Officer pulls firearm, instead of taser

[platoonDaddy]

fat POS has hit the Kansas lottery

he affidavit in the case against Blood said she didn't realize she had shot Lewis until she looked for the Taser wires to see if they had hit their mark and realized there weren't any. She said during her interview with investigators, "I shot, shot him, I pulled my firearm instead of my Taser," the affidavit said.

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[Hmac]

fat POS has hit the Kansas lottery

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Fat POS, soon-to-be-rich victim of gross police negligence.

[Circle_10]

I've heard of this happening in cases where the officer carries their taser on the same side as their handgun, muscle memory and so forth....which is why nowadays I usually see cops with their tasers carried "crossdraw" on the opposite side from their guns.

I'm also not defending the suspect's decision to assault the officer but...

suspected seatbelt violation

Seatbelt "violations" as a primary offense are absolute crap.
In my state they had the "click-it or ticket" campaign. Originally you could be ticketed for failure to use a seatbelt if you were pulled over for something else first. Later the State decided that LEOs could pull people over purely for not being buckled up.

[gaijin]

Jeezus.

There is really no excuse for this level of competence. Read that IN-competence.

[MAUSER202]

fat POS has hit the Kansas lottery



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I feel bad for the officer, a terrible mistake under stress. Not following the orders of a police officer, resisting arrest and assaulting a police officer and getting shot as a result will unfortunately make him a millionaire in a court stacked with the FSA. Hell he may even run for office next year or get a show on MSNBC.

[Firefly]

He put a little soul in that "Aaahhh!"

meh dont swing on police, dont get shot

[joedirt199]

Our tasers are meant to be drawn with the support hand so this doesn't happen.

Another case of comply and life would be much easier. Stupid people get what they deserve, just sucks that an officer's life is ruined in the process.

[flenna]

If she had meant to shoot him she probably wouldn't be in any trouble. Perp body slammed the officer, is beating him on the ground, punching him in his head and could have easily disarmed him. Smaller, weaker female just saw all this and could verbalize it all and she probably wouldn't even been second guessed.

[Averageman]

Seatbelt "violations" as a primary offense are absolute crap.
In my state they had the "click-it or ticket" campaign. Originally you could be ticketed for failure to use a seatbelt if you were pulled over for something else first. Later the State decided that LEOs could pull people over purely for not being buckled up.

Ironically it is my choice to wear or not to wear a helmet when I ride my motorcycle and yet we have "Click it or Ticket" here.
It's simply a revenue source and it should be repealed.

[diving dave]

Lack of training, pure and simple. My old Dept had a policy the taser must be on the opposite side of the handgun, yet many still set it up to cross draw with the gun hand. I always trained to draw and fire the the taser left handed.