I don’t know the ins and out is the Minnesota law on this one, so I have no opinion on what what she should be charged with, if anything. It was obviously a mistake brought on by stress and possibly lack of or poor training. It does strike me, however that they should endeavor to make utilizing a taser a completely different skill set than using a firearm so that there is practically zero chance of this happening. By that, I mean redesign the taser so that the grip in no way resembles that of a a pistol and there is zero chance one mistakes one for the other. Maybe, shape a taser more like the old mag lights everyone had to carry and instead of pointing it like a pistol, you point it like a flashlight.
