It may not have been the cops fault. Accidental discharges are not unheard of.

You're absolutely right, darksun, accidents do happen, but the fact remains that this cop shot at a suspect (can't tell in the video if she hit anyone/anything) with her weapon. The responsibility lies with her.

even though we don't see the chaos beforehand, by this point the suspect looks to be under control, and no longer a direct threat. her finger should not have been on the trigger.
but hindsight + i-wasn't-there = useless opinion.

lol

Yes, but your finger dosn't have to be on the trigger for accidental charges to happen.

I agree that it was accidental, in that she did not mean for it to happen, but I suspect her finger WAS on the trigger, and she accidently pulled.

yeah, dunno if pistols fire by themselves generally/at all...

*Eia
*Wtf
*Actionpack

Adding video to channels (Actionpack, Eia, Wtf) - requested by gwiz665.

Also posted in http://www.videosift.com/video/Cops-That-Shouldn-t-Have-Guns - I think that embed was higher quality.