Bill Maher said the exact thing on his show.I don't know - if I was a cop and I couldn't handle an 80 year-old woman without using a weapon, I'd probably look for another line of work.
Anyone here ever been tasered?
Bill Maher said the exact thing on his show.
One main problem with tazers is that they are limited range currently so where as witha gun you may have more of athreat from longer distances you do have a shorter range to use the tazer.(This might be for Americans only. I don't know what other folks are doing.)
What do ya'll think of the way police use tasers? When tasers for police came out, they were touted as being an alternative to using the lethal force of a gun, so I assumed they would only be used in those instances where a gun might otherwise have to be used. But in recent years, there've been many incidents of what I consider to be improper taser use: a man already pinned down on the ground by 4 cops is tased; a man with his family is tased during a traffic stop because he's told to "stand here" and he walks away; an unarmed, 80 year-old grandmother tased because she's resisting the cop; the mentally ill man at the airport who was acting strange, didn't speak English, didn't cooperate because he couldn't understand the security guard, and got tased and died from it.
If something controversial or sensational happens to get caught on video, it might make the news. But for every incident such as the above, there must be many which are not caught on video, so we never know about them. I think tasers are probably a good idea, but I don't like the way they're being used. I think their use has sort of slipped down a slippery slope.
One main problem with tazers is that they are limited range currently so where as witha gun you may have more of athreat from longer distances you do have a shorter range to use the tazer.
If you resist arrest you deserve to get tased.
yes on the night stick and gun. But not about grappling. but sometimes a cop is just so scrawny he has to give himself an advantage over the criminal.I'd rather see a cop use a taser than a night stick, gun or havnig them grapple with the person.
In the case of the older lady physically restraining her would've done far more damage. I watched the video many times and the cop did absolutely nothing wrong.
Absurd.yes on the night stick and gun. But not about grappling. but sometimes a cop is just so scrawny he has to give himself an advantage over the criminal.
Thankfully law enforcement officials disagreed with you and supported him.that cop needs to find another job. like mall cop.
Absurd.
The cop could get hurt. The criminal is far more likely to get hurt than if a taser was used. The cop could have his gun come into play if it's reached for by the criminal.
Thankfully law enforcement officials disagreed with you and supported him.
I got a similarly bad shock. I don't know about awful: I think it actually felt kind of cool. It was sort of like the movies, where I was stuck to it for a second or two vibrating uncontrollably, and then pushed back relatively forcefully. I found out that it was enough amperage to kill me, but I guess it didn't pass through my heart. (I assume that it went through my hand, and then down through my feet to the floor, instead of across my chest.) I was left with a numb, tingling feeling in my arm for like an hour.I get tased every Saturday night; why do you think I wrote the OP? (just kidding) No I never have. Closest I've had is the shock you get from a household electrical current. Only lasted a split second, too short to have time to think about, and it's pretty awful.
I figured that would bother you.I agree with Maher on something? You just ruined my day.
Let me guess, you're pro-choice and anti-gun?? With one hand you give and with the other you take away?
People who do not follow the instructions of police officers should be tasered.
People who resist arrest should be tasered.
If we do not use tasers, I recommend large clubs to be swung at the head, face, kidneys and thighs.
I would feel better knowing that police had guns, tasers, clubs and shotguns in the trunks of their vehicles.
I want criminals to shake in their pants whent hey think of the Police, and I want protesters to fear interrupting public traffic and communication.
I think protestors who intentionally disrupt traffic and society should be jailed for longer than t hey are.
I'm somewhat stumped by this entire topic. Is it only in recent times that the police have had to arrest someone? If not, how on earth did they manage to do so previously without the use of tasers?
The above post smacks of 'police state' mentality'. Believe me ...too many police have an immature gung-ho attitude to their job. The taser is such a wonderful and powerful toy for these types of people they would welcome any chance to use them. I don't believe in putting any more power into the hands of the police than is absolutely necessary. As mentioned, they functioned previously without tasers so why do we deem them so necessary now simply because someone invented them?
What are you talking about and what does that have to do with what I said?but the suspect's saftey is never in question. Even when a cop is using excessive/unwarranted force/investigation. It doesn't matter to you that there are plenty of dangerous individuals out there with a badge and a gun.
Patently false. Individual cops support each other but not police officials who have to appeal to the public to retain their jobs. Cops are suspended at the drop of the hat for the tiniest things. That's how it is in Texas and that's where the incident with the older lady took place. And in that case he was suported completely - why? Well, the whole thing was on tape and he followed procedure to the letter.cops usually do agree with each other. And many times are willing to make perjurous claims in a curt of law to protect each other. Cops can fudge evidence in order to give them an advantage.
Well at least we know where your misguided and uninformed bias comes from.like this one time; a cop literally broke into my apartment. Had I said "Hey, you cant do that! thats illegal! someone help me please!" he would've ordered me to be quiet, or threaten me with force. Luckily, he no longer is a cop due to our own surveillence evidence, thank God.
cops hate video cameras when they don't know they're there.