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Cops get too trigger happy all the time, but in this case the activist had a gun that forensics matched to a bullet in a state trooper’s stomach. From the GBI’s
by chroma 3y ago
Cops get too trigger happy all the time, but in this case the activist had a gun that forensics matched to a bullet in a state trooper’s stomach. From the GBI’s press releases [1]:
> Today, the GBI received confirmation from a firearms transaction record that in September 2020, Manuel Esteban Paez Teran legally purchased the firearm that was used in the shooting of a GSP trooper.
> The handgun is described as a Smith & Wesson M&P Shield 9mm. Forensic ballistic analysis has confirmed that the projectile recovered from the trooper’s wound matches Teran’s handgun
1. https://gbi.georgia.gov/press-releases/2023-04-14/gbi-investigates-officer-involved-shooting-following-multi-agency https://gbi.georgia.gov/press-releases/2023-04-14/gbi-invest...
- sixothree 3y agoBallistic analysis is useless. Video proof or they are lying. Deep South America is more of a police state than people realize.
- giantrobot 3y agoIt sounds so believable that a protestor bought and owned an M&P Shield, a gun extremely popular with police, and brought it to a protest. It's also super believable that while surrounded by armed police that this person decided to shoot a single round at an officer from a sitting position. Super. Believable. /s
- pandaman 3y agoA 7+1 rounds pistol with a safety switch is extremely popular with police? I'd like to see some source for that.
- NovemberWhiskey 3y agoThe GSP service firearm is a Glock, FWIW.
- TheCleric 3y agoForensic bullet analysis is phrenology for bullets: https://radleybalko.substack.com/p/devil-in-the-grooves-the-case-against https://radleybalko.substack.com/p/devil-in-the-grooves-the-...
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- chroma 3y agoIt's not just about matching imprints on the bullet to the barrel. They likely also checked the ammo against what was in the magazine, and I doubt Teran had the same ammo as the police. It might be the same caliber (9mm luger) but there are many different brands of ammunition and bullet types. Atlanta police use Winchester PDX1 147 grain. Most people use lighter hollow points that cost less. Also Atlanta police use Gen 4 Glocks, which have polygonal rifling. Bullets fired from polygonal rifling have very different imprints than those fired from traditional rifling with lands and grooves.