021
#30
My issue is that they teach to shoot to kill--not to wound. So, if indoctrinated with
hlthe2b
Apr 2021
#14
I agree, but I was attempting a more thoughtful analysis of police training, the point of which
hlthe2b
Apr 2021
#53
No they yell "taser" before they shoot it so that anyone who does not wish to be zapped
NightWatcher
Apr 2021
#24
Of course. But consider: I am postulating that it has been coopted as a preemptive legal cover.
Stinky The Clown
Apr 2021
#31
There's no defense/cover when the Field Training Officer doesn't know her taser from her glock.
NightWatcher
Apr 2021
#52
I have actually never, ever heard an Office shout out "Taser" before shooting...
FarPoint
Apr 2021
#27
The cops scream "STOP RESISTING" as they beat the shit out of people so yes, maybe!!!
winstars
Apr 2021
#45