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Originally Posted by MelBridgeman
The man is under arrest..the job of the police is to uphold the law regradless of what you and i think of it...He told the driver to come with him, its not the cops fault that the driver is ignorant when it comes to the law, the driver resisted...so tell me what options the cop had at the point to arrest the driver? Take his gun out? Physically restrain him? The cop pulls his gun..the guy prob concedes...yet you still would complain about his action...the cop tries to physically strain him...what happens when he fights back in on the side of a highway or that the occupant doesnt come out and aid the driver...what is the solution here? and please consider all the possible scenarios...the taser seemed to work and noone got hurt.
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i dunno - i don't think average joe thinks 'put your hands behind your back' and 'you're under arrest for <blank>' are the same thing. do the police?
hypothetically, if the cop had told him he was under arrest, do you feel that pointing the taser at him during/immediately after the first request was necessary? how long from the first request until 50,000 volt time is reasonable if he's acting peacefully and posing no threat? in this case it was about what? 8 seconds? a bit quick on the draw and on the trigger if you ask me when there's no apparent danger - and that is assuming that the officer had properly communicated that the guy was under arrest and why.