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This is not a cop found guilty of murder for using his knee to pin down a person for nine minutes as he gasped for air, this is not a cop found guilty of manslaughter for intentionally drawing his firearm and shooting across his partner to kill an unarmed woman as she approached his car. This is a cop who made a tragic mistake. She drew her firearm thinking it was a Taser, and ended up killing a young man. – Hennepin County Judge Regina Chu	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I think I looked at that video over 20 times, today, I still cannot explain why that officer went to his Taser. We train officers every year. Everyone at this police department is trained on de-escalation. – Chief Holloway	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Once the alcohol is on him, you can’t use the Taser. – David Katz	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I’m becoming less and less enamored with Taser technology, there are many failures, but increasingly, officers are so afraid to use their firearm that they are using Tasers and other less-than-lethal means when they should be shooting. – David Katz	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We were trying to keep him from driving away. It just went chaotic. And then I remember yelling, 'Taser, Taser, Taser.'. – Kim Potter	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I went around Officer Luckey as they're trying to get back in the door. I'm between the door and Officer Luckey ... and the driver's getting into the car ... They're still struggling. And I can see Sgt. Johnson and the driver struggling over the gearshift because I can see Johnson's hand, and then I can see his face ... He had a look of fear on his face, we were trying to keep him from driving away. It just went chaotic. And then I remember yelling, 'Taser, Taser, Taser.'. – Hennepin County Judge Regina Chu	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The Taser is yellow ; the firearm is black, the Taser has a stocky body to The Taser compared to the Glock handgun. The grip of The Taser is shorter and wider than The Glock. – Sam McGinnis	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The Glock trigger is curved, the Taser trigger is flat with some serrations cut into The Taser trigger. The Taser has an external, I guess,' on'( and)' off' switch safety. The Glock does not. – Sam McGinnis	Found on CNN 2 years ago
If it does work, his body locks up. I don't know how that helps, if you look at video and how close, she's right inside the open door, at the edge, and those probes won't spread far enough to achieve neuromuscular incapacitation and that's the goal. If you achieved it, he'd be locked up in that seat. It's hard to manipulate him. It's confusing, tactically, what the end goal was with the Taser. – Sean Hendrickson	Found on CNN 2 years ago
That is also what the community is asking from us, they're asking us to de-escalate. We're only going to use that Taser when a suspect's actions are violent. – Jon Pinto	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Taser Taser Taser, s---! I just shot him. – Kim Potter	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I’m sure he did have a Taser, our officers are issued Taser, but in those situations – that’s a lethal situation, he deescalated by retreating, he moved backwards, again ordering the individual to drop the weapon… You can’t use a less lethal if someone is attacking you with a knife. – Police John Drake	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
While we appreciate that the district attorney is pursuing justice for Daunte, no conviction can give the Wright family their loved one back. This was no accident. This was an intentional, deliberate, and unlawful use of force. Driving while Black continues to result in a death sentence, a 26-year veteran of the force knows the difference between a taser and a firearm. Kim Potter executed Daunte for what amounts to no more than a minor traffic infraction and a misdemeanor warrant. – Ben Crump	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
As you can hear, the officer, while struggling with Mr. Wright yells ‘Taser! Taser!’ several times. That is part of the officer’s training prior to deploying a Taser, which is a less lethal device, as I watch the video and listen to the officer’s commands, it is my belief that the officer had the intention to deploy their Taser, but instead shot Mr. Wright with a single bullet. – Tim Gannon	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
