Taser or Gun?

 The one question I have concerning the shooting of a man in the BART station in San Francisco is how do you confuse a gun and a taser? And if they are so easy to confuse, why would they be next to each other in a holster? Unfortunately for this officer he grabbed the wrong weapon. This also brings me to question what kind of taser he had. Going by the video it had to of been one that shoots out because the officer stood up over the man and shoots, so either he knew he had the gun and shot him on purpose, or his taser shoots out. (Which by the way is the kind of taser I want!) So let’s look into this a little more. The officer cuffs the man and puts him face down on the ground. It is obvious there is a bit of a struggle and a second cop helps restrain the man, however with two officers there is still quite a bit of a struggle. Officer number one reaches for something on his holster and then brings his hand back down quickly as if checking to see if he has either his gun or taser. After bringing his hand down and trying to restrain the man, he brings his hand back up, grabs his gun, stands up, and shoots the man. Not even a second after this happens he looks distraught, everyone stands up and backs away, obviously shocked, and the officer brings his hands to his head then down to his knees, quite obviously upset. So what is it? An accident or a purposeful shooting? If the officer meant to do it, well he obviously didn’t know what it would feel like, and if it was an accident, well then he is obviously not very smart since he mixed up a taser and a gun. And hey, maybe it’s a lot easier to mix the two up than I thought, I’ve never held a taser, let alone seen one, so I can’t be quite sure on that part, but I am positive that you go through training, and that officer went through two different trainings. He should have known what he was grabbing. He is at fault, whether it was an accident or not, and he will have to live with this forever, but in my eyes, I think it was an accident. I sincerely hope that people will get over this whole racist thing. He did not do it because the man was black, quit trying to blame every little thing on racism. He was either trigger happy or it was an accident. But this definitely was not a racism thing.