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Originally Posted by Acey
Tasers are not an effective method of neutralizing a threat, I'll patiently wait for Canuck-Hater to list the plenty of non-lethal options you have when a kid is allegedly coming at you with a knife. The officer is well within his rights to neutralize the threat.
I agree that this is like the Trayvon case in that people have beef with the police officer, instead of with the law that authorizes him to shoot.
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That's simply not true. There were plenty of members there with firearms, clearly at least one had a taser. The police officer with the taser had plenty of lethal over watch in case the kid charged him while he tries to deploy the taser. As far as why police still carry guns, well Tasers aren't guaranteed to work every single time and aren't appropriate for a potentially lethal confrontation if the police officer is alone.