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2021-04-13 -Lurid Crime Tales-
Air Fresheners Killed Daune Wright
More on this and this from yesterday. See more about the BLM riots here.
[Daily Mail, where America, etc. etc.]
  • 'Holy sh*t, I shot him': Moment senior female cop killed Minneapolis black man, 20, during traffic stop as officials insist she 'accidentally drew handgun instead of Taser'

  • Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon on Monday described the fatal shooting of 20-year-old Daunte Wright as 'an accidental discharge'

  • Wright was shot dead on Sunday afternoon after he and his girlfriend were pulled over during a traffic stop for what his mother said was air fresheners dangling from his rear-view mirror, which is illegal in Minnesota
Not really; it was a lady cop who couldn't tell her taser from her firearm.
Posted by Mercutio 2021-04-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ]  Top

#1 How can anyone mix a gun for a taser?
Posted by Thorong Grundy1520 2021-04-13 02:48||   2021-04-13 02:48|| Front Page Top

#2 
Gun (left) Taser (right)

Defer to 'rantburg experts' for additional comments, clarifications will not be rebutted.

Posted by Chomoth Glolugum8051 2021-04-13 03:02||   2021-04-13 03:02|| Front Page Top

#3 
Officer who shot man in Brooklyn Center is identified as 26-year veteran

And so it goes... Experienced ... Accidental Death (?) ....is there more (?)
Posted by Unert Glineth8232 2021-04-13 04:35||   2021-04-13 04:35|| Front Page Top

#4 From a user interface engineering viewpoint, making the taser similar to the standard firearm in use makes sense from a body mechanics/usability perpective. The downside is painfully obvious.
Posted by Mercutio 2021-04-13 07:13||   2021-04-13 07:13|| Front Page Top

#5 Doesn't take a weatherman to se which way the winds blowing

and the blow back
Posted by Mercutio 2021-04-13 08:27||   2021-04-13 08:27|| Front Page Top

#6 Jogging - with air freshener...
Posted by M. Murcek 2021-04-13 09:19||   2021-04-13 09:19|| Front Page Top

#7 Not the first time this has happened, either...
Posted by M. Murcek 2021-04-13 09:54||   2021-04-13 09:54|| Front Page Top

#8 for what his mother said was air fresheners dangling from his rear-view mirror

I have not seen the video, but excuse me if I've heard something like this before.

My question would be what led to the decision of the officer to feel the need to draw and fire in such a timeline that the difference between the two went unnoticed.

'Senior' would suggest the training and experience to not panic (yes, DM, where they make shit up to stir the beans is accounted for, rookie should be practiced and concentrated enough to know which hip to draw from).

My gut tells me preferential hiring practices and impractical training sessions. Will defer until I've come across video, if available yet.
Posted by swksvolFF 2021-04-13 11:09||   2021-04-13 11:09|| Front Page Top

#9 The suspect drove away after being shot. Odds are he would have also driven away after being tased. At that point the car is to be considered a deadly weapon in the hands of a dangerous criminal. Look at it that way and you can see that she performed a public service because this is one less bad guy running loose to commit even more crimes.

When suspects resist arrest, violence ensues. Even so, police are trained and expected to make the arrest without any injuries or deaths but that's not always a realistic expectation. Violence is chaotic, unpredictable and often results in tragedy. The moral of the story should be, Do Not Resist Arrest. But instead, journalistspropagandists and politicians blame the police so we can expect more riots and lawlessness.
Posted by Abu Uluque 2021-04-13 12:58||   2021-04-13 12:58|| Front Page Top

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