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marble falls

(56,358 posts)
Sun Aug 9, 2020, 11:20 PM Aug 2020

Police Officer Accidentally Shot Suspect After Getting Accidentally Tased by Deputy: Cops

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Police Officer Accidentally Shot Suspect After Getting Accidentally Tased by Deputy

Alberto LuperonAug 9th, 2020, 6:19 pm



[Warning: Video is disturbing.]

https://lawandcrime.com/crazy/police-officer-accidentally-shot-suspect-after-getting-accidentally-tased-by-deputy-cops/

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According to Deputy Chief Tom Robinson, the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office asked Reno police for help on July 26 to assist in a traffic stop. Requests like this are “not uncommon,” he said. When police arrived, they found deputies pointing stun guns at a 43-year-old Reno resident who wasn’t complying with commands, according to this account.

Body cam footage–ostensibly from a Washoe County deputy’s point of view–showed that law enforcement official firing his stun gun. He had moved around the suspect and opened fire, but he missed, and struck a Reno police officer in the knee, according to Robinson. That caused the officer to then shoot the suspect in the right shoulder with a firearm, according to this account.

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“In the coming months, the Reno Police Department office of internal affairs will review all relevant information from this case, and will make a determination as to whether the officer’s tactics, drawing and use of a deadly weapon, and use of force is within the policies and standardized procedures of the Reno Police Department,” RPD Public Information Officer Travis Warren said. “Those findings will be submitted to the chief of police for review.”

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The suspect, who was not named, received a non-life threatening injury, and was released from the hospital. The SPD cited him for reckless driving, and obstructing or resisting officers.


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Police Officer Accidentally Shot Suspect After Getting Accidentally Tased by Deputy: Cops (Original Post) marble falls Aug 2020 OP
God fucking help us. OAITW r.2.0 Aug 2020 #1
I think the rule should be... Silent3 Aug 2020 #2
Hm. So it turns out the TV show AleksS Aug 2020 #3
Right. That was a funny show, though. brush Aug 2020 #6
Police Academy! Sancho Aug 2020 #4
Of Course! hurple Aug 2020 #5
"In the coming months . . ." gratuitous Aug 2020 #7
Keystone Kops. Blue_true Aug 2020 #8
"...ACCIDENTALLY Shot Suspect"...? regnaD kciN Aug 2020 #9
I'm sure he will suffer the same consequence as someone who accidentally shoots a cop. Flaleftist Aug 2020 #11
taxpayers will be paying $$$ to "the suspect" Demovictory9 Aug 2020 #10
"SPD cited him for reckless driving" safeinOhio Aug 2020 #12
I know. There's tons of recklessness involved with law enforcement that just never gets corrected .. marble falls Aug 2020 #13
I've told this many times. safeinOhio Aug 2020 #14
That's so Ohio! I once told a guy who questioned why I flipped the safety feature up on a ... marble falls Aug 2020 #16
I always thought we need a law to safeinOhio Aug 2020 #17
Absolutely! In a church somewhere in Texas a guy who was authorized to conceal carry in church ... marble falls Aug 2020 #18
A well regulated.... safeinOhio Aug 2020 #19
All the 2nd Amendment huggers read in that sentence is "A Militia, being necessary, the right of ... marble falls Aug 2020 #20
wasn't there a show about these goobers? SiliconValley_Dem Aug 2020 #15

Silent3

(15,018 posts)
2. I think the rule should be...
Sun Aug 9, 2020, 11:26 PM
Aug 2020

...if the police start shooting each other while they've got you pulled over, you're free to go.

hurple

(1,304 posts)
5. Of Course!
Sun Aug 9, 2020, 11:34 PM
Aug 2020

Of course it was a Reno cop.

I've seen their TV show, they're all goofballs!

