Cop Accidentally Shoots Driver With Own Gun

[ImminentDanger]

Florida cop accidentally shoots driver with his own gun during routine traffic stop
By Caitlin McCormack - Jan. 21, 2025
https://nypost.com/2025/01/21/us-new...-traffic-stop/

A police department in Florida is moving to fire an officer after she accidentally shot a man with his own gun during a routine traffic stop last month.

Officer Mindy Cardwell was called to assist with a traffic stop on Dec. 13 along with another cop after Jason Arrington, 39, had been pulled over by an officer for running a red light, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office wrote on Facebook.

Arrington was fully cooperating with all three officers, the body camera footage showed. He had informed the cop who originally pulled him over that he did have a gun holstered in his waistband.

After he had exited his car, Cardwell went to remove his firearm, but while she was trying to take the gun, it discharged and Arrington was shot in his upper thigh.

It is unclear if the gun had its safety on or off before Cardwell tried to grab it.

One of the officers told Cardwell to drop the pistol as they helped Arrington hobble over to sit on the side of the road. Blood was already soaking through his pants as the cops started addressing his gunshot wounds.

The bullet had gone through his upper thigh and exited at his inner leg, causing an alarming arterial bleed that officers were able to stupor with a tourniquet.

Arrington was transported to a nearby hospital following the accident and is expected to make a full recovery, but filed a lawsuit against the JSO. He is specifically citing his lasting injuries which he says have impeded his ability to work as a crane operator.

An investigation by Internal Affairs found that Cardwell had been incompetent and moved to terminate her.

DEI is a danger to the public.

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[Emptymag]

Howdy officer.
I'm a good guy - see, here's my gun - I have no reason to not tell you about it.
SURE! Go ahead and disarm me - I understand - it's for your safety!

BLAM!!!


SonofaBITCH! I should'a kept mah mouth shut!

[akley88]

love how the writer assumed every gun has safety.

[Daycrawler]

DEI is a danger to the public.

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You couldn't imagine how many women I've seen that were hired as police officers, just because they were women. Out of all of those women, only one was really qualified to do the job. She took no shit and fought harder than some men cops I knew. One had to sit on a pillow to drive because she was so short. She was beat up by a ten year old child. Another one was built like a Weeble wobble who folded like cheap suit when hit with pepper spray. Another one was just so stupid IDK how she ever made it through the academy. The list could go on with the incompetence of the female cops in the area.


DEI or any other type of hiring because of what you are and not what you can do is extremely dangerous, not only to the public but fellow employees.

[Coops]

"The bullet had gone through his upper thigh and exited at his inner leg, causing an alarming arterial bleed that officers were able to stupor with a tourniquet."

They were able to stupor the bleeding? Does the New York Post also have DEI hires?

[soberbyker]

Three cops on the scene, this is body cam footage from all three.

[bogey1]

DEI at its finest. I knew I was going to be patted down when I had an interaction so I already had my pistol out,
off my person. Trust no one but yourself when removing your pistol.

[father-of-five]

Ugh. At least missed his knee cap, but wow.

[cdi]

Yet another reason to keep your mouth shut or outright deny carrying a handgun while in a non inform state like Pa.

[Royinmontco]

DEI at its finest. I knew I was going to be patted down when I had an interaction so I already had my pistol out,
off my person. Trust no one but yourself when removing your pistol.

I'm not touching my firearms in the presence of a cop, unless it's to defend myself....