A policeman shoots an inmate with a gun thinking that he was using a laser | Chronic

An American police officer shot a man who had been arrested for badault and intimidation by mistake. They were in a cell when, in the middle of a fight, he shot him with his gun in an unwise attempt to manipulate his taser. On Friday, a county judge from Buck, Pennsylvania, did not charge the defendant because he stated that although what he did was not "to justify"It was not an action either "criminal".

After repeatedly reviewing the video of a security camera that recorded the facts, the court described the conduct of the agent as being: "Honest but false". In the images, you can see the victim, Brian Riling, unhooking his belt in the presence of a guard. At one point, a small white object falls to the ground and he covers it with his foot so that he does not see it, but the agent pushes him to see what it is about.

With the intervention of a second policeman, the fight begins. In an instant, one of the two agents shouts "táser", but he errs by mistake to the detainee.

The injured person was in critical condition for several days, but they released him. The man had been arrested for badaulting and intimidating a person before the facts.

The subject officer remained on administrative leave during the investigation and retired from service on April 10.

Matthew Weintraub, the judge responsible, badured that the use of a firearm should be the last resort of an officer, but in this case he considered "reasonable" the circumstances and thought about the "decades of exemplary service" researches.

This agent would also have fallen into a "policy violation" from the institution because he was loading his stun gun near the gun. The rule states that the police must load the electroshock device on their side "not dominant". Similarly, this does not mean a punishable offense and the case has been dismissed.