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Old 06-17-2020, 06:58 PM
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Originally Posted by 123494 View Post
I have not seen any of the aforementioned cell phone or security footage in the news cycle. At this point, who knows if it's even true. If that did occur, I can't see how it changes the fact that the guy assaulted the officers, stole a weapon, and fired it twice as he began to flee.

assault and theft = death penalty. I don’t think so. “Fired a weapon twice“. How bout a Tazzer that has already been discharged.
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Old 06-17-2020, 09:29 PM
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I have not seen any of the aforementioned cell phone or security footage in the news cycle. At this point, who knows if it's even true. If that did occur, I can't see how it changes the fact that the guy assaulted the officers, stole a weapon, and fired it twice as he began to flee.
Yeah, the officers were obviously in an intense situation at that point. Lot of adrenaline. I'd give him the BOD on the shooting, but what happened after is not going to play well, especially if there's video of that (assuming the DA's statement is accurate, which it probably is).
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Old 06-17-2020, 09:33 PM
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assault and theft = death penalty. I don’t think so. “Fired a weapon twice“. How bout a Tazzer that has already been discharged.
I saw the tazer clearly discharge when he fired it at the officer, and once is more than enough. What if he was able to taze the officer? Then take his gun and use that on him too?

Tazers are considered "less lethal", not "non lethal" or "harmless".
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Old 06-17-2020, 09:40 PM
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Originally Posted by poor pilot View Post
assault and theft = death penalty. I don’t think so. “Fired a weapon twice“. How bout a Tazzer that has already been discharged.
Assault with a deadly weapon? Yeah that can get you killed. Legally.
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Old 06-17-2020, 10:43 PM
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assault and theft = death penalty. I don’t think so. “Fired a weapon twice“. How bout a Tazzer that has already been discharged.
I believe that particular taser can be fired twice. It was discharged once, it still had one more go.
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Old 06-17-2020, 11:18 PM
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This does not bode well for ATL this summer.
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Old 06-18-2020, 07:24 AM
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I believe that particular taser can be fired twice. It was discharged once, it still had one more go.
Yes, most police tazers have two charges.
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Old 06-18-2020, 08:26 AM
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Here's the fundraiser for Officer Rolfe. About $200k raised so far.

https://www.georgialeo.org/post/apd?...QaR1u9k2SX7x0I
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Originally Posted by rickair7777 View Post
Yes, most police tazers have two charges.
It had already been fired twice.

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/da-...O5LYBX6W3VN5U/
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Old 06-18-2020, 09:48 AM
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This will be the fall of possible second wave viruses and riots. I think it's very likely that all officers will be acquitted in ATL and MSP. This is an interesting read on Floyd-Chauvin case below. Remember, the LA riots in '92 didn't start until the cops were acquitted, get ready for round 2 (maybe).

https://medium.com/@gavrilodavid/why...ge-2e2ad8d0911
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