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"And the winner of the 2003 True Stella Awards: The City of Madera, Calif. Madera police officer Marcy Noriega had the suspect from a minor disturbance handcuffed in the back of her patrol car. When the suspect started to kick at the car's windows, Officer Noriega decided to subdue him with her Taser. Incredibly, instead of pulling her stun gun from her belt, she pulled her service sidearm and shot the man in the chest, killing him instantly. The city, however, says the killing is not the officer's fault; it argues that "any reasonable police officer" could "mistakenly draw and fire a handgun instead of the Taser device" and has filed suit against Taser, arguing the company should pay for any award from the wrongful death lawsuit the man's family has filed. What a slur against every professionally trained police officer who knows the difference between a real gun and a stun gun! And what a cowardly attempt to escape responsibility for the actions of its own under-trained officer."
I have to say these lawsuits are incredible stupid, but this last one made me extremely angry. As a student studying criminal justice and planning on being a police officer I cannot believe that someone couldn't tell the difference between her service handgun and a Taser, yes they have a reasonable same shape but they are different. She should be fired and told to go work in a fast food place cause at least there she wouldn't be carrying a deadly weapon.
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