Seriously. I am all about police accountability, and am not in the habit of cutting them slack.
If that’s what happened, the officer should be fired, the victim’s family should get a buttload of money, and the cop should probably face charges.
It makes much more sense (to me, anyway) than a cold blooded murder on a BART platform. Besides which, I know that cops accidentally shooting someone when they meant to tase them has been documented several times over the last 6 years.
I was looking at Tasers and I was amazed that they were, basically, gun colored.
Seeing how under stress one could reach for a Taser, yet because of training react with a gun, the last signal to a mistaken brain( the officers ) would be a strong color, like yellow.
Everything about the Taser and it’s use is gun like, save its effect.
A good Police department would spray paint its Taser. Not going to happen, I suppose.