A Faser Doesnt Leave A Hole Like That....

[Peter Pedant]

Result in
The woman who tasered the fella - and then found she had shot him.
has been found guilty of manslaughter

what - - - do we think of that?

[calmck]

Why not it was supposedly an accident

[wolf63]

Do you have a link?

I've always wanted to say that!!

[Mamyalynne]

https://news.sky.com/story/kimberly-potter-ex-police-officer-who-mistakenly-fired-gun-instead-of-taser-in-fatal-shooting-is-found-guilty-of-manslaughter-12503125

[Peter Pedant]

I think you are paid to know the differences between a gun and a taser.

[jno]

I don't know much about guns and tasers - do they feel the same in your hand?

[piggynose]

20.38. Damian Atkinsons family could tell you. I'm sure.

[Peter Pedant]

no pigwig - that case involved knowing it was a taser and intention to inflict serious injury with it.

this one ( the lady ) said - oops was that a gun, I thought it was a taser...

[choux]

According to recent police-in-action programmes on tv, I believe that our police require permission before using their tasers. 2 countries world apart, yet again. Peter, I am not inclined to believe her. If the phone rang when she was ironing I would not have been surprised if...

[Spicerack]

Not putting her up for a medal. But it was obviously an accident.

[Peter Pedant]

Somewhere else
sentence up to 15 y may be irrelevant
it may depend on practice
OR what the legislation says must be given

Judges' discretion much reduced in todays time

[davebro]

keeps referring to her as "former police officer". was she in the police at the time of the shooting?

[Spicerack]

Yes.

[Mozz71]

//keeps referring to her as "former police officer". was she in the police at the time of the shooting?//

Well, she's definitely an ex officer now.

[Mozz71]

Jno @ 20:38

They are similar, but with definite size differences.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/23/us/kim-potter-gun-taser.html

[piggynose]

Thanx mozz. Am I the only person in the world who thought tazers resembled truncheons?

[Peter Pedant]

it is what they look like to the user - police
not consumer - lucky receiver of 50 000 v
or onlooker

[sanmac]

Piggynose at 1853, I imagine you are thinking of stun-guns: "There are several different types of electroshock weapons. Though the two terms are often used interchangeably, stun guns and TASERs refer to two different devices. Stun guns administer an electric shock through direct contact, whereas a TASER device administers the shock through thin flexible wires connected to two probes that are fired into the target.[1][2]

[Peter Pedant]

was a police officer at the time and not now
(that may save her pension depending on rules)

former is appropriate

oh, "was but not at the time of the offence" - I think you need a periphrasis - one time police officer but not now serving..... but this is not the case with her