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Eseman in reply to @Stonehedge

I think that NYT article said that taser/pistol mixups have happened about 9 times since 2009 and led to aqcuital for the officer about 50% of the time and jail for the others.

I think you might’ve missed that it refers to an article from 2012, so that’s 9 mixups that were prosecuted between 2009 and 2012.

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mmccarthy in reply to @Eseman

I think the point is that there's a 50% success rate of lying that you accidentally used a gun instead of a taser.

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Stonehedge in reply to @mmccarthy

Before any of the usual suspects jump in and suggest that I'm defending the unarmed shooting of a black guy by a cop, me saying that I don't understand why the cop needed to lie about what happened is not me saying that I'm ok with what happened!

Sorry Mick, wasn't meant to be a reply to you.
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Eseman in reply to @mmccarthy

I think the point is that there's a 50% success rate of lying that you accidentally used a gun instead of a taser.

Yes I did catch that, and the idea that it would be an unusual choice for a cover-up. I was suggesting there have been more incidents of pistol-not-taser between 2012 and 2021 that throw those odds off, so maybe it is a more attractive defence than we think.

From what little I’ve seen, seems like she made a mistake. Still criminal homicide imo.

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