Actually I think the cops used an ok amount of force here. He was fighting/resisting a lot.
Maybe you ticket him and move on, maybe you don't. I guess with the strict guidelines Coachella has (not really a hippie fest at all, I've been to a couple music festivals that are way more 'hippie' than Coachella, they don't really mind nakedness or other things generally), they probably had to either get him clothed, or get him out of there, so simply levying a fine probably wouldn't do.
It's completely different when a person is already handcuffed and they are tazering them, but this guy seemed like he was ready to go after pretty much every shock. It looked like they may have been assessing the situation well before each successive hit.
Plus they gave him ample time to comply.
Still, I do wonder how cops did things before tazers. (Like only 5 years ago, lol) Many seem to use it as a tool so they don't have to exert themselves too much or even a tool of intimidation, instead of a possibly lethal weapon of last resort.
At least based on other vids I've seen. And yeah yeah I know those are the worst examples and it's not always like that, but I think the statistics on both sides of the border show police employ tazers far too often and in questionable circumstances.
I can't really see anything wrong with this one though.
Cept for the guys third pinky. If it was even that big...
That was wrong. Maybe that's why he wanted to be a big man in front of the cops?
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