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Wrong, wrong, wrong.

It absolutely IS department policy and REQUIRED that all officers wear their taser on the nondominant side, and their gun on their dominant side. It’s department policy, it’s trained, it’s drilled into them. The whole purpose is to avoid a situation where the wrong weapon is drawn in ‘the fog of war.’ This woman is a 26 year veteran officer - no way she doesn’t know this policy and requirement.

Additionally, the differences in shape, weight, color, and trigger pressure required makes it inexplicable that a 26 year veteran officer could pull her firearm and think she’s holding her taser. It’s nonsensical. Never mind that in the body cam video you can see with your own eyes that her firearm is extended in front of her, in her own line of vision, and it’s a black Glock and not a yellow taser. The officer to her right has his taser holstered on his nondominant (left) side and you can see it, how bright yellow and not black Glock it is.

Finally, under Minnesota law she can be charged with murder for the consequences of the action she ‘meant’ to engage in - tasering Wright. If her actions resulted in his death, whatever she intended her actions caused that deadly result and her gross negligence and disregard for human life - just like in Chauvin’s case - could see her charged with 2nd degree murder.

Plus she’s a piece of shit.[/quote]

Can anyone link to the source of her having the taser on dominant side?

I agree it’s inexplicable in many respects. But all I’ve seen are pictures, presumably from other times, which seem to show her duty belt set up with taser on left (presumed non dominant side). Maybe it was different during the incident, but I haven’t seen any way to confirm that.

It’s pretty hard to know how she drew or where stuff was located without seeing an external view, but based on her body worn camera, she is holding a piece of paper (citation? Something about the warrant?) in her right hand. Right before the shooting it seems like she transfers it to her left hand and then we see the gun come up in her right hand. Initially I thought maybe she already had it drawn. But it seems like she drew it quickly after transferring the paper. Based on the body worn camera I can’t really speculate on her field of vision or where she’s looking, but the way she holds the gun and single discharge does seem more consistent with using a taser than a gun.

There’s really no way to qualify the tragedy of the outcome. A young life was lost here and there’s no way to walk that back. There’s really no way to adequately express how difficult this must be for his family and for the young passenger who witnessed this.

Noor was charged with second degree (intentional) murder, but was not convicted on that charge at trial. Noor intentionally shot though, so I’m not sure the same set of arguments exists here for 2nd degree with intent unless they develop more info to suggest the shot was intentional. There’s also second degree unintentional murder in MN (which Chauvin is charged with) which I guess there arguments that could fit but it seems weaker in this case on the intentional assault element. In my opinion you could make a stronger argument for 3rd degree that discharging without confirming is reckless conduct, shows disregard for human life that endangered others (Daunte, his passenger, and the other officers who are potentially in the line of fire). Manslaughter might be a more likely conviction because I foresee defense could argue whether it’s “depraved” conduct under the circumstances. There is probably more information investigators have so I guess we’ll see tomorrow.

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