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doc03

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11. I agree at that close range you are not going to aim a pistol. In my opinion it was just a lack of

Reply to DetroitLegalBeagle (Reply #10)

Sun Apr 18, 2021, 01:27 PM

Apr 2021

training. The officer said taser several times and seamed shocked she had shot him and the other officer did as well.
I don't think that was an act they come up with to cover a murder. But in the future that could become a practice to
cover up a shooting.

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Doesn't a Taser also have a "red light" laser for target sighting on subject? [View all] FarPoint Apr 2021 OP

Maybe it needs to be a totally different shape than a pistol & not operated by a forefinger trigger RockRaven Apr 2021 #1

Taser taser taser! Aussie105 Apr 2021 #2

She said it presumably so that her fellow officer would stand clear. TwilightZone Apr 2021 #5

1 month's pay as a fine is laughably low. Withywindle Apr 2021 #9

We had an officer come to my community group and showed us his taser-- dawg day Apr 2021 #3

That's my sense of the situation ... FarPoint Apr 2021 #8

have read the taser was yellow and the gun was black. if so that did not help nt msongs Apr 2021 #4

Pictures I have seen on TV show a yellow taser if that is the model she had, I don't know how doc03 Apr 2021 #6

Tunnel vision and point shooting DetroitLegalBeagle Apr 2021 #10

I agree at that close range you are not going to aim a pistol. In my opinion it was just a lack of doc03 Apr 2021 #11

Many police firearms also have laser sights jmowreader Apr 2021 #7