So this cop kills a 17 year old kid and gets a 5 day suspension. I’ll bet he learned his lesson.
The suspect was acting belligerently and threatened the store manager. The cop tasered the suspect, but didn’t think the taser was working since the suspect didn’t respond at all.
The officer was found to have only been in error by holding the trigger on the taser for too long. The death was an accident.
It’s been big news here.
The cop or the 17 year old?
I can not fully express my views on this. Suffice it to say it begins with what you wrote but does not end there.
Glad neither the cop nor the supervisor ended up dead.
Let me find my miniature violin...
If found to be negligent, the "officer" should himself be given a Taser blast of 37 seconds, plus one additional second.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police Officer Jerry Dawson Jr. used his Taser after police received a disturbance call about 1:15 p.m. Thursday from the grocery store on Prosperity Church Road. Darryl Turner had worked in the University City store for about a year as a cashier and bagger.
Family members and co-workers said Turner, who graduated last year from a charter high school and planned to attend college, was a good student and reliable employee. His court record consists of three traffic offenses. His mother said her son had a temper but was not violent. She did say that Turner had come home for lunch Thursday and told her he had stolen a couple of Hot Pockets from the store. He was afraid of getting in trouble, she said, but she told him to go back to the store and admit what he did.
Police received the disturbance call soon after. As Dawson arrived at the store, police said, an “agitated” Turner threw something at a manager. Turner ignored Dawson’s commands and advanced toward him. Dawson then used the Taser to get him under control, police said.
Next time, the cop should use his pistol