Law Enforcement and Tasers

[DucatiDragster]

Another death caused by a cops taser.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/12/BAJ215SS24.DTL

What ever happend to good old fashioned getting your arse beat by a baton when you resist arrest? A baton wont kill but will leave a few bruises but surely wont cause death. What do you guys and gals think? I think they should ban tasers and just give the person a good old arse beating for resisting.

 

[The Red Severum]

then people sue for cop abuse and crap.. Its just all a sticky situation..

 

[cassharper]

personally I think this thread is going to get closed to promoting police brutality; but to answer your question, I would much rather use a non-lethal form of protection that reaches 35 ft rather than a stick.

 

[cnoel08]

"The officers tried to arrest the man, he resisted, "a violent struggle ensued" and the officers hit him with their batons, Garcia.
When that didn't work, at least one of the officers shot him with a Taser, Garcia said."


there it is...
they shoulda hit him harder....

 

[ewurm]

Don't resist arrest, and for that matter don't put yourself in the position to get arrested. Then you won't have to face either.

 

[cnoel08]

Don't resist arrest, and for that matter don't put yourself in the position to get arrested. Then you won't have to face either.

i like that answer

 

[koop171]

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2009/02/12/seg.dcl.ca.police.violence.cnn

Yeha but it's allways nice to see the po po close hand hit a homeless guy in the face.

 

[Spankbelly]

Don't resist arrest, and for that matter don't put yourself in the position to get arrested. Then you won't have to face either.

What position is that? Geting lost?
http://www.56.com/u57/v_MjQ1Nzg3OTg.html

http://www.cbc.ca/national/blog/special_feature/the_truth_about_tasers/the_taser_test_1.html

Tasers were meant to be used as an option to lethal force firearms. Not as a quick fix shoot first, talk later response to minor or nonexistent offense.

 

[cassharper]

You're going to have exceptions for every rule. Should we really ban tasers because a couple of chumps abuse it. Should we ban guns because some cops have shot suspects unwarranted? If you said yes, then England sounds like the right place for you.

The fact is, lethal police shootings dropped by 12-15% (can't remember the exact number) in DFW when tasers were implemented in 2006. They help as a whole, but can be abused just like everything else.

 

[channarox]

good ole beat em with a baton...best method IMO.
just beat em...and beat em harder.