A police officer used a stun gun to subdue a woman who yelled at her in a crowded electronics store, and prosecutors are reviewing whether to pursue charges against the customer. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071221/ap_on_re_us/tasered_customer;_ylt=AoybKL_aT.ggMtQ5osLpzlxH2ocA
Lol stun gun for simply raising you voice. Arrested for writing "okay" on a desk. How surreal, does anybody have common sense in this world?
Lol wow she backed up, oh know. Cop could have just grabbed her and cuffed her. Using potentially lethal force isn't the right thing to do.
Yea backing up while PUTTING YOUR HANDS IN THE AIR is a threatening action. Laughable. It's a sign of fearing police. Yea the people that are supposed to be protecting and serving.
That's fine but there are other ways of arresting her. Pepper spray anyone? How about even attempting to restrain her? Police offers are only supposed to use tasers when they're in danger. How the **** is a women holding her hands in the air a threating situation.
Ever been pepper sprayed? I'll take the tazer over that option any day... Neither one of us was there... If the officer felt threatened, I will take their word for it.. It's a dangerous job, and they have every right to protect themselves and those around them. Sounds like another good cop doing their job.
If the officer felt threatened by a women with her hands in the air stepping backwards slowly she should be removed for being incompetent. Pepper spray = pain. Taster = potential death. You decide. PS why take her word for it when there's a video. It's clear what happened here.
The Police has every right to protect themselves,especially a female officer. Guess what else? Ultra-Liberal "organization" Amnesty International (Run by a bunch of Snobbish goofs who ain't experienced reality) condemn the actions. What do they want? a Dead or Injured officer?
You nor I were there.. You do not know what the officer's situation was at that moment in time, nor can you possibly know if you would have acted differently. There are several health hazards associated with pepper spray... Often times more people will get more unruly and end up getting beaten or shot... Tazers are non-lethal. Nuff said. Is it? Again, you or I were not there.. Ah, the luxury of hindsight..
I'm sorry but cops way, way over use tazers. It is getting more and more like a police state with these actions. Outrageous and totally unamerican.
Yea you're right. Maybe if she had her hands in her pocket like the road side stop incident a while back. But hers were directly straight up in the air. Can't call that self defense.
this is what happens when you let undersized women run the police force. all you can do is try to command, and if that doesn't work try to use your stun gun.
Yeah the little tiny blonde woman with hands in the air sure appeared to have a weapon Plus I believe people carried more weapons in the past than they do now