06-15-2020, 01:32 PM
(06-15-2020, 07:36 AM)CKwi88 Wrote: Genuine question: When Brooks points the taser at the police as he runs, was it dischargeable?
(06-15-2020, 01:23 PM)Dill Wrote: Hard for me to tell. The commentary on one version I saw says he "fired" at the police officer, apparently missing.
I think that means it cannot fire again, though it might still stun if pressed directly to a body.
So the guy is running away with a (generally) non-lethal weapon which can not longer project.
And so far as I can see, no motive to harm others, only to escape.
I saw footage someone used in a breakdown, and you can see he discharged the taser at one officer which resulted in the other officer firing three shots. In my view, this isn't a cop shooting at a fleeing suspect. The shots fired are a direct response to the deployment of the taser. That officer had no way to know whether the other cop had been hit with the probes or anything. He saw the deployment and reacted, in my opinion, appropriately.
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