Even if he did shoot the officer with the tazer, the officers "fear" of injury ended when the man ran away. If you cant see that then your racial bias is blinding you.
Originally Posted by dirty dog
Did you read the interpretations of the stills from the video?
And FYI your "assumption" that my opinions have anything to do with "race" is misguided by your own racial bias... or is that just a bias against law enforcement officers?
His fear doesn't have to be about himself .. his fear could be this man would cause serious bodily injury to someone else...but as I said if this man had hold of the business end of the taser or believed he did then his fear was justified.
Your "interpretation" of whether he was afraid or should have been afraid is not relevant to the legal test. It must be from the eyes of the officer at the time of the incident....and the video frames are apparently consistent with what he reported in his initial debriefing (BEFORE he saw the video, BTW). At least that is what is being reported in the information provided, which was not previously reported in the news media or on this thread.
You're playing the race card a bit early aren't you. Obaminable hasn't yet.
I recognize that waiting until ALL THE FACTS are released may be stressful for you, but try to remember when you first found out there was actually no Santa Claus .... you got over it, didn't you? Or do you think that was all a big lie too, and there really is a Santa Claus?