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"So if you're right-handed you carry your firearm on your right side and [you] carry your Taser on your left," Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon told reporters after the shooting of Mr Wright.

(A) Magnetic resonance imaging revealing abnormally high signal intensity in the thoracic cord, extending from T5 to T10 on a sagittal T2‐weighted image. (B) An axial T2‐weighted image showing “owl's eye sign” involving central‐anterior cord

The killing of Daunte Wright, a young black man, in a suburb of Minneapolis in the US, was because an officer mistook her gun for a Taser, according to police.

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Magnetic resonance imaging revealing abnormally high signal intensity in the thoracic cord, extending from T5 to T10 on a sagittal T2‐weighted image (Figure 1A). An axial T2‐weighted image showing “owl's eye sign” involving central‐anterior cord (Figure 1B), which was consistent with anterior spinal cord syndrome.

However, a law journal published in 2012 found nine examples of police officers accidentally using a handgun instead of a Taser between 2001 and 2009. Two of these incidents resulted in death.

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Police officers are typically trained to keep guns in a holster on their dominant side to avoid confusing it with their Taser, which is kept on the belt on the other side of the body.

The Brooklyn Center police manual says officers need to be trained at least annually, and the training should include "performing reaction-hand draws or cross-draws to reduce the possibility of accidentally drawing and firing a firearm," according to Reuters news agency.

The video of the incident that was circulated by police shows the officer shouting out "Taser, Taser, Taser" before shooting, and then appearing to realise she had used a handgun instead.

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The US-based Axon company, which developed the Taser used by the Brooklyn Center police department involved in this incident, was quoted as saying their weapons were designed to be distinguishable from handguns.

Tasers fire small dart-like electrodes that can deliver a high-voltage shock to disable temporarily a suspect and allow officers to deal with violent, or potentially violent, people at a distance.

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Other experts point out that even if a Taser and a gun are holstered on different sides of the body, if they are both worn in a such a way that they can be easily accessed by the dominant hand, that could lead to mistakes when under pressure.

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Harada K, Chiko Y, Toyokawa T. Anterior spinal cord syndrome—“owl's eye sign”. J Gen Fam Med. 2018;19:63–64. https://doi.org/10.1002/jgf2.156

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The Brooklyn Center police manual says that officers must position Tasers "in a reaction-side holster on the side opposite the duty weapon".

The officer has been named as Kim Potter, who had worked for Brooklyn Center Police for 26 years. She has resigned, and been charged with second-degree manslaughter.

A 68‐year‐old Japanese woman who presented with abdominal sensory loss was admitted to our hospital. Three days prior to admission, the patient experienced sudden onset of right lower chest pain and weakness in both legs, along with bladder and rectal disturbances. Although touch and proprioception were intact, physical examination revealed impaired sensitivity to pinpricks and temperature of her abdomen and thighs. On magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), a sagittal T2‐weighted image (T2WI) indicated abnormally high signal intensity in the thoracic cord, extending from T5 to T10 and affecting the anterior two‐thirds of the cord (Figure 1A; arrows). Further, an axial T2WI revealed the classical “owl's eye sign” involving central‐anterior cord substance (Figure 1B; arrow).1 The patient's clinical symptoms and imaging results were consistent with those of anterior spinal cord syndrome. Although the etiology of the syndrome was undetermined, anterior spinal artery infarction was suspected on the basis of her clinical characteristics, such as the sudden onset of symptoms.

Anterior spinal cord syndrome is caused by the damage or obstruction of anterior spinal artery, which provides the major blood supply to the anterior two‐thirds of the spinal cord.2 This syndrome is rare, which accounts for only 8% of all myelopathies, and is characterized by paralysis of the extremities, dissociated sensory loss, bowel and bladder dysfunction, and acute pain located at the level of the spinal cord lesion.2 The etiology is varied and includes infarction, vasculitis, surgery, aortic dissection, and acute trauma, while it remains unclear in the 20%‐30% of the patients.3 Typical findings on MRI are hyperintense lesions on axial T2WI in the anterior horns demonstrating the “owl's eye” configuration.2 This finding on MRI is also rare, and only a few cases have been described in the literature. Our case is unique because the diagnosis of the rare disease was successfully made on the basis of clinical and imaging findings. Clinical diagnosis of anterior spinal cord syndrome is difficult to establish; however, it may be determined by careful clinical examination supported by MRI findings.

But all three were cleared of the most serious counts that could have resulted in life in prison for the death of Tyre Nichols.

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It had "implemented numerous features and training recommendations to reduce the possibility of these incidents occurring" - including making them look and feel different from a firearm.

Correspondence, Ko Harada, Department of Gastroenterology, National Hospital Organization, Fukuyama Medical Center, Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan. Email: me422084@s.okayama-u.ac.jp