I agree - in another comment in this thread i say it will come down to her training, where the taser was on her belt, what was going through her mind at the moment and what would be expected from a reasonable officer in her shoes.
she made a mistake - what it will come down to was if it is a criminal mistake. Clearly she did not have criminal intent - but her actions very well might be criminally negligent. What will come into play will be her training, where on her belt her taser is, what was going through her head at the moment, the actions of the deceased, and a whole lot of other external factors.
tunnel vision - she made an initial mistake then never reevaluated the facts. This was clearly a mistake. Wether it was criminal is highly nuanced. The bottom line, however, is that people are not robots, and when you take action that forces a police officer to use force against you, you overwhelmingly increase the chances you will be injured or killed. Even a taser can be deadly. DO NOT ESCAPE ARREST especially a felony arrest.
I am curious what his warrant was for, because depending on the reason for the arrest, deadly force might actually have been legally justified to prevent escape.
i still think the dead guy should have listened. He kept reaching his hands to his pants. I do think there is a big problem with over militarization of the police and I think there is a more reasonable way to have taken him in custody but If I were ever in that situation where I am unable to follow the police commands, i am passing out face down with my arms out like Jesus and my feat crossed and not making a single move.
The constitution is absolute as written. It’s flexibility comes in the fact that it can be amended. Yelling “fire” in a crowded theater, as Biden uses as an example, is protected speech as long as the person yelling fire reasonably believes it to be true. Your rights end when they unjustifiably impact someone else’s. Yelling fire when there is no fire would only be illegal if it was known to be untrue AND the intent were to injure or disrupt. If he wants to use that analogy, by all means I would welcome the same degree of restrictions on the 2A as exists for the 1A. That being I have the right to exercise the 2A anywhere I want but if discharging a weapon recklessly causes injury I am held responsible.
Imagine if the 1st Amendment was violated as much as the 2A. Imagine if the first amendment was walled off with felony charges so that if there is even a question about if you violated a restriction you need to defend yourself against hard prison time.
It is a felony to lie on your 4473 so I would advise against it - but there is no Marijuana user database - if NY can't even figure out how to stop unemployment fraud which i tied to your address, SSN and employer - I am pretty sure figuring out who is buying marijuana and lying on a federal form is much farther down on the list of things they can achieve.
the worst thing for an academic is for their theories to actually be tested in the real world. Dr. Fauci is an administrator - he is not a boots on the ground person. The "science" rarely ever holds completely true when it is actually tested in the real world. I am not anti science in the least bit - but i understand that science is a process and not a static data point. From each generation to the next only a fraction of what is scientifically thought be true still holds.
Don't confuse "science" with the cult of science.
yeah, math. Dr. Shiva's downward trend line comparing the "expected" distribution of republican voters is complete bullshit. If you plug in any set of numbers you come out with the same downward trend line. The formula guarantees a downward trend line. Also, his self promotion regarding "investing email" is just cringeworthy and laughably dishonest.
As for Pulitzer, the guy changed his name, claimed he invented the QR code (i'll give you $1000 to the PayPal address of your choice if you find his name on any QR code patents), wrote several self published books that he cites to as independent verification on his completely self written wikipedia page. He is a cook. He might have some good points regarding the election, and he is definitely more legit than Shiva, but I would never hire the guy to represent me.