From Daunte's Facebook page:
Posted on 04/12/2021 3:47:04 PM PDT by rxsid
It happened in Tulsa Oklahoma in 2015 by a Reserve Sheriff’s Deputy. He thought he had pulled out his taser, but it was his pistol. The victim in that case was a black man also. The victim died. The officer was charged with manslaughter and the jury convicted him of Second Degree Manslaughter. He was given the maximum sentence of four years in prison. He has served his sentence and has been discharged.
Yes, it happened a few years ago. In a subway, guy was down flat on his stomach but being obstructive. Cop thought he was tazing, but shot the perp in the back. He died at the hospital IIRC.
A classic example of "toxic masculinity". Oh, wait.
United Airlines....hold my beer.
I am sure she received the proper training.
The trouble is most officers never follow up and practice what they have learned.
Then when the SHTF they do not remember what to do properly.
Takes thousands of repetitions so a movement becomes natural.
One does not gain that in a certification class.
I can say from experience...having at one time been a commissioned peace officer...that when you are in a tense, make a quick decision or possibly be shot yourself...you get such tunnel vision that you do not even look at what you pulled. You just pull. That is why many officers, as did I, carry their taser on the opposite hip from where they carry their sidearm. She clearly was carrying them both on the same hip or very near each other. Most of the officers I have ever worked with carry the taser in a different place. Most departments policies are that the taser is to be carried on the opposite side from the offices’ duty weapon. Then when they decide to deploy the taser, they have it in a place where they cannot accidentally pull their duty weapon.
The point is to avoid it escalating to that point. Something it seems most big city cops aren't very good at these days.
I don’t like cops, but putting them in a position where any mistakes are big mistakes, and where psychological stresses are big stresses, seems like most of the blame should be on the government for not screening and training better.
I am particularly of this mind when it comes to soldiers.
But never the less, I can’t stand 95% of cops, and that last five percent cover for the 95% that are aholes.
From Daunte's Facebook page:
Can't force people to be cops who don't want to be cops.
“Ironically, if Derek Chauvin had been the officer, young Daunte might still be alive.”
I think you win the thread.
Depends on where you're working as a cop - Colin Flaherty says rural police departments in Northern California, Oregon and Washington are full of former Philly, Chicago, NY City and Washington DC cops.
“Instead of hiring street savvy men who can physically take care of themselves and are trainable, they put women in these positions to deal with seasoned criminals who are stronger and faster than they are.”
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A male cop did the same thing except worse 2-3 years ago. Situation not as frantic, pulled his gun instead of taser, shot a guy who was lying prone on his stomach (but being fiesty) in the back. Thought he was firing taser. The guy died.
The real problem is that in this environment...there are a lot of criminals who believe that police are now so afraid of getting charged with a crime themselves that, the criminals, resist with impunity, just daring the police to do something about it. That is hard to de-escalate. Honestly, a lot of police I know are afraid of getting charged, or shot themselves and they are more focused on that than anything else.
That's the end result of the "feminization" of the police force, driving away potentially good cops, and forcing the police departments to take whatever they can get.
That was in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Robert Bates was the officer...he was a 60 something Reserve Deputy who should not have been on drug sting. He got charged with manslaughter and was convicted at trial of 2nd Degree Manslaughter and got the maximum, 4 years in prison. She the suspect in the back...while the suspect was face down on the ground.
Yep, I’ll drive everywhere I go in the future.
“Why would anyone work for a local police force?”
Yep work for the Capitol police you can shoot somebody and your name never gets released to the public.
Seems that it is nearly always in the best interest of the taxpayers that whenever a suspect does not consent to arrest the officer(s) attempting the arrest should let the suspect go until a later, more convenient time to attempt the arrest.
Yep, a cop can shoot all the white people they want.
Just compare and contrast the Minneapolis cops who shoot black people, with the Somali cop who killed the white Australian tourist.
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