Here is a more plausible scenario regarding the taser:
It was never fired. It was dislodged from his belt in the process of a scuffle (see post 133) and the cop *instinctively* went back to secure potentially dangerous equipment that was simply lying on the ground. My military training would prompt that kind of instinct, for example. Weapons should never be more than an arm’s length away.
Do we know for a fact that the taser was discharged? Or are we just going with unreliable first reports like in Ferguson?
Again - standard disclaimer - I’m not saying what the cop did was right, I’m just saying that it’s hard to predict rational actions in the heat of an irrational moment.
That sounds plausible, too. There are more than one possible explanation. What raises everyone’s suspicions is that he dropped it on the ground next to the body. Shooting the man as he’s running away and then dropping something next to the body sure looks suspicious.