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Originally Posted by Regorium
You have to sign the ticket if the cop requests it. All it means is that you received the ticket. If you don't they have the right to bring you to the police station for you to sign it there.
http://www.blacklawoffices.com/criminal/traffic.htm
At this point, the guy walks away from the officer. He has to be able to put him into cuffs. Somehow, based on his behavior, I doubt that "peaceful" means would've worked. |
do you think the 'suspect' knew he was being arrested or what he was being arrested for? i mean honestly... he probably doesn't think he isn't doing anything wrong and the cop doesn't inform him of this or give him any warnings just *zap* when there was no danger at all.
this guy was acting peaceful. he was not aggressive. no apparent danger - so why the taser? especially when he didn't even explain to him what was going on.
'put your hands behind your back' and 'you're under arrest for <something>' carry a hugely different weight and would have got a much different response. also, saying it ONCE and not giving him a chance to comply and then pulling out the taser (but not firing... yet) is ridiculous.