Ex-officer arrested in BART shooting

[Kevin]

His excuse, IIRC, is that he meant to pull his taser and he pulled a gun instead. This is why most police departments require tasers and firearms to not be on the same side of the belt.

I don't find that scenario likely, but I'll admit that it's possible. If nothing else, the officer is negligent as all get out.

[epchick]

Originally Posted by Kevin

His excuse, IIRC, is that he meant to pull his taser and he pulled a gun instead. This is why most police departments require tasers and firearms to not be on the same side of the belt.

I don't find that scenario likely, but I'll admit that it's possible. If nothing else, the officer is negligent as all get out.

That's what I don't understand, how do you accidentally pull out your gun & shoot it? The guy wasn't a new police officer. But he didn't even need his taser. Was he gonna taser Oscar's ass or something? The poor guy was laying on the floor not resisting anything. In fact he told the officers multiple times "don't taser me, don't shoot me. I've got a daughter."

Out of the whole group that were pull off of the BART, Oscar was the only cooperative one. On some of the videos, you see another guy start talking back to the officer and Oscar trys to calm him down.

[SWTXBelle]

Do you "shoot" a taser the same way you do a gun? Can't reach my brother the cop to ask him - but surely, you'd know if you grabbed one or the other.

[epchick]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

Do you "shoot" a taser the same way you do a gun? Can't reach my brother the cop to ask him - but surely, you'd know if you grabbed one or the other.

So I looked under "police gun" and "police taser" and these images came up:

I would think that they would feel differently.