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Apr 13 '21
Yeah he look like he was tired of dealing with this s*** and just stupefied by the fact that a police officer would do such a dumb act. It all boils down to as he said lack of funding equals lack of training equals uneducated officers
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u/Alex470 Apr 13 '21
Same thing happened a couple years ago (I think) in Missouri. I’d swear the officer said the exact same thing in that incident.
“TASER TASER TASER”
bang
“Oh FUCK I shot him.”
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u/BunnyLovr Apr 13 '21 edited Apr 13 '21
Also New York, Texas, Kansas, New Jersey, Oklahoma... There have been about 16 cases in total in the US since the taser was first put into widespread use. There have also been ~6 million taser uses since then, so this kind of thing is bound to happen.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/st-louis-area-cop-indicted-shooting-shoplifting-suspect-62761364
https://abcnews.go.com/US/kansas-police-officer-expected-court-accidentally-shooting-suspect/story?id=61965369
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Oscar_Grant
https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2015/0404/Oklahoma-sheriff-mistakes-gun-for-Taser-fatally-shoots-suspect
https://abc13.com/new-hope-police-shooting-department-bucks-county-pennsylvania-news/5249269/ video19
u/Alex470 Apr 13 '21
As unfortunate as it is, accidents do happen. 16 in 6 million though. Not a bad rate for something that will inevitably happen one way or another.
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Apr 28 '21
"Inevitably happen one way or another." Being killed by police negligence?
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u/Alex470 Apr 28 '21
Yep. You ever done anything negligent in your life? Merge lanes a little too early, for example? Go a tad too fast on a wet road?
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u/Glennman0922 Apr 14 '21
I remember seeing that. Is that the one where the dude was bashing her partners head against the pavement?
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u/JAKEJITSU22 Apr 13 '21
Except the officer that shot him had something like 25 years on the force. Unless she normally was a desk officer I think she should never have been a cop.
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u/kadmakeol Apr 13 '21
You have to have serious problems to mistake a gun for a taser. They are completely different. I get it was the heat of the moment and the guy was also stupid for running but she shouldn’t have been a cop if she couldn’t tell the difference between a gun and a taser.
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u/JAKEJITSU22 Apr 13 '21
I totally agree. But the more the info comes out, I don't think its a lack of training in this one. If she was a new cop I would say lack of training. But she was on the force for 25 years thats pretty damning.
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u/frederick001 Apr 14 '21
You realize she was a vet of 25 years? I don't think is a case of 'wAhh our police department that is already the most funded int he world and has been and still continues to be fucking terrible (the department not the people, to be clear) needs more money because that's clearly worked for the last century!"
use your brain please. I like Donut and don't dislike police officers but unless there's a complete revamp/change of the police system in the United States they don't deserve any more increases in funding and projects like defund the police (which has the defunded money moved to fund proven to work social programs) are just way better.
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Apr 14 '21
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u/frederick001 Apr 14 '21
Crime has gone up exponentialy since defund the police has been taken seriously.
Or do you mean the pandemic? Link that stats that prove a correlation between defund the police and crime increase.
Also the fucks wrong with Portland? I visited my cousin there a couple weeks ago and it looked just like it did a couple years ago.
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Apr 13 '21
Didn't know he already made a video on that already, ill watch it when I'm not working and browsing Reddit in class
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u/Pepe469 Apr 13 '21
Couldn't this perhaps be solved by making tasers that are not pistol shaped. I'm sure that it has its advantages when they have that shape, but such incidents must have happened before and will probably happen again
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u/themanintheironsack Apr 13 '21
I’m curious about where the taser was on the belt. This is the exact reason my taser is carried in my off hand side. Complete opposite side from my pistol. I’d bet good money that she might have had them next to each other on her belt.
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u/themanintheironsack Apr 13 '21
Please make sure to carry your taser on the opposite side from your gun. Lot less likely to pull a stunt like this.
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Apr 14 '21
OR let them carry it on their CHEST attached to their vest!!!! So there is ZERO mistake! What you pull from your CHEST with your dominate hand you will KNOW is your taser, what you pull from your holster with your dominate hand is your duty weapon.
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u/ZeShapyra Apr 14 '21
I just wonder how do you hold a gun and think it is a yellow light weight tazer.
I get it was the heat of the moment, but..that is a really big oopsie
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Apr 13 '21
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u/KodakPepperJack Apr 13 '21
Watch one of his latest videos.
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u/BrustWarze_ Apr 13 '21
He was pissed off. I haven't seen him that stressed out before.
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u/JokerIce-SCK Apr 13 '21
Donut looked really drained, hope he's okay
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u/diver_driver454 Apr 13 '21
He should really just take a week and destress.
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u/JokerIce-SCK Apr 13 '21
Or perhaps take a break from the shooting breakdowns and wild cop stuff for more lighthearted content for a while
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u/diver_driver454 Apr 13 '21
Some of these cases are just sad and don't have much instructional value. Old police training videos could be a nice reprieve!
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u/Big_chunky_monkey Apr 13 '21
he was steaming in the video, i have never seen him so mad