No according to manufacturers of TAZERS THEY ARE not LETHAL!1Tasers are a lethal threat. They are known as a less-lethal weapon. Not a non-lethal weapon.
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The TASER device is a less-lethal, not non-lethal, weapon. Sharp metal projectiles and electricity are in use, so misuse or abuse of the weapon increases the likelihood that serious injury or death may occur
NOPE!! Sorry a tazer doesn`t become lethal because of the results of firing a Tazer.....Republicans think that way........you cannot blame the Tazer on a man`s death unless the tazer was being used in an obusive manner!If the officer was working without backup, the taser could indeed be a lethal weapon. if he is successfully incapacitated by the taser it is no thing to take his gun and kill him with it. I'm not saying this was the case or an excuse for shooting this guy, but i could see how it would change the decision process.
They didn't comply with applicable city codes when they terminated him. They wanted him terminated right away so that they could tell the public about it, given the political climate. They screwed up.
The consequence is that he is now on paid leave until his criminal verdict comes down.
That's flimsy. If the guy had incapacitated him with a solid sucker punch, he could have also stolen the gun and shot him. Based on that argument, all contact could be met with a good shoot. There was no reasonable threat to that officer's or anyone else's life that would justify him shooting at someone who was obviously drunk out of his mind running from him.If the officer was working without backup, the taser could indeed be a lethal weapon. if he is successfully incapacitated by the taser it is no thing to take his gun and kill him with it. I'm not saying this was the case or an excuse for shooting this guy, but i could see how it would change the decision process.
Uhh, punching an officer in the face to incapacitate and potentially gain access to his gun could be considered grounds for another officer to shoot. Absolutely. You aren’t really making the argument you think you are.That's flimsy. If the guy had incapacitated him with a solid sucker punch, he could have also stolen the gun and shot him. Based on that argument, all contact could be met with a good shoot. There was no reasonable threat to that officer's or anyone else's life that would justify him shooting at someone who was obviously drunk out of his mind running from him.
That's not what I was saying (I happen to agree, if that intent can be proven). I'm saying a drunkard running away with a taser being shot because of the *potential* to incapacitate with that taser is a flimsy reason to shoot, as the same thing can be justified with no weapons.Uhh, punching an officer in the face to incapacitate and potentially gain access to his gun could be considered grounds for another officer to shoot. Absolutely. You aren’t really making the argument you think you are.
ACTUALLY HE IS........any argument is better than the BS skyking is pedaling!Uhh, punching an officer in the face to incapacitate and potentially gain access to his gun could be considered grounds for another officer to shoot. Absolutely. You aren’t really making the argument you think you are.
In fact he DID and a nice blow right to the officers face once the struggle ensued AND was trying to grab his gun. You know, I understand, there's a legit case to be made for some cops who shoot people needlessly, but damm, watch the full 1/2hr vid, this man was treated respectfully by those cops as he went on and on in his drunken barrage of bullshit. For their effort to handle the situation without escalation they got attacked by this idiot when they tried to calmly cuff him including a solid punch to the face as he tried to gain access to his gun.That's flimsy. If the guy had incapacitated him with a solid sucker punch, he could have also stolen the gun and shot him. Based on that argument, all contact could be met with a good shoot. There was no reasonable threat to that officer's or anyone else's life that would justify him shooting at someone who was obviously drunk out of his mind running from him.
In fact he DID and a nice blow right to the officers face once the struggle ensued AND was trying to grab his gun. You know, I understand, there's a legit case to be made for some cops who shoot people needlessly, but damm, watch the full 1/2hr vid, this man was treated respectfully by those cops as he went on and on in his drunken barrage of bullshit. For their effort to handle the situation without escalation they got attacked by this idiot when they tried to calmly cuff him including a solid punch to the face as he tried to gain access to his gun.
I won't argue that point because everything you said was accurate but damm, smash a cops face, try and grab his gun and wind up with a taser pointed back as he fled. Do I think that taser presented a deadly threat?, no, I don't think so but I give zero shits this guy got shot, he made some really crappy choices.Their professional attitude before the arrest is irrelevant. As was his "trying to grab his gun" and "punching him in the face." Had the cop shot him while they struggled for the gun, it would have been self-defense. But that's not what happened. What actually happened was that after all those things you describe, he ran and was shot in the back.
Your reasoning is basically that the guy deserved to die because he behaved badly. Fortunately, that is the not the standard for self-defense of a police officer. But you have, perhaps inadvertently, described the cop's actual reason for shooting him. He shot him because he was angry over his behavior, not because he was afraid.
That's for a jury to decide, not the cop.I won't argue that point because everything you said was accurate but damm, smash a cops face, try and grab his gun and wind up with a taser pointed back as he fled. Do I think that taser presented a deadly threat?, no, I don't think so but I give zero shits this guy got shot, he made some really crappy choices.
He had it coming, was treated respectfully and was asked to place his hands behind his back for arrest and went insane with violence against those cops, put yourself in THEIR shoes, I cannot honestly say I would not have shot this dude after what he did.That's for a jury to decide, not the cop.