Meth or no the cop screwed up, and shot someone he had no right to shoot. I don’t think anyone believes it was intentional but all the same a mistake was made and someone died.
The only thing of real interest to me is if you recall when tazers first appeared on cop’s belts PD’s said they were only supposed to be used in lethal force situations, not to gain compliance. If that promise had been kept this shooting would not have occurred.
I agree, my friend. My memory was that Tasers were requested and lobbied by those that did not want a firearm used. Their purpose is to disable. Unfortunately a taser isn’t 100% effective. Fifteen or so years ago the largest manufacturer of Tasers (Taser) had a series of deaths caused by their Tasers. Their stock (some of which I owned) crashed overnight after a large verdict. In short, despite the intent to disable the nervous system of the recipient, they can cause as much injury as a lead projectile. Just a different type. My memory was that the event causing the stock’s crash was the death of a cardiac limited victim.
As I originally wrote, so sad.