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Originally Posted by MelBridgeman
Yes but as stated many times cops are trained to expect the unexpected...and when you are met with resistance once, it is a huge indication that it wont be the last time...As a cop you cant take that chance, you need to protect yourself, you need to protect bystanders and yes you need to protect the perp from himself...
Does the Rodney King thing happen if he was tasered?
You dont think cops get badly beaten and killed?
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Met with resistance? The officer hadn't finished saying "Turn around, put your hands behind your back" even once before he draws his taser. The guy could have been in the process of putting his hands behind his back and he would still be face to face with a taser. That's not protecting the perp, that's scaring the out of the perp.
All I'm advocating here is at least trying to restrain him physically before using other means, which in this case was "giving him a ride on the taser."
Rodney King? I don't know enough details to comment, only that the officers involved are complete piles of crap.