This is EXACTLY the type of case where a taser should be used. In fact, the police used restraint in my view. Tasers inflict pain, but it is temporary. Their real use though is to temporarily disable a struggling person so that they can be properly restrained. It stops people--on either side--from being REALLY hurt. This appears to be a textbook example of how to restrain an uncooperative and struggling person. I'm surprised that university police could be this professional.
so you would rather them forced a knee in his back which could result in serious spinal injury, not to mention the violent twisting of arms and shoulders while he is fighting, which can also cause injuries to shoulders...plus the fact that the physical actions necessary to restrain th guy would have applied a lot of force on his body and could even result in suffocation..... yeah that sounds much more safe than a brief 2 second shock
That kid seems like a really big buttface. He deserves more than a taser. I'm sure if the law didn't play a role, he would've gotten his face smashed in. "Don't taser me, bro" then followed by a girly squeal. Even I don't do that.
the dude was fine until he started yelling. then they cut his mic. at which point he started to yell even more. and then the cops came to escort him out, at which point it was all over. the cops didn't NEED to escort him out, he probably would have walked out, or at least sat down and shut up on his own accord, but the moment he lost his cool he basically threw reasonable doubt down the drain. you have to expect to be on a short leash in that situation, he bit off way more than he should have. the guy was wrong, the cops were more wrong.
It's right there on the video. This guy was in good shape and well the cops weren't. He was warned. Perhaps we should have a high voltage contest to see who would scream like a little girl.
Or else it would have really been funny, because there would have been a surge through the mic and the place may have lost power. OWW OWOOOWW WOOWWOOOOW OOOOOOOOOOOOOW!!! Where did he go?
the cops werent in good shape? that one black cop who was after him was twice his size. he looked like he could have handled the kid pretty easily. if they are in such bad shape that 5 of them couldnt restrain a 20 year old kid w/out tasering him than they have no business being on the force.
yes, because people have never died as a result of tasering, have they? if you think its better to be tasered than to have a cop sit on you to handcuff you than you are "hilariously r****ded", as you say. again, if 5 cops cant physically restrain a 20 year old kid w/out using a taser than they have no business being cops. i know how great you think torture is so im not surprised that you get off on tasering people too, but its pretty sad that you think cops should just go around tasering everyone who doesnt comply with them when other options are available.
i agree. was talking to my friend about this last night. he was saying he heard tazers just feel like a charlie horse all over your body and only lasts a few seconds...but i cant see that, considering there have been deaths. really, both parties are in the wrong here, the kid shouldnt have been resisting, and the cops shouldnt have tasered. i'll say its pretty pathetic they had to use tazers to escort the kid out though. i'd def like to see some of those cops be suspended or fired.
Why didn't they just carry him out there were plenty of cops to do that if necessary ... seems like a big risk to taser someone like that when there are safe options
yeah..and no one ever's died for being wrestled into submission either.. poor argument. but i forget..."down with the man" and all that. afterall, the guy said he would leave if they got off him maybe next time they will just give him a time-out. i know how much you dislike responsibiity and reprocussions for ones actions. pass the buck and blame someone else, right?
so i take it you would rather be tasered than forcibly handcuffed. ok - have fun with that. im not even defending the kid and my point all along has been that the tasering was unnecessary due to the fact that 5 cops were sitting on him and you seem to not be able to grasp that. what are you talking about? where have i said "down with the man"? yes, because i think that tasering the kid when 5 cops were already sitting on him means that i dislike personal "responsibiity" and "reprocussions" for ones actions. this is just like how you said i was inconsistent b/c i am against our government authorizing torture AND thought the stoudamire suspension was excessive. ive asked you repeatedly to explain that one and you disappear everytime - lets see what happens now...please explain how me thinking that tasering the kid was excessive means that i dislike "responsibiity" and "reprocussions" for ones actions.
Safe like carrying him out [old school] -- if necessary. You still have to carry him anyway if he is tasered. And yes there is the evil part of my brain that smirked a bit when he started yelling owwwwweeee owwwwwwwweeee.
In the 12-page report, which gives accounts of the incident from the perspective of eight different officers who were present Monday afternoon, Officer Nicole Mallo writes that Meyer would only resist officers when cameras were present. "As (Meyer) was escorted down stairs (at the University Auditorium) with no cameras in sight, he remained quiet, but once the cameras made their way down stairs he started screaming and yelling again," Mallo wrote. Mallo was one of two officers who actually rode in the vehicle as Meyer was escorted to the Alachua County jail, and she said said he told them during the ride: "I am not mad at you guys, you didn't do anything wrong, you were just trying to do your job," according to Mallo's account. http://www.starbanner.com/article/20070918/NEWS/70918007/1053/BREAKING_NEWS
But you see, he didn't handle him. He was fat. It was only an illusion that he was strong. He may have once been strong, but if you had removed his shirt, his stomach would have poured out into the crowd. Unfortunately, that is one problem that I have with law enforcement. Why is it ok for these guys to get so fat and out of shape? They should respect themself, their partner, and the city they represent by eating healthy and staying in shape.