As I watched the video and listened to the officer's commands, it is my belief that the officer had the intention to deploy their Taser, but instead shot Mr. Wright with a single bullet, this appears to me, from what I've viewed and the officer's reaction and distress immediately after, that this was an accidental discharge that resulted in the tragic death of Katie Wright. – Tim Gannon	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Were placing a lot of trust in a Taser, i think that we could be discussing less lethal alternatives. – Danielle Outlaw	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Mr. Price resisted the effects of the taser and attempted to take it away from officer Lucas, officer Lucas only discharged his weapon in accordance w/ Texas law when he was confronted with an aggressive assailant who was attempting to take his taser. – Lucas Dallas-based attorney	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
I think it was me. I got shot with the Taser and I thought... f k. there's got to be a supervisor show up and take charge of the scene. – Joseph Giacalone**	Found on CNN 3 years ago
If the Taser is a deadly weapon and that was pointed at our officer he has full authority to use deadly force. – Vince Champion	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
Once you fire the Taser, it has to recycle before it can be used again, i would doubt very seriously if most citizens would even know how to operate a Taser. – Rayshard Brooks '	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Video footage captured from police body cameras shows Atlanta police officers talking with Rayshard Brooks moments before Rayshard Brooks was shot in a Wendys parking lot. Officer Devin Bronsan arrived inthe area after a 911 complaintof someone sleeping in a car. Rayshard Brooks said Rayshard Brooks drank a small amount of alcohol and was administered afield sobriety test. Hisblood-alcohol levelregistered at.108, above the.08 legal limit. I think youve had too much to drink to be driving, said Officer Garrett Rolfe, who responded to the scene after Officer Devin Bronsan, beforehe tried to arrest Rayshard Brooks. A struggle ensuedand the officers bodycams wereknocked to the ground. They could be heard yelling, Youre going to get Tased ! Stop fighting ! ATLANTA ERUPTS AFTER Rayshard Brooks DEATH PROMPTS POLICE CHIEF TO STEP DOWN This screen grab taken from body camera video provided by the Atlanta Police Department shows Rayshard Brooks speaking with Officer Garrett Rolfe in the parking lot of a Wendy's restaurant, late Friday, June 12, 2020, in Atlanta. Garrett Rolfe has been fired following the fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks and a second officer has been placed on administrative duty. ( Atlanta Police Department via AP) At one point Rayshard Brooks appears to grab Bronsans Taser. Hands off Bronsans Taser ! an officer said. Rayshard Brooks fled from the officers and turnedaround with the stun gun before Rayshard Brooks was shot. It does appear in the video that Rayshard Brooks is fleeing from the Atlanta police officers, that as hes fleeing Rayshard Brooks turns back over Rayshard Brooks shoulder with what appears to the naked eye to be Rayshard Brooks Taser that the eyewitnesses told us they saw the individual have that belonged to one of the officers, Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Vic Reynolds said Saturday, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. An autopsy found that Rayshard Brooks suffered to two gunshot wounds to Rayshard Brooks back. The Fulton County Medical Examiner ruled Rayshard Brooks deatha homicide. Garrett Rolfe has not been charged in Rayshard Brooks death but was fired from the force Sunday. Cedric Alexander, the former public safety director of Dekalb County, Ga., who now works as a police consultant, told the Associated Press that the shooting will lead to questions over how officers could have defused the situation. Heres a man who took Dekalb County upon Cedric Alexander to pull off the road to take a nap. – Cedric Alexander	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
My son got stopped leaving my house last Sunday. And they pulled a taser on him for a rolling stop, and then proceeded to question him and ask him, You have on a T-Mobile shirt. Do you work there? Because if you do, how did you afford this car? Because this is a 2020.They dont know if he was a manager. They dont know if he was an owner. They dont know if he had a rich mama. – Moet Chandon	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Whether it is a Taser, pepper spray, baton... there's been this gap created by the courts requiring that a higher level of force be used at the appropriate time, this tool fits perfectly into that gap giving the officers another option to use before having to use that high level of force to end that conversation very early, very safely. – Tom Smith	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
You did not have to taser me, an Oklahoma woman wouldn't comply, An Oklahoma woman wouldn't get out, and then An Oklahoma woman tried to kick me. So yes, I did. – An Oklahoma woman	Found on CNN 4 years ago

