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But she would have drawn her gun going into the situation
This is one of the reasons why the whole situation doesn't hang together for me. The victim had an outstanding warrant for a firearms offence...I find it quite surprising that a US cop would choose to go into that arrest with their taser drawn rather than a gun.
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It's also that there seems to be no effort to de-escalate situations when the US police deal with black men, so they go into the situation more than willing to shoot.
This officer may have had a moment (of fucking inexcusable) blind panic and thought she was holding her taser. But she would have drawn her gun going into the situation, which would have been less likely to happen if the dude was white.