Originally Posted by icarus

Using unlawful force resulting in death is also a criminal offence. So maybe the label 'criminal' should be used in reference to the police officer? Or better yet, let's just not call anyone a criminal just yet because we don't have all the evidence and no one has been convicted of anything.

The point is that we should regard everybody and every story with a critical eye, whilst not jumping to conclusions. Let's not think the authorities are infallible, and let's not decide who was right and who was wrong on the basis of what we imagined happened.

It may be the case that the cop did everything by the book and the guy had an unfortunate response to the taser. Maybe tasers should be avoided where pepper spray might do the trick, who knows.