BREMERTON, Wash. -- A sheriff's deputy who was trying to get a man down from a tree shot and wounded him after mistakenly pulling a gun instead of a Taser, authorities say.
The deputy, a five-year veteran of the force whose name was not released, was placed on leave while Thursday's shooting is investigated.
Deputies carry both a Taser and a gun on their utility belts. The Taser, or stun gun, is similar in shape to the compact .40-caliber gun the deputy carried, sheriff's spokesman Scott Wilson said
Monday, June 26, 2006
Get Down From That Tree Or Else!
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Because the pressure to taze a guy in a tree doing nothing was so overwhelming as to disorient the police officer such that she mistook a handgun for a Taser. Good thing it will be cleared by the department.
And hey, it could be worse. He could be dead in New York... http://www.wgrz.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=39122&provider=top
"I'm the only one under this tree wif enuff skillz to handle this Tazer fotey."
Good Ghod! That loon hiding in a tree was seriously endangering that officer.
Or was this just an obedience thing again?
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