This is not a cop found guilty of murder for using his knee to pin down a person for nine minutes as he gasped for air, this is not a cop found guilty of manslaughter for intentionally drawing his firearm and shooting across his partner to kill an unarmed woman as she approached his car. This is a cop who made a tragic mistake. She drew her firearm thinking it was a Taser, and ended up killing a young man.

– Hennepin County Judge Regina Chu

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I think I looked at that video over 20 times, today, I still cannot explain why that officer went to his Taser. We train officers every year. Everyone at this police department is trained on de-escalation.

– Chief Holloway

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Once the alcohol is on him, you can’t use the Taser.

– David Katz

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I’m becoming less and less enamored with Taser technology, there are many failures, but increasingly, officers are so afraid to use their firearm that they are using Tasers and other less-than-lethal means when they should be shooting.

– David Katz

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We were trying to keep him from driving away. It just went chaotic. And then I remember yelling, 'Taser, Taser, Taser.'.

– Kim Potter

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I went around Officer Luckey as they're trying to get back in the door. I'm between the door and Officer Luckey ... and the driver's getting into the car ... They're still struggling. And I can see Sgt. Johnson and the driver struggling over the gearshift because I can see Johnson's hand, and then I can see his face ... He had a look of fear on his face, we were trying to keep him from driving away. It just went chaotic. And then I remember yelling, 'Taser, Taser, Taser.'.

– Hennepin County Judge Regina Chu

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The Taser is yellow ; the firearm is black, the Taser has a stocky body to The Taser compared to the Glock handgun. The grip of The Taser is shorter and wider than The Glock.

– Sam McGinnis

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The Glock trigger is curved, the Taser trigger is flat with some serrations cut into The Taser trigger. The Taser has an external, I guess,' on'( and)' off' switch safety. The Glock does not.

– Sam McGinnis

Found on CNN
2 years ago

If it does work, his body locks up. I don't know how that helps, if you look at video and how close, she's right inside the open door, at the edge, and those probes won't spread far enough to achieve neuromuscular incapacitation and that's the goal. If you achieved it, he'd be locked up in that seat. It's hard to manipulate him. It's confusing, tactically, what the end goal was with the Taser.

– Sean Hendrickson

Found on CNN
2 years ago

That is also what the community is asking from us, they're asking us to de-escalate. We're only going to use that Taser when a suspect's actions are violent.

– Jon Pinto

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Taser Taser Taser, s---! I just shot him.

– Kim Potter

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I’m sure he did have a Taser, our officers are issued Taser, but in those situations – that’s a lethal situation, he deescalated by retreating, he moved backwards, again ordering the individual to drop the weapon… You can’t use a less lethal if someone is attacking you with a knife.

– Police John Drake

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

While we appreciate that the district attorney is pursuing justice for Daunte, no conviction can give the Wright family their loved one back. This was no accident. This was an intentional, deliberate, and unlawful use of force. Driving while Black continues to result in a death sentence, a 26-year veteran of the force knows the difference between a taser and a firearm. Kim Potter executed Daunte for what amounts to no more than a minor traffic infraction and a misdemeanor warrant.

– Ben Crump

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

As you can hear, the officer, while struggling with Mr. Wright yells ‘Taser! Taser!’ several times. That is part of the officer’s training prior to deploying a Taser, which is a less lethal device, as I watch the video and listen to the officer’s commands, it is my belief that the officer had the intention to deploy their Taser, but instead shot Mr. Wright with a single bullet.

– Tim Gannon

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

As I watched the video and listened to the officer's commands, it is my belief that the officer had the intention to deploy their Taser, but instead shot Mr. Wright with a single bullet, this appears to me, from what I've viewed and the officer's reaction and distress immediately after, that this was an accidental discharge that resulted in the tragic death of Katie Wright.

– Tim Gannon

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Were placing a lot of trust in a Taser, i think that we could be discussing less lethal alternatives.