I don't know how the city runs with them on the job.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
7. "In the coming months . . ."
Sun Aug 9, 2020, 11:48 PM
Aug 2020

Gee, nice to know that the Reno Police will be devoting so much time to their review of relevant information before totally absolving all involved, except maybe for the guy they pulled over. After all, he didn't throw himself in front of the errant stun gun round, so he was, uh, resisting arrest. Yeah, that's it: He resisted arrest!

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
8. Keystone Kops.
Sun Aug 9, 2020, 11:51 PM
Aug 2020

I watched two police officer subdue a mentally ill man. One tazed him. The two officers formed a right angle, with the man at the apex. There was no way the officer with the tazer could hit the other one. The officer tazed the guy and the guy dropped like a rock, they were on him and handcuffed him before lifting him up.

regnaD kciN

(26,035 posts)
9. "...ACCIDENTALLY Shot Suspect"...?
Mon Aug 10, 2020, 12:43 AM
Aug 2020

What a bullshit headline. The officer didn't "accidentally" anything -- he deliberately shot the suspect under the belief that the suspect had tased him. The only "accident" on the part of that officer is accidentally failing to kill him.


safeinOhio

(32,527 posts)
12. "SPD cited him for reckless driving"
Mon Aug 10, 2020, 04:39 AM
Aug 2020

Cars are dangerous and need to be regulated for the safety of the public. On the other hand so are firearms. So, why isn't the cop or both, cops being cited of reckless discharge of a firearm?

marble falls

(56,358 posts)
13. I know. There's tons of recklessness involved with law enforcement that just never gets corrected ..
Mon Aug 10, 2020, 10:35 AM
Aug 2020

or even recognized. That really needs to change. What if that cop hadn't been tased, what if he'd just tripped. The response to a simple traffic violation was over the line and out of proportion to begin with.

safeinOhio

(32,527 posts)
14. I've told this many times.
Mon Aug 10, 2020, 10:50 AM
Aug 2020

About 15 years ago, I was at a flea market and was talking to an old guy. I noticed he had a cast on his left hand and I asked him about what happen. He told me he shot him self in the hand when he was cleaning his pistol. Then he went on to tell me he had been a NRA safety instructor for 36 years.

marble falls

(56,358 posts)
16. That's so Ohio! I once told a guy who questioned why I flipped the safety feature up on a ...
Mon Aug 10, 2020, 12:04 PM
Aug 2020

table saw I was using. I told him that "you don't need one if you know what you're doing," as I stuck my thumb into the blade.

I've been reading lately about the phenomena of people believing strongest on those things they know the least about.

The little I know about safety devices now makes me believe in them. I still have that thumb and it works fine. But I do not override safety devices. Ever: unless its in the book in which case I follow the procedures and double check.

safeinOhio

(32,527 posts)
17. I always thought we need a law to
Mon Aug 10, 2020, 12:09 PM
Aug 2020

ban having a round in the chamber of any semi-auto until it is in your shooting hand and ready to be fired. Also while being stored in a drawer, glove box or anywhere else when not being fired. Common sense law.

marble falls

(56,358 posts)
18. Absolutely! In a church somewhere in Texas a guy who was authorized to conceal carry in church ...
Mon Aug 10, 2020, 12:26 PM
Aug 2020

was asked to show his new toy. He pulled the clip and cleared the chamber and handed it to a parishioner who checked it out and handed it back. He re-clipped it and released the slide not realizing he chambered another round. A second parishioner asked to see the piece, the guy pulled the clip and thinking the chamber was still cleared, neglected to pull the slide and the dope he handed it to pulled the trigger and shot an old lady about eight feet away, in the leg.


Does it bother you as much as it does me when a cop on TV sneaks up to the door of a suspect, and pulls his slide to be sure a round is chambered? I think I might have done that in the car.

I used to be so pro gun and now I don't even hardly want cops armed.

marble falls

(56,358 posts)
20. All the 2nd Amendment huggers read in that sentence is "A Militia, being necessary, the right of ...
Mon Aug 10, 2020, 12:43 PM
Aug 2020

certain white people to keep and bear any kind of Arms imaginable, shall not be infringed."

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