re: #20 Bass Reeves

I believe the ‘I accidentally pulled my gun when I meant taser’ was a somewhat successful defense used in the Oscar Grant shooting. Successful in that the shooter only got two years for killing a subdued victim. And since the shooter is 73, what do you think they are going to do?

And that article really sets a great tone with phrases like:

Harris — a possibly PCP-addled felon

Bates arrived with a pepper spray gun in hand.

(uh, apparently it was NOT a pepper spray gun)

Clark was emphatic that Bates had done nothing criminally wrong and went so far as to say the reserve deputy was a victim.

Clark defended the officer’s language, saying the deputy experienced auditory exclusion, never heard the gunshot

(now that there is some serious bullshit)

It’s very upsetting when you think you are going to have to take someone’s life and this deputy, one of the involved deputies, was upset,” he said.

(not nearly as upsetting as it must be to be the person shot dead, motherfucker.)

As Harris fled, police worried he might still be armed because he ran with his right forearm pressed against his hip, “consistent with trying to maintain control of a gun,” Clark said, adding that no gun was found when Harris was searched after the chase.

Surprise, surprise.

The gun discharges.

(Apparently, it’s a magic gun that discharges all by itself.)

kfor.com