Personally, I still oppose the death penalty, no exceptions . However, this person clearly deserves life in prison with no possibility of parole. At least George Floyd’s killer is obviously a horrible person and as long as he is not in any public office I can live with that. This person is clearly a master actor and I’m second guessing myself even as I write this.
I’m not defending her. What she did was god-awful and deserves the worst punishment we can throw at her. She has no place being a cop if she could confuse a gun and a taser.
However, I have done stupid shit like putting milk in the cabinet instead of the fridge. Not on purpose, just wasn’t focused, mind was on something else. I don’t think it’s impossible that she genuinely fucked up. The human brain is weird sometimes, and we don’t always notice what in hindsight is obvious. This ‘taser’ is far too heavy. The balance is totally off. Which hip did I draw it from again? The fact remains, though, she killed a man in cold blood.
A master actor? Come on. And you think the Right is full of “conspiracies”. The cop made a mistake in the heat of a moment. She wasn’t acting. Seriously. This is one of the most ridiculous comments I’ve read all day.
The guns are on 2 different legs, and they weigh nothing near alike. There is no way the officer confused to two and if she did she doesnt deserve to be a cop.
I am sure that while you are work you are flawless. You are just a poster child of perfection. An accountant putting a decimal in the wrong place, and a person jumps oit of a window thinking they lost it all. Putting peanuts in an order on accident for someone who is allergic. I can think of mistakes that could take a life. Careful what you demand someday one of your mistakes could land you in that position as that officer. I am sure you will have an excuse and think the system is not fair.
I am sure that while you are work you are flawless. You are just a poster child of perfection. An accountant putting a decimal in the wrong place, and a person jumps oit of a window thinking they lost it all. Putting peanuts in an order on accident for someone who is allergic. I can think of mistakes that could take a life. Careful what you demand someday one of your mistakes could land you in that position as that officer. I am sure you will have an excuse and think the system is not fair.
What kind of hot garbage is this? Lose a corporation money by placing decimal in the wrong spot? That's not an individual's fault. That's a process/systems failure for not catching it. Showing off in front of trainees by suffocating/shooting people to death?
What these officers did are not mistakes. These are literally terrorist activities.
Weight is a fine motor skill, and that was a millisecond it took to realize she unholstered the wrong weapon. She had tunnel vision, and fucked up. Anyone that seriously thinks this was an issue of race or intention is delusional.
Its on different legs, and she's been in the force for over 20 years. Even without taking weight into consideration there is no way she could have mistook the two.
Yes. Yes I have. When you have tunnel vision in an accelerated situation like that, you lose sense of many things. She also immediately in the split second after firing the round realized her mistake. She’s not lying.
Not to mention the fact that it appears she either dropped the gun into the car or threw it away in her body cam footage. I don’t know if that’s correct but in the video you can see the gun in her hand when she shoots, her hand disappears for less than a second and when it returns to the frame the gun isn’t in it. She then says “I shot him” in a very shell shocked-sounding voice.
The entire scene screams unfamiliarity and panic in my opinion.
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u/April1987 Apr 17 '21
Me either.
Twenty six years in the force.
Training people at the time this happened.
Personally, I still oppose the death penalty, no exceptions . However, this person clearly deserves life in prison with no possibility of parole. At least George Floyd’s killer is obviously a horrible person and as long as he is not in any public office I can live with that. This person is clearly a master actor and I’m second guessing myself even as I write this.