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The problem is that "I mistook gun for taser" is even an option. Why do you need to bring a gun to a discussion about missing tags? Leave it in the car. Why are cops handling basic welfare/fix-it issues at all? Parking enforcement gets by with pepper spray. Let them handle it.

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The New York Times

@nytimes

· Apr 13, 2021

Tasers look and feel different from pistols, and most police forces have protocols to prevent a mix-up. So how could the officer who shot Daunte Wright in Minnesota on Sunday grab her gun instead of her Taser, as the police chief said? nyti.ms/3uLVpEj

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KrypToga

@kryptoga

Apr 14, 2021

This was a wanted person for assalt & battery, this wasn't a "parking ticket" situation. Of course cops are scared for their lives (check what just happened in NM). The woman cop is 100% wrong but anytime you decide to fight the police you bring chaos into the situation

Jesse Powell

@jespow

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@kryptoga

It all comes back to the traffic stop being able to be escalated to imprisonment or death. If the person has a warrant or has drugs, it puts them in a "me or you" situation. Because of this, every speeding ticket needs to be treated at the risk level of a murderer capture.

4:22 AM · Apr 14, 2021Twitter Web App

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Well yes if you have a warrant against you, you risk being imprisoned. If you resist arrest you risk something worse. A person with warrant or drugs, put "themselves" in that situation. Your narrative seems to take the personal agency/responsibility away from that person

The Life of Car

@ThrillerX_

Apr 14, 2021

No he’s saying that even in the cops mind it’s that every time because of their prejudices. Been a number of times I get pulled over searched & let go because they think I am cartel or smuggling drugs. I wouldn’t be pulled over or be in a life or death situation by a meter maid.

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