One thing for sure is, once you've been tasered, it's obviously possible that you could make involuntary movements with your arms or hands that could result in being shot, were those movements made under normal circumstances.
Right now, I'm leaning toward the theory that her finger was on the trigger and thus she accidentally shot the man virtually at the same moment that he was tasered. If she wasn't in fear of her life, she's in big trouble.
It would certainly be a shame if the tasering, and any spastic movements it produced, were then interpreted as justification for the officer to shoot the subject...
I don’t know if he was tasered or not, but I’m inclined to agree, I think she had her finger inside the triggerguard, and shouldn’t have, and shot either by accident or in a reflexive response to a taser shot.
I learned firearm safety as a young kid, starting at age 5. You never put your finger inside the trigger guard until you are ready to fire. Especially in a tense situation like a police standoff, home invasion or any similar situation. I don’t even do it when hunting. even if I look at a firearm in a pawn shop I know is unloaded, I keep my finger outside the trigger guard. I don’t need to dry fire it, if I do check the trigger of a revolver I keep my thumb under the hammer, it’s not good to dry fire a weapon.
I’m wondering about something else too. In this and the shooting in Charlotte, what are the chances both of these guys intended to commit suicide by cop? Both looked too casual to me. From what I could see in this video, he did put his hand down, either to reach inside the vehicle or inside his waistband, it’s not clear from the video.
I’ve had that feeling for the past couple of days though. Suicide by cop?