re: Cops tase elderly man who said he can't get on the ground because he is disabled- He dies

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Guy in the driveway was apparently drunk and admitted it to the 911 operator.

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Legal

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He also (according to filings by his family), told the 911 operator that he was calling because his son had a gun and was threatening to get in.

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Legal and was fearing for his life.

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When the dispatcher asked if the driveway guy (dad) also had a gun, he told 911 operator that he was armed and fully ready but didn't intend to use it.

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Legal.

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Driveway guy later admitted to shooting a round off in his yard to scare his son away.

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"Later" as in after he was tazed and hit his head? So, the officers responding did not know that at the time?

Discharging a firearm may not have been legal, but defending yourself is.

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So, cops showed up to a situation that knowingly involved multiple people, shots fired, and a drunk guy.

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If he didn't tell the dispatcher that he fired his gun and he didn't admit it till "later". Then they knew they were responding to a homeowner trying to defend himself.

They roll up on an old guy standing there and their first assumption was that this is the guy that is a danger?