I think what falls to the ground is the back up officers Taser with the flashlight on. Some people have to much of a reliance on the Taser. They fail way to often for me to bet on them. When they work they work well though.
As far as shooting goes she probably would have been justified. I myself probably wouldnt shoot someone with a Taser without a cartridge loaded. Drive stunning with a Taser hurts but it doesn’t incapacitate me. But then again I’m 6’02" and 230 lbs who lifts regularly and am a decent fighter. Who knows about this chick.
I don’t know shit from Shinola about policing but she could have waited until backup arrived. She was easily able to keep up with him and he had no place to escape to. Wrestling with a suspect is high risk. This officer, Jimmy Moon was my buddie’s uncle. I attended his funeral as a youngster. He was killed as a result of wrestling with a suspect. The man who murdered him recently died in prison.
With how quick everyone was there, I’m guessing the other units were already in the area. This makes me wonder how much wasn’t on the video clip before/during the foot pursuit.
I agree with the statements about her not being fully committed in her job or skill set.
What gets me is how long it takes for her to get over to assist the officer that has taken the suspect down. In my mind, even if exhausted from running she could have done more then just walk up to restrain the guys legs.
If you are smaller you must be quicker and fight smarter, not just be a boat anchor until help shows up.
Get the grey cartridges. Even for summer clothing. Not sure if that is what she had and not sure if even greys would go through that coat.
What was the guy being taken I to custody for.? Just from looking at it, it seems that he might be drunk&disorderly? And you go to lethal option when he disarms you of your 9v battery, for what- not answering questions and going for a night time jog? Rightfully so you can point out her tactical weaknesses, but frankly I want to see what happened before- that is where I think there is the most critical failure of police work happened.
Ok you win, I have no experience with tazers and was just going off of what a deputy friend told me. I will let him know the gray blast doors are rated lowest. He was telling me they had the longest barbs, but nothing about ratings.
I understand she was not shooting at the coat, I was just making the statement that I didn’t know if any barbs would penetrate what he was wearing up top.
Thank you for clearing that up for me and anyone else that reads that post.
The gray ones came about later. The first ones were black with yellow and black striped doors. There was also a yellow, with yellow and black striped doors.