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Florida cop accidentally shoots driver with his own gun during routine traffic stop
The New York Post ^ | 1/21/2025 | Caitlin McCormack

Posted on 01/22/2025 5:43:06 AM PST by T.B. Yoits

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Looks like the pistol was a Glock.

Why carry a handgun with a safety? Because some idiot cop might shoot you in your leg when pulling it from your holster.

Usually "Glock Leg" is from the owner but in this case it was from a cop.

1 posted on 01/22/2025 5:43:06 AM PST by T.B. Yoits
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Badge cam video here:

https://x.com/amiriking/status/1881898180482080788?s=46

2 posted on 01/22/2025 5:44:07 AM PST by T.B. Yoits
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DEI


3 posted on 01/22/2025 5:44:56 AM PST by ClearCase_guy
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Yeah, she's already been fired.

https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/jacksonville-officer-who-shot-man-leg-during-traffic-stop-terminated/KM5LZ76T3ZFLDAU7PKH4VB5WTI/

4 posted on 01/22/2025 5:46:35 AM PST by T.B. Yoits
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Some people just should not be LEO’s


5 posted on 01/22/2025 5:46:50 AM PST by riverrunner
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This is my town.

Correct me if I’m wrong but unless you apply the alec baldwin “the gun went of on it’s own” rule, she had to have pulled the trigger.


6 posted on 01/22/2025 5:47:21 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!ly)
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one has to squeeze fairly hard to override the glock trigger feature (not safety) to fire

guessing she was pulling hard with some underlying anger at the time, imho


7 posted on 01/22/2025 5:48:08 AM PST by epluribus_2
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Inside the waistband is not a very ready, or comfortable position to carry, while driving.
I usually place my device on the center console tray, where it is easy to retrieve, but not uncomfortable.
Also, if asked to exit the vehicle, it is not involved in a pat-down, where an inept public servant might shoot me.


8 posted on 01/22/2025 5:49:05 AM PST by Fireone (1.Avoid crowds 2.Head on a swivel 3.Be prepared to protect & defend those around you 4.Avoid crowds)
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Life in America has become one long Three Stooges episode.


9 posted on 01/22/2025 5:49:20 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (The Dark Days are over. We don't want your criminals. Stop sending your scum to America!)
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She stupored it all right.


10 posted on 01/22/2025 5:49:29 AM PST by Buttons12 ( )
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Clear case of finger on the trigger.

She should know better.


11 posted on 01/22/2025 5:50:08 AM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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especially females ...


12 posted on 01/22/2025 5:50:15 AM PST by bankwalker (Repeal the 19th ...)
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Did he get cited for the unlawful discharge or noise pollution?
13 posted on 01/22/2025 5:51:46 AM PST by NativeSon ( *> <*)
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For anyone else curious about the related laws in Florida, a handy dandy link...

http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0700-0799/0790/0790.html

Scroll down to 790.251 for the most applicable here...


14 posted on 01/22/2025 5:53:09 AM PST by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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...she had to have pulled the trigger.

Absolutely. She's incompetent but there's also the issue of certain handguns not having a manual safety. Glocks in particular don't.

It doesn't matter if you "keep your finger off the trigger" or "get a good holster" when someone else is handling the firearm.

The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office will pay out handsomely because this inept officer should never have been disarming a driver for a routine traffic stop. They'll settle out of court because their lawyers don't want to admit the officers at the scene violated protocol, violated the driver's rights, and at least this officer had insufficient training in disarming someone.

15 posted on 01/22/2025 5:55:48 AM PST by T.B. Yoits
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Some people just should not be LEO’s

Extra scrutiny for women, extra extra scrutiny for women who go by "Mindy". I really liked the young Pam Dawber, but she never tried to be a cop.
16 posted on 01/22/2025 5:59:58 AM PST by Dr. Sivana ("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
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She should know better.

Clearly, MINDY didn't.

Victim might 'recover', but is never going to be the same, with who knows what sort of complications down the road.

Back the blue.
17 posted on 01/22/2025 6:00:11 AM PST by larrytown (A Cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do. Then they graduate...)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

I’d charge her with criminal negligence and as part of her sentencing handcuff her to a blue training pistol 24/7 for a year of parole. Force her to carry it everywhere - bathroom, shower, bed, etc.


18 posted on 01/22/2025 6:00:26 AM PST by T.B. Yoits
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Life in America has become one long Three Stooges episode.

The older I get, the more I think it always has been. It was just easier to mask it in the past.

19 posted on 01/22/2025 6:03:24 AM PST by T.B. Yoits
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Nicked the femoral artery; quick bleed out if not for quick thinking.

He’s lucky to be alive.


20 posted on 01/22/2025 6:04:42 AM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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