Well the bodycam footage was released. This incident of him running and her shooting him all happens in under 3 seconds. Live action in a high pressure situation, all those differences you noted between the gun and taser would not be noticed. She was screaming for the other officer to tase him, then she pulled out her gun and instantly shot him. It happened so damn fast. Her voice sounded genuinely shocked when it happened, that she had shot her gun instead of the taser. She literally screams "OH SHIT" the instant after it happens. Its not some fake ass cover story that she invented afterwards. Pigs shouldn't carry lethal weapons, in a lot of countries they don't.
all those differences you noted between the gun and taser would not be noticed.
I simply don't understand how that's possible, and your explanation hasn't helped. The triggers aren't similar. If you were trying to pull the trigger of a taser and you actually had your finger on the trigger of a firearm, it does not seem possible to me not to notice. Instantly. Especially since, unless police tasers also have the absurd trigger weights of police firearms, you would simply be unable to pull the trigger of a glock with the force you were intending to use on the trigger of a taser. It doesn't make sense to me.
She did the thing she was trianed to do. This really is an easy mistake to make. She was too focused on the situation to notice what her hands were doing. This is just like when you try to push your glasses up you aren't wearing them.
Reflex actions really are triggered by the lower motor neurons and can happen without conscious intention. And sufficiently trained skill can get internalized as a reflex like this. Having the stun weapon so similar to the kill weapon would easily allow for a person to get confused and do this below the level of human thought. Which is why cops both shouldn't have guns and shouldn't be so quick to do violence to organize the situation.
I don't know if you've ever been in a high pressure physical situation before but you REALLY don't notice details when you're scared and trying to do something fast. Even if the trigger weight is wildly different it wouldn't be noticed/reflected upon until after the weapon is fired.
Well the bodycam footage was released. This incident of him running and her shooting him all happens in under 3 seconds. Live action in a high pressure situation, all those differences you noted between the gun and taser would not be noticed. She was screaming for the other officer to tase him, then she pulled out her gun and instantly shot him. It happened so damn fast. Her voice sounded genuinely shocked when it happened, that she had shot her gun instead of the taser. She literally screams "OH SHIT" the instant after it happens. Its not some fake ass cover story that she invented afterwards. Pigs shouldn't carry lethal weapons, in a lot of countries they don't.
I simply don't understand how that's possible, and your explanation hasn't helped. The triggers aren't similar. If you were trying to pull the trigger of a taser and you actually had your finger on the trigger of a firearm, it does not seem possible to me not to notice. Instantly. Especially since, unless police tasers also have the absurd trigger weights of police firearms, you would simply be unable to pull the trigger of a glock with the force you were intending to use on the trigger of a taser. It doesn't make sense to me.
She did the thing she was trianed to do. This really is an easy mistake to make. She was too focused on the situation to notice what her hands were doing. This is just like when you try to push your glasses up you aren't wearing them.
Reflex actions really are triggered by the lower motor neurons and can happen without conscious intention. And sufficiently trained skill can get internalized as a reflex like this. Having the stun weapon so similar to the kill weapon would easily allow for a person to get confused and do this below the level of human thought. Which is why cops both shouldn't have guns and shouldn't be so quick to do violence to organize the situation.
I don't know if you've ever been in a high pressure physical situation before but you REALLY don't notice details when you're scared and trying to do something fast. Even if the trigger weight is wildly different it wouldn't be noticed/reflected upon until after the weapon is fired.
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