Before European explorers reached Australia, a 'Black Swan' was thought to represent something that did not exist; an unreal impossibility which could only exist in one's imagination.
But once the European explorers reached Australia, there they were: black swans.
So then the meaning of Black Swan was shifted to represent something that was previously unimaginable, but was subsequently found to be real. It can also be used in the future sense of something that some people cannot imagine, but others can seen coming.
The taser safety issue is Taser's (and Kroll's) Black Swan.
Black Swan Theory (Nassim Nicholas Taleb) on Wiki [LINK]
Related post on the safety margin of the Space Shuttle [LINK]
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