It's happened a few times...google Johannes Mehserle from BART in San Francisco. Officer was convicted of manslaughter due to his mistaking his gun for a Taser. That's precisely what happened here, as you hear her give the Taser! Taser! Taser! warning, which is standard protocol. Tragic mistake here by the lady cop and she will no doubt pay the price.
I think in this situation it's a forgivable mistake. I don't think she's competent enough to be working in the police but I don't see anything I would consider criminal. Perhaps their hiring practices.
I agree, and I'm a cop. However, given the way the legal system works, even this good faith mistake can be viewed as legal negligence even if she had no intention of killing Wright. Unfortunate and sad but true.
Quite different than Chauvin, actually, because the prone restraint is legal and commonly used. Any cop who claims otherwise is a liar.
Yeah I've been watching old seasons of COPS (since they cancelled LivePD) and I see it in literally nearly every episode. At least 75% of episodes show them using a prone restraint. I actually didn't realize how common it is.
It's happened a few times...google Johannes Mehserle from BART in San Francisco. Officer was convicted of manslaughter due to his mistaking his gun for a Taser. That's precisely what happened here, as you hear her give the Taser! Taser! Taser! warning, which is standard protocol. Tragic mistake here by the lady cop and she will no doubt pay the price.
I think in this situation it's a forgivable mistake. I don't think she's competent enough to be working in the police but I don't see anything I would consider criminal. Perhaps their hiring practices.
I agree, and I'm a cop. However, given the way the legal system works, even this good faith mistake can be viewed as legal negligence even if she had no intention of killing Wright. Unfortunate and sad but true.
Quite different than Chauvin, actually, because the prone restraint is legal and commonly used. Any cop who claims otherwise is a liar.
Yeah I've been watching old seasons of COPS (since they cancelled LivePD) and I see it in literally nearly every episode. At least 75% of episodes show them using a prone restraint. I actually didn't realize how common it is.