04-19-2015, 10:10 AM
You're right, he looks a hell of a lot like cocksucka DC.
Based on what I've read, I don't believe that Bates intended to shoot Harris with his revolver. I do believe he meant to tase him instead.
Still, even if Bates didn't intend to kill Harris, his negligence caused Harris' death and I'm glad that he's facing manslaughter charges. He is responsible for his own actions.
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^ Bates claims he confused his Model X26 Taser for his Smith & Wesson .357 five-shot revolver
Snip:
Bates' attorney said his client is left-handed. But the reserve deputy said his gun was holstered on his right side -- his nondominanant side. "I shoot long guns left handed and handguns right handed," Bates said in a written statement to investigators.
After Bates announced at the scene he was going to use his Taser, he "used his nondominant hand, and it was the gun," said Clark Brewster, Bates' attorney.
"He said that he saw the laser sight on the shoulder, assumed it was the Taser," Brewster said. "Both the gun and the Taser have a laser sight, and he just made a mistake."
http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/14/us/taser-gun-confusion/
Based on what I've read, I don't believe that Bates intended to shoot Harris with his revolver. I do believe he meant to tase him instead.
Still, even if Bates didn't intend to kill Harris, his negligence caused Harris' death and I'm glad that he's facing manslaughter charges. He is responsible for his own actions.
^ Bates claims he confused his Model X26 Taser for his Smith & Wesson .357 five-shot revolver
Snip:
Bates' attorney said his client is left-handed. But the reserve deputy said his gun was holstered on his right side -- his nondominanant side. "I shoot long guns left handed and handguns right handed," Bates said in a written statement to investigators.
After Bates announced at the scene he was going to use his Taser, he "used his nondominant hand, and it was the gun," said Clark Brewster, Bates' attorney.
"He said that he saw the laser sight on the shoulder, assumed it was the Taser," Brewster said. "Both the gun and the Taser have a laser sight, and he just made a mistake."
http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/14/us/taser-gun-confusion/