– Danielle Outlaw

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Mr. Price resisted the effects of the taser and attempted to take it away from officer Lucas, officer Lucas only discharged his weapon in accordance w/ Texas law when he was confronted with an aggressive assailant who was attempting to take his taser.

– Lucas Dallas-based attorney

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

I think it was me. I got shot with the Taser and I thought... f ** k. there's got to be a supervisor show up and take charge of the scene.

– Joseph Giacalone

Found on CNN
3 years ago

If the Taser is a deadly weapon and that was pointed at our officer he has full authority to use deadly force.

– Vince Champion

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

Once you fire the Taser, it has to recycle before it can be used again, i would doubt very seriously if most citizens would even know how to operate a Taser.

– Rayshard Brooks '

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Video footage captured from police body cameras shows Atlanta police officers talking with Rayshard Brooks moments before Rayshard Brooks was shot in a Wendys parking lot. Officer Devin Bronsan arrived inthe area after a 911 complaintof someone sleeping in a car. Rayshard Brooks said Rayshard Brooks drank a small amount of alcohol and was administered afield sobriety test. Hisblood-alcohol levelregistered at.108, above the.08 legal limit. I think youve had too much to drink to be driving, said Officer Garrett Rolfe, who responded to the scene after Officer Devin Bronsan, beforehe tried to arrest Rayshard Brooks. A struggle ensuedand the officers bodycams wereknocked to the ground. They could be heard yelling, Youre going to get Tased ! Stop fighting ! ATLANTA ERUPTS AFTER Rayshard Brooks DEATH PROMPTS POLICE CHIEF TO STEP DOWN This screen grab taken from body camera video provided by the Atlanta Police Department shows Rayshard Brooks speaking with Officer Garrett Rolfe in the parking lot of a Wendy's restaurant, late Friday, June 12, 2020, in Atlanta. Garrett Rolfe has been fired following the fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks and a second officer has been placed on administrative duty. ( Atlanta Police Department via AP) At one point Rayshard Brooks appears to grab Bronsans Taser. Hands off Bronsans Taser ! an officer said. Rayshard Brooks fled from the officers and turnedaround with the stun gun before Rayshard Brooks was shot. It does appear in the video that Rayshard Brooks is fleeing from the Atlanta police officers, that as hes fleeing Rayshard Brooks turns back over Rayshard Brooks shoulder with what appears to the naked eye to be Rayshard Brooks Taser that the eyewitnesses told us they saw the individual have that belonged to one of the officers, Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Vic Reynolds said Saturday, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. An autopsy found that Rayshard Brooks suffered to two gunshot wounds to Rayshard Brooks back. The Fulton County Medical Examiner ruled Rayshard Brooks deatha homicide. Garrett Rolfe has not been charged in Rayshard Brooks death but was fired from the force Sunday. Cedric Alexander, the former public safety director of Dekalb County, Ga., who now works as a police consultant, told the Associated Press that the shooting will lead to questions over how officers could have defused the situation. Heres a man who took Dekalb County upon Cedric Alexander to pull off the road to take a nap.

– Cedric Alexander

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

My son got stopped leaving my house last Sunday. And they pulled a taser on him for a rolling stop, and then proceeded to question him and ask him, You have on a T-Mobile shirt. Do you work there? Because if you do, how did you afford this car? Because this is a 2020.They dont know if he was a manager. They dont know if he was an owner. They dont know if he had a rich mama.

– Moet Chandon

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Whether it is a Taser, pepper spray, baton... there's been this gap created by the courts requiring that a higher level of force be used at the appropriate time, this tool fits perfectly into that gap giving the officers another option to use before having to use that high level of force to end that conversation very early, very safely.

– Tom Smith

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

You did not have to taser me, an Oklahoma woman wouldn't comply, An Oklahoma woman wouldn't get out, and then An Oklahoma woman tried to kick me. So yes, I did.

– An Oklahoma woman

Found on CNN
4 years ago

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