Lawsuit coming in 5... 4... 3...

You betcha, Stu. The hospital should put some extra coffee on for the lawyers who are probably showing up there tonight...

Whoopsie doodle! Looks like there was a mix-up at the cookie factory!

Wait, why the hell are the beanbag shotguns even able to fire not-beanbag rounds!? That seems like a supremely stupid design ...as this mind-blowing situation demonstrates.

@Ansel, you may think it is stupid, but until you see a shotgun shoot out flowers, don't judge the design.

It's actually a great design with easy color coding that obviates the need to carry two weapons. Unfortunately, it also requires an operator that isn't a neanderthal.

When I said we need a police force which is colorblind this isn't what I meant.

I created an account and reposted my comment....

I can understand accidents happen, and have been in military units where trained soldiers have "accidental" shootings where the wrong ammo was chambered even though they know they loaded something else or "thought" it wasn't loaded at all. But why the hell did the officer need to fire 5 less than lethal rounds? From all witness accounts there were 4-5 shots in rapid succession, that is the uncalled for part of this. Not only was that an over-reaction on the officers part, it's wasting our tax dollars by just burning up these less than lethal rounds unnecessarily.

It seems like a bean-bag round would be visible as it goes through the air and pellets not so visible, so why wouldn't the shooter not realize the gun was loaded with the wrong rounds after the first 1 or 2 shots were fired. And as was pointed out in a previous post, why would you have to fire more than 1 or 2, at the most. Unless the range to the shootee was too far, because I assume that the range of a bean-bag round would not be all that far. Maybe the PPD needs more practice firing these things.

This is the same cop who took my camera back in 2008. Goggle Search: Police Take joe Anybodys Camera" - In my opinion this cop is not the kind of officer I want in my community, the way he treats people is disgusting. Now Look. What next?