Shooting of Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta

No, I read the link. And are you judging that it is the exact same one as in the Brooks case just by the yellow colour?

 

The police, including Atlanta, have been using that taser since 2003. Further, if you watch the video, you will see that this type of taser is what Brooks stole and fired at the officer. Because the taser could be fired three more times, and then be used as a contact weapon, makes Brooks a continuing threat. That makes the shooting justified.

 

Well there's no well to tell that. All I can see is that the taser is yellow and so is the one that you linked to,
but if you've heard that Atlanta police have been using that taser since 2003, then okay - I just hadn't heard it.

You mean, the taser could've been fired ONE more time (at the time Brooks was shot), three shots all up?

In my opinion it was justified even if it was only a twin shot, given that in all of the mayhem the officer could've easily not have been thinking that Brooks had already fired a shot before his second and final shot while on the run. Hell, considering what you say about it being able to be used as a contact weapon, perhaps it would've been justified even if it was only a single shot! Filthy thug animal Brooks could EASILY have known this - I guess weapon 'fun facts' such as this could be widely spread in the thug animal criminal community.

 

Now your being daft. The taser in the video was the exact type that was in the link that I provided. To claim otherwise, is you grasping at straws.

Do you have a picture of a taser that can only be fired once. Provide the picture and we can see if it matches the video.

Actually, the taser that Brooks can be fired three times. What really made him a continuing danger was that he was heading for a road. He could have used the weapon to jack a car, or in a robbery. He could also use it to disable someone so he could kill them. If that person had a heart condition, then using the taser on him would be fatal. That weapon in the hands of Brooks, that had no experience in using the taser, could inflict serious harm. The officer that had his weapon stolen should be fired for violating Police protocol. The officer that shot is guilty of reckless endangerment for hitting a passing car. Brooks is a criminal that was fleeing being sent back to jail. He was only on the street because of the pandemic. DUI alone would have been enough to revoke his parole. Adding resisting arrest and assault of these two officers would have been icing on the cake. He was going to jail anyway, that is why he ran.

While Brooks should have gone to jail, and his death was the result of his really bad decisions, the shooter should have been charged with reckless endangerment not murder. Since a charge of murder requires that the event was premediated. Brooks death was not premediated.

 

I'm saying that just because they are both yellow, doesn't make them the same. Not even YOU are using purely the colour similarity to say that they are the same, as you are aware that Atlanta police have been using that taser since 2003. I doubt that in the absence of that knowledge, you would judge them as identical just based purely the colour similarity, unless they are literally the only taser in the world that is yellow, but I think that's actually a common colour for tasers.

You completely misunderstood what I said. You said "the taser could be fired three MORE times, and then be used as a contact weapon." As in three MORE times AFTER he had previously used it. Perhaps you meant, the taser could be fired three times, and then be used as a contact weapon - MINUS the "MORE."

Correct.

What police protocol did he violate exactly?

Yeah, I did hear about that. The officer certainly wasn't a perfect shot, although it looked pretty damn efficient in the video! And lets not forget that it was a running shot - not the easiest thing to do. I was praising him for FLAWLESS shooting before I heard about the stray shot!

Yeah, but I'm not sure why any of this is relevant. I wouldn't think it matters WHAT his motivation for running was.

You mean because of the stray shot which hit the car?