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Stanley Glanz announced his resignation after he was indicted by a jury that found he violated the law by selecting Robert C. Bates AKA Bob Bates, his frien

At least 15 US officers mistook guns for Tasers. Three were convicted 14 Apr, 2021 11:38 PM 8 minutes to read Robert Bates was convicted of manslaughter after he said he mistakenly shot a man with a gun instead of a Taser in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 2015. Photo / AP Robert Bates was convicted of manslaughter after he said he mistakenly shot a man with a gun instead of a Taser in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 2015. Photo / AP New York Times By: Alan Feuer and Mihir Zaveri Prosecuting police in cases of so-call...

It happened in a flash. A deputy drew what he thought was his stun gun on a Black man who was fleeing, announcing his choice of weapon with a shout of “Taser!” But it was a pistol he pulled out, not a stun gun, and the man died. “Oh, I shot him,” the deputy says on video. “I’m sorry.” Though the facts sound eerily familiar, that was six years ago in Tulsa, Okla., in a case that closely echoed what occurred this weekend in Brooklyn Center, Minn. There was the same announcement, the...