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Originally Posted by Egg

If the Officers defence team can prove that in training provided by his department, he was advised to wear the taser where he would normally wear his duty weapon and vica versa, he has ample room for a defence of death through accidental shooting.

He could demonstrate that muscle memory through repetition made him automatically think he was drawing his taser.

He won't ever be employed as an LEO ever again, will have to live with the death forever, but, and its a possible defence, he can prove that he was overloaded with stress and needed a swift response and made a fatal mistake, they will rather lower the charges to negligent manslaughter to get a conviction than have him walk free from a murder charge.

For murder there has to be intent. He could demonstrate amply there was none.

Greeting's Egg,
In retrospect after reviewing the video> your analysis, is well taken. As startled and shocked> as I was watching the clip on the nightly news; My eyes and senses gave me a strange feeling? The officer (who did not appear to be stressed or agitated), pulled his weapon and fired it> very matter of a factly> as if> fulfilling an automatically trained function? The other officers, at first, showed no emotion? It has been learned now> The bullet ricochet off the concreate wall piercing the young mans chest into his lungs. This, also indicates a possibility, the aiming was a random pointing in a general area> towards the mans body (trunk). This would, give good reason, to bring doubt, that it was not really intended as a execution, but a automatic function? This possibly too be demonstrated (by a good defense lawyer), that this was not out of anger, but a gross mistake, by a physical mechanical mishap? Still, it will be very difficult, for the officer to escape, any serious charges and possible jail time. Considing the negligence shown?

Anchor, does bring up a very good point> though? The local public reaction, seemed quite normal> in scope of the seriousness of the incident, but the national reaction> seems almost contrary, to past public reactions> toward this kind of incident? Could it be, we are becoming overwhelmed> by all that is happening and coming at us> in these dire times?