not only was he unarmed, but he also looked like he was co-operrating. sometimes i hate fucking cops. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IKy-WSZMklc&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IKy-WSZMklc&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
I would be interested to hear the justification here. I'm almost always willing to give the cops the benefit of the doubt, but that looks more like an execution than a reasonable reaction. Man. Ed O.
well IF that turns out to be the case I can only imagine the despair the cop is going thru. You want to think how can anybody want to shoot in that situation and accept that it was an honest mistake of grabbing a gun instead of a stun gun, but at the same time how can somebody mistake the difference. Cops usually have a standard belt with everything always in the same place so he should know he was grabbing a gun just by where he grabbed on his belt.. How close does their stun guns look like a real gun?
cops go through so much training, to mistake that is just a bullshit excuse IMO. i mean when you point, your looking exactly at the gun!!!
I just cant fathom how evil that cop would have to be to do this in front of everyone. I know cops do shady shit but fuck....
i dont know but you have to take the safety lock off, and use the laser. theres no way he really got them confused. does anyone remember the african american female that was shot in portland, causing some controversy. i cant remember the name
You know due to weight difference issues between the 2 weapons, I have a real problem with the "I was reaching for my stun gun" line.
I found this article about cops confusing their taser for a gun. http://www.policeone.com/officer-sh...ART-shooting-raises-issue-of-TASER-confusion/
Are you talking about Kendra James? http://www.oregonlive.com/special/kendrajames/index.ssf?/special/oregonian/kendrajames/100803.html
Yeah -- I guess the link is bad. I googled Kendra police shooting, I thought her name was Kendra James but I was sure that her first name was Kendra. The link was supposedly to a lawsuit filed in 2003 by her family for $10 million. I was surprised that it was that long ago.
That's ridiculous. Police officers go through so much training. There is no way he thought he was pulling out his tazer. There is another video I can link you all too which is a little bit clearer. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e43_1231220725
I don't know anything about the Bart Police Department, but Portland cops carry their tazer in a different leg holster down on their thigh, whereas their sidearm is usually on their hip. Again, I'm not sure where that officer carried his tazer, but I fail to see how the mistake could be made. They usually are on a completely different part of their body. It sounds like bullshit to me.
