Ride With The Taser

[snagglepuss]

he wasnt so much stepping back as he was walking back towards his car. he seemed to step out aggressively, and then didn't freeze.

if the guy was being overly agitated and not complying with the officers request, which it seems he was, then the cop was 100% in the right to taze the punk. he could have been going to the car for a weapon as far as the officer is concerned.

dont be an idiot and dont get tazed

*edit* also, i was REALLLLLY hoping he would taze the dumb woman as well

[TomHimself]

cops suck

[Iplayragstoo]

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cops suck

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Yea right......untill you need help from one.

There are bad apples in every profession out there. Don't let the 1% of things like this paint the police as 100% bad.

[JokersAttack]

This cop has small cahunas obviously.

[sledghammer]

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he wasnt so much stepping back as he was walking back towards his car. he seemed to step out aggressively, and then didn't freeze.

if the guy was being high strung and not complying with the officers request, which it seems he was, then the cop was 100% in the right to taze the punk. he could have been going to the car for a weapon as far as the officer is concerned.

dont be an idiot and dont get tazed

*edit* also, i was REALLLLLY hoping he would taze the dumb woman as well

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So a cop is 100% allowed to tase you if you don't comply with his every demand? You do know that tasers occasionally kill people right? The cop here was obviously in no danger; and the driver was not running away or getting a weapon. Even pulling out the taser was out of line.

[skunkworks]

This is a case where the taser is used as a poor safety net by the cop. He handled the situation really poorly and could have easily avoided putting himself in a situation where he felt threatened.

[snagglepuss]

i dunno, i mean i dont care for cops much at all and in my life have had encounters with enormous douchebag cops.

that said i am still going to comply with them, and if i ever act out in a manner that causes one to draw any sort of weapon on me im pretty much going to freeze and say "im no threat and will comply with you" to ensure i don't get owned. i mean, there is nothing else you can do and to do anything else is stupid.

[snagglepuss]

also,

"turn around and put your hands behind your back" are pretty simple instructions, which the guy doesn't follow. in fact it looks like his right hand was going towards his right pocket.

the officer was obviously threatened a bit by the guy quickly walking up behind him

it is the guys fault 100%

[edfurlong]

I preferred the days of cops putting me on my ass with their cop ninja skills. This is just lazy.

I can see not wanting to get locked up with dude while there is someone else in the car though, wife or not.

[skunkworks]

He never said he was under arrest when he got out of the car. It's really obvious that the cop should have handled this way better.