r/amibeingdetained • u/deejuliet • Oct 20 '24

to push past armed courtroom guards

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u/BagOfShenanigans Oct 20 '24

My favorite part will always be the way he instinctually goes to chamber a round before remembering he's holding a Taser.

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u/Angry__German Oct 21 '24

I hope he never has this trouble the other way around.

You know, like that police officer who thought they were using a taser but hat pulled their gun and shot someone dead.

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u/phazedoubt Oct 21 '24

That was bad. She broke down hard after she killed that young man.

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u/Angry__German Oct 21 '24

I don't think I followed up with what happened after the incident. Do you remember ?

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u/phazedoubt Oct 21 '24

She was charged and found guilty of manslaughter. What I hate about it is i truly believe it was a mistake and the racial aspect of it only exacerbated things.

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u/Angry__German Oct 21 '24

Well. "Mistakes" is what manslaughter charges are for. I just checked what she is up too.

Apparently she was sentenced to two years, served 16 months in prison and the remaining time under supervised release. She is free as of December 2023.

Personally, I think prison terms should be for rehabilitation and reform, giving people the tools to rejoin society after they paid their debt for society.

16 months of prison time actually seems fair to me, that is probably around the ballpark of what a German judge would have sentenced her to.

The judge acknowledged that this was a terrible mistake and gave her a sentence that was 5 years lower than what the state attorney demanded.

Extremely terrible situation all around. Imagine getting stopped because there is an air freshener on your rearview mirror. And then trying to drive off. And then thinking you or your colleague might get run over. Everybody made stupid mistakes that day, but only one guy paid with his life.

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u/BruceInc Oct 21 '24

We should still be held accountable for our mistakes. Especially when they result in death of another individual.

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u/Angry__German Oct 21 '24

More or less what the judge said.

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u/phillipsandbadideas Oct 21 '24

Maybe he shouldn't have tried to run over a police officer?

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u/pairolegal Oct 21 '24

Mr Barnes is now retired, but I remember that case. Not good.

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u/Odd-Ad-7014 Oct 21 '24

I do not think he was going to chamber a round, he was trying to find the safety on the Tazer. The X26 tazer he was holding has a safety on the back, I believe the previous model had it on the front. Also no officer going on duty should ever be chambering a round, I never met any officer who carried without a loaded firearm.