In Slager’s initial written report of the incident did he state that he had been actually ‘shot’ with his own taser during the struggle? (I know he said “He GOT my taser”, or something close to that, over his radio). Has the cop’s union or his superiors commented anywhere that Slager had indeed been shot, and ‘stuck’ with the barbs, of his own taser fired at him by Scott? I can’t find anything like that. What a mess.
Read this post. READ the post.
fyi this is a police taser that from what i read, once darts are in place can give repeat incapacitating shocks if you pull trigger again....
so yea if the darts are in the cop and the guy has the taser and if he pull the trigger would incapacitate the cop.. they yes i say a good shoot...
Because if the guy incapacitates the cop then the cop is at his mercy for the guy to take his gun and finish the job...
But that a lot of "what ifs" so in and of itself does not mean the shooting was justified..
but it does in mean the cop did not just calmly shoot some guy in the back for just running away....
the guy did attack the cop and try to incapacitate him....
So I want more detail... because the the spin is it was unprovoked cold blooded murder.
I think if they do got to trial in going to go manslaughter 1 or 2 .....if the cop should of seen the guy as no longer a threat..
And that depends on more details because at that range even if the guy still had a working taser was he a threat?
but it does seem clear the guy did grab the cops taser and attack the cop.... so state of mind.. heat of the moment ...that will factor
“Police allege that during the struggle the man gained control of the Taser and attempted to use it against the officer.”