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Originally Posted by MJM
I'm no fan of the CPS, but cases like this one absolutely sicken me. A ranting maniac comes into a foreign country throwing chairs, computers, tables,etc., and the cops are getting crapped on for using tasers. The man got exactly what he was asking for (not that he should have died over it, but he deserved every tase he got). He could have seriously injured a cop, and was definitely an immediate threat to their safety. In most of the countries in the world, this man would have been shot dead without so much as a blink of an eye from law enforcement if he pulled that crap at an airport.
Any enquiry into this is nothing but a waste of my tax dollars.
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Fortunately there are many in the country that disagree with you. I think this is the kind of thing that our tax dollars SHOULD be going to. When someone dies needlessly, we should be looking at ways to stop it from happening again.
At what point was any cop in any danger of being seriously injured? Forget cops... at what point was this guy a danger to ANYONE AT ALL? Yes, he threw a temper tantrum, but does that warrant the use of a dangerous weapon that could cause death? I think not.
If I understand this forum correctly, "throwing a computer on the ground deserves a taser hit which could cause death" while "driving drunk is a commonplace whatever". People do stupid things that they regret. This guy was throwing things on the ground. He didn't deserve to die for it. Personally, in my book what this guy was doing was less warranting of punishment than driving drunk.... .