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Originally Posted by m21sniper
I am sorry, i must differ- it was not caused by stress- all of those cops were (rightfully) stressed, yet only one drew (let alone discharged) his weapon. What caused that shooting was negligence and incompetence. Stress was definitely a factor, but it was stress combined with negligence and incompetence that elevated the situation to manslaughter. 
PS: Stay safe MMarsh.  |
I personally think that he meant to draw his taser and under the stress of the situation drew his weapon. Why was he the only one to draw anything?
Well, on my department in situations like that, often times a person is designated as the taser or less lethal shooter. Sometimes while en route to the call, If the handling unit doesn't have a taser, he will request a unit to respond who has one. When reviewing a critical incident on my department, the executives will wanna see that you had less lethal options ready and available to deploy. If not, you've got big problems. I don't know how they operate up there or if thats even the case, but it's possible he was the designated "shooter" or was told to taser him. I don't know anything about the officer involved, but with only 2 years on the job, (and BART Police at that) he was really still a rookie and who knows how many real life stressful situations he's been in.
Just to be clear, I'm not saying that the designated shooter scenerio is the case here, I don't know. But I'm just trying to show you why when I see something like this, based on my training and experience I might look at it alittle different then some of you. Like I said earlier, its an unfortunate situation for the officer.
Thanks for the well wishes sniper, I appreciate that.