Deputy 'inadvertently' shoots suspect with gun, believing he was using Taser

[Brian_1349]

(CNN) - A Tulsa County reserve deputy is on administrative leave after "inadvertently" shooting a suspect with his gun.

Deputy inadvertently shoots suspect - CNN.com

People who believe they are using taser while using a real gun deserve no place in the American police. That's the first thing. The second thing is this man's age. Who would let a man of 73 years arrest anybody and make decisions on which lives of several people depend?
Behind police brutality there is often incompetence and unprofessionalism as in this case. I am deeply concerned with our police's deterioration and inability to distinguish arrest from punishment, crime from misconduct and criminals from regular citizens.

 

[Delta4Embassy]

A 73yo cop? I don't want 73 year-olds driving nevermind enforcing the law.

 

[Pogo]

Gun fetishism gone wild. This is (part of) the price of violent values.

 

[Brian_1349]

Gun fetishism gone wild. This is (part of) the price of violent values.

This is the price of inadequate control over American police officers and poor legislation. How many countries do you know where shooting unarmed man without a warning is completely legal for a policeman? Not so many, I believe, at least not in the Western world. Police treats all citizens as potential criminals instead of serving and protecting the society they are responsible for.

 

[Pogo]

Gun fetishism gone wild. This is (part of) the price of violent values.

This is the price of inadequate control over American police officers and poor legislation. How many countries do you know where shooting unarmed man without a warning is completely legal for a policeman? Not so many, I believe, at least not in the Western world. Police treats all citizens as potential criminals instead of serving and protecting the society they are responsible for.

--- which goes right back to, and affirms, my point.

If we hadn't created a culture of shoot-em-up violence we wouldn't have cops shooting people... because we wouldn't have people shooting people as we do.

 

[bucs90]

Gun fetishism gone wild. This is (part of) the price of violent values.

This is the price of inadequate control over American police officers and poor legislation. How many countries do you know where shooting unarmed man without a warning is completely legal for a policeman? Not so many, I believe, at least not in the Western world. Police treats all citizens as potential criminals instead of serving and protecting the society they are responsible for.

Off topic...but you obviously dont have much knowledge of cops in Brazil or Mexicon or Cuba or Colombia or...well....most of the rest of the Western Hemisphere.

Mandating a "warning" before shooting is Hollywood nonsense.

 

[Pogo]

Gun fetishism gone wild. This is (part of) the price of violent values.

This is the price of inadequate control over American police officers and poor legislation. How many countries do you know where shooting unarmed man without a warning is completely legal for a policeman? Not so many, I believe, at least not in the Western world. Police treats all citizens as potential criminals instead of serving and protecting the society they are responsible for.

Off topic...but you obviously dont have much knowledge of cops in Brazil or Mexicon or Cuba or Colombia or...well....most of the rest of the Western Hemisphere.

Mandating a "warning" before shooting is Hollywood nonsense.

In Ireland, on the other hand, the Gardai have a far less adversarial relationship with their constituents. And they don't carry guns. It's simply not a gun culture. They're seen as the actual civil servants they're intended to be.

When I was in Limerick one day (in the month of August) the newspaper was reporting a recent murder and lamenting that it was already the 34th murder that year.

Not for the city of Limerick -- for the entire country.
Many of our cities can hit that mark in a month.

"USA! USA!"

 

[waltky]

US 'Taser error' ex-officer jailed...

Oklahoma 'Taser error' ex-officer jailed for four years
Wed, 01 Jun 2016 - A US ex-policeman who killed an unarmed black man after apparently mistakenly using his gun instead of his Taser is jailed for four years.

Robert Bates, 74, has been given the maximum sentence recommended by jurors for second-degree manslaughter. He killed Eric Harris, 44, in a sting operation over gun sales in Tulsa in April 2015. The victim's family said they did not think race was a factor. Bates' lawyer said he would appeal. The incident was captured on video and showed Mr Harris being chased and brought to the ground before he was shot.

Robert Bates, a former Oklahoma volunteer sheriff's deputy, is escorted from the courtroom following his sentencing in Tulsa, Oklahoma​

A gunshot is heard and a man says, "Oh, I shot him. I'm sorry." Mr Harris is heard calling out "He shot me, oh my God!" He later died in hospital. At the time of the shooting, Bates had been a reserve deputy in Tulsa County Sheriff's office, a volunteer position, since 2008. He was also chief executive of an insurance firm and a major donor to the Sheriff's office. Judge Bill Musseman said the prison sentence was a "legitimate and moral consequence" of Bates' actions.

The accused, wearing orange jail clothing with his hands shackled, said in court: "I'm very remorseful for what happened." A jury last month had found him guilty and recommended the four-year sentence. The case provoked an outcry as it followed other incidents where a white officer killed a black man, raising concerns of racial discrimination and lack of police training.

Oklahoma 'Taser error' ex-officer jailed for four years - BBC News

 

[NoNukes]

Gun fetishism gone wild. This is (part of) the price of violent values.

This is the price of inadequate control over American police officers and poor legislation. How many countries do you know where shooting unarmed man without a warning is completely legal for a policeman? Not so many, I believe, at least not in the Western world. Police treats all citizens as potential criminals instead of serving and protecting the society they are responsible for.

Off topic...but you obviously dont have much knowledge of cops in Brazil or Mexicon or Cuba or Colombia or...well....most of the rest of the Western Hemisphere.

Mandating a "warning" before shooting is Hollywood nonsense.

In Ireland, on the other hand, the Gardai have a far less adversarial relationship with their constituents. And they don't carry guns. It's simply not a gun culture. They're seen as the actual civil servants they're intended to be.

When I was in Limerick one day (in the month of August) the newspaper was reporting a recent murder and lamenting that it was already the 34th murder that year.

Not for the city of Limerick -- for the entire country.
Many of our cities can hit that mark in a month.

"USA! USA!"

The gun murders here in Ireland are almost always criminals killing rival criminals.