Oh, I looked at it and It’s a desperate grasp for an excuse. Like I said, he may get a lawyer to convince the jury, but if the prosecution is worth a hoot, it’s does not seem all that difficult to defeat that desperate claim.
And I really don’t care what the cop is ultimately convicted of, that’s entirely up to the state and the jury. But make no mistake - Slager and his colleagues in that P.D. know it was a bad shooting. All they are doing now is trying to minimize the ultimate sentencing. As far as I can tell, Slager’s goose is cooked if he gets an even halfway capable prosecutor. Maybe he will next claim “temporary insanity”, which is just as convincing as “he was confused and thought Scott still had the Taser (the one that Slager himself dropped in order to draw his pistol). My advice to Slager is to immediately ask for solitary confinement when he gets to prison.
Seeing as you were there throughout the entire thing, and inside Slager’s mind, maybe you should notify the authorities, media, and everyone else that he does not get a robust defense at trial. It’s your duty to end this charade.