I get what you are saying, but until that is proven I am not going to assume that is what happened, though I realize it can and does happen.
I am very troubled by the shooting of a fleeing man in the back, as any reasonable person would be. It’s difficult to see how the officer could claim that his life was in danger at the time of his discharging of his weapon.
That being said, if he had his own taser prongs in him and the other man had his taser...or if there are some other factors that I am not aware of, which it seems like there may be, I am going to hold off jumping on the band wagon here.
I want to see the evidence at this point. I’m still fine at this time with the officer being charged.
Yup...that’s why I take issue with wild speculation and half truths from blogs...
I also find it incredibly hsrd to believe that a taser barb was in Slager and yet none of the other officers put it in their reports.