Chris_Boro
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Her adrenaline was up... she (or anyone else in that situation would never notice the weight difference (think about people moving huge weights when involved in life and death situations )
the grip is not different... its a standard pistol grip design
Its a different colour... yes I said that
The taser should be on the non dominant size.... yes however in a high stress situation your body and brain will default to the dominant hand to defend yourself so its more than possible she has defaulted to the right.
In addition to the above I know some uk officers that have moved the taser to the left chest... so they can still use the right hand...my brother being one of them
The taser grip is totally different, there's slight design variations but they are similar to the one that was worn by the officer...
The officer in this case is a vet of 26 years, not some rookie. If she can't handle a situation like that without all of her senses becoming clouded to the point of being unable to recognise the side she reached for, the weight of the weapon she's holding and the difference between bright yellow and black then she's not fit to serve.
Again all these errors, reactions and emotions are somehow an acceptable defence for a police officer killing someone yet the unarmed civilian is suppose to be calmly compliant without making any errors in judgement to avoid being shot.
No way is what happened simply an accident, it is gross negligence given the number of failures of basic judgement that were required to get to the point of this man being killed.