As many have pointed out, it’s odd that she wrote she “loved every minute” of being a cop considering she just fatally shot someone while on-duty. Did she love those minutes as well?

Yeah, that sounds like a pretty important button in an emergency (to say nothing of the giant clusterfuck that would surely ensue if anyone pushed the button unnecessarily!).

I’d have fired his manager because not having the first piece of training before they let you in the kitchen, not be video of exactly what happens when you press the red button is the real fuckup here.

Resign so you don’t have to co-operate with the investigation. She can probably start collecting her pension.

This is why “due process” is critical for handling her. If she is fired for cause — she could lose all benefits. But that takes time, and jumping through the legal hoops. 

Go away.

Granted, I’ve never handled a taser. But as someone who grew up in Texas, if you’ve handled guns, you know what they feel like. A loaded handgun is heavy. Also, presumably you’re...you know...looking at it when you aim and fire.

There is weight difference, bright yellow markings in most cases, and a taser usually has to be charged up so there’s that distinctive charging noise. Also the manufacturer’s train the officers to place on the non-dominate side of your body so there is no mistake. 

In high school, I had a friend who started a job at McDonalds. He wondered what the big red button next to the grill and fryer was, so he pressed it. It turned out that it was the chemical fire suppression system and powder exploded from the ceiling and coated the kitchen area. He was fired.

They’re definitely not similar to each other at all, and they’re kept on opposite sides of the setup. The best she can offer is that she didn’t care enough to differentiate between them (which is still negligent homicide) but that’s best-case scenario for her.

Yeah but she’s a woman, and the blue wall doesn’t protect women or cops of color.

Twenty six years experience, union president, training rookies, and she doesn’t know the difference between a gun and a taser.

Go away. 

26 years.

In 2016 a Sheriff’s Deputy was found guilty of 2nd Degree Manslaughter for “accidentally” using his gun instead of a taser. This is probably the closest relevant case to the current one. One main difference is that in the Brooklyn Center case, there’s body cam footage.

They are going put up that blue wall like Trump was buliding it himself . The former Union President? 

Exactly! “I didn’t realize my gun was a gun” isn’t a valid excuse, and anyone who wasn’t a cop would be charged that same day. I mean, do tazers and guns even feel/look the same? If they’re so similar they can legitimately be confused with each other then *that’s* a major problem too, but no one seems to be saying…

They’ve already fessed up to negligent homicide. This is a slam-dunk case.—Unfortunately, we always see that but it doesn’t play out  like that......

Yeah there’s a lot of talk about her getting fired or not but I’m not hearing about when they’re planning on charging her. They’ve already fessed up to negligent homicide. This is a slam-dunk case. 

If I meant to stop at a light, but ran said light and killed someone, I would not get fired...