Cop Mistakes GUN for TASER; Shoots Unarmed Man and May Keep Job

Keeps his job
The officer claims he meant to use his taser, but just had a little oopsie when he pulled out his gun and fired on the unarmed man.
“I’m sorry Butts, I thought I reached for my taser… I didn’t know that I reached for my gun, I thought I had my taser.” he told his victim on the scene, according to the probable cause report.
Shuck also told a fellow officer, “I meant to pull my taser, but pulled my gun”, the report shows.
“The evidence in this case did not show a ‘conscious disregard’ of the risk but rather a ‘failure to be aware’ of the risk — the standard for criminal negligence and thus the class A misdemeanor of assault in the third degree,” according to the prosecuting attorney Dan Patterson, while explaining why he is being charged with a misdemeanor and not a felony.
If you can’t tell the difference between a TASER and a GUN, you probably shouldn’t be allowed to use either.

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