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I agree with the conviction. We can't have a 26 year old police veteran mistaking her service weapon for a taser. The shooting itself probably would've been justified but what she did was incompetent.
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SPC (Join to see) I agree it was incompetent just not criminally negligent.... no malice or reckless disregard, no mens rea ... just a pure mistake... Civilly culpable on the other hand yes. The expert testified to how "muscle memory" in stressful events can override training as it defaults to an earlier state.
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PO1 (Join to see) that's why she was found guilty of manslaughter and not murder. Our actions have consequences and a traffic stop with someone that you knew was unarmed doesn't count as stressful to me. But that's my opinion.
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