Officer accidentally shoots colleague during 'horseplay' ^⁠98%

6/12/2026, 3:53:12 AM

Topics: Video

BS Summary: This video contains 20 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Hasty Generalization, and Availability Heuristic, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 83.9% saturation with 172 hits. Analysis detected 818 faulty-reasoning hits from 205 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 96.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠98% (548 of 21,887 videos). This video is worse (more manipulative) than 97.50% of the video peer group.

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It happens in a flash, a moment of careless levity quickly taking a turn.

Newly released dashcam video shows Pasadena police joking around during an evening shift change in September when suddenly one pulls his department-issued firearm in a quick draw, appearing to aim it at the driver.

Then a bang, gun smoke, cracked glass.

The driver accidentally fires through the windshield, wounding a colleague.

Officer down, but far from the line of duty.

>> The shooting resulted from officers engaged in unsafe and out of policy horseplay involving loaded firearms.

>> In a video statement, Pasadena Police Chief Gene Harris says the officer was seriously injured but recovered and that disciplinary measures were taken.

>> Horseplay and/or failure to adhere to safety rules and standards of professional conduct will not be tolerated.

>> And tonight the city telling NBC News the officer in the car was relieved of his position and is no longer with the department.

The police chief saying the incident is still under criminal investigation, but the District Attorney's Office telling NBC News they have yet to receive the case.

Well, the police department reckons with an embarrassing moment that defies policy and ignores safety.

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Officer accidentally shoots colleague during 'horseplay' ^⁠98%

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Officer accidentally shoots colleague during 'horseplay' ⁠98%

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Chief Gene Harris

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Officer accidentally shoots colleague during 'horseplay' ^⁠98%