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Taser Use

Is using a taser to arrest a noncoperative but nonviolent person "excessive force"


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I am not sympathetic to her, but that is not really the question. The question is whether using a taser is excessive force to aid in arresting a nonviolent, noncooperative suspect.

they probably should have maced her first

taser is one step up in the hierarchy of weaponry

of course years ago she'd been smacked across the shin with a PR-24 or a billy club or slapped in the face with a "sap glove"
 
Yep Ikari . You two should get a room....:lol:

you're just butthurt because he made you look foolish and I rubbed your nose in it. :lamo
 
Is using a taser to arrest a noncoperative but nonviolent person "excessive force"

No, tasers are acceptable if a person is not cooperating.
i understand the possible health implications of being tased,
but it seems like theres more possibility for harm
trying to over-power and subdue someone physically.
the person always has the option of cooperating and avoiding either one.
 
No, tasers are acceptable if a person is not cooperating.
i understand the possible health implications of being tased,
but it seems like theres more possibility for harm
trying to over-power and subdue someone physically.
the person always has the option of cooperating and avoiding either one.

"You are free, to do as we tell you!" - Bill Hicks
 
they probably should have maced her first

taser is one step up in the hierarchy of weaponry

of course years ago she'd been smacked across the shin with a PR-24 or a billy club or slapped in the face with a "sap glove"

Or they could have just mailed her the ticket with an additional fine if they saw fit...
 
"You are free, to do as we tell you!" - Bill Hicks


No one anywhere is free to do what they want to do when they want to do it or where they want to do it.
 
Taser Pain May Be Considered by Supreme Court as Excessive Force - Yahoo! News



She sued the cops, and right now has won the suit, however the cops where granted immunity due to the law being considered too vague. Thursday SCOTUS meets to decide whether to hear the case.

So, now the question: the woman was no threat and was simply refusing to comply. In that type situation, is the inflicting of intense pain a violation of the constitution? A further question that does not translate well to a poll so just type out an answer...where does the line get drawn? When are police justified in using a taser, and when is it excessive?

1) This woman was in the wrong regarding the signature of the citation.

2) Because this woman refused to sign, she was subject to arrest as according to state law.

3) The police tried to do their job and arrest her, as state law demands when someone getting a citation refuses to sign for it.

4) She refused to comply to the arrest.

5) The police used the taser on her in order to force compliance from her for the arrest.

So even though she was not threatening the police, she was still refusing compliance to being arrested. Therefore, the problem is not using a taser to get her to comply to the arrest but rather that she refused to comply to the arrest, which is demanded by state law.

So I don't see anything wrong with the police using a taser in this regard. It's much better than other ways in which police could try to force compliance on someone who refuses to be arrested.

And if we don't allow the police to use some kind of force to force lawbreakers to comply to arrests, then what's the point of having laws at all?
 
"You are free, to do as we tell you!" - Bill Hicks

something like that.
like it or not
the police are in charge of any situation theyre involved in.
everyone should know this.
 
Not when the Feds show up, theres always a bigger fish.

and in any of those situations..mr john q public is the smallest fish there.
 
Taser Pain May Be Considered by Supreme Court as Excessive Force - Yahoo! News



She sued the cops, and right now has won the suit, however the cops where granted immunity due to the law being considered too vague. Thursday SCOTUS meets to decide whether to hear the case.

So, now the question: the woman was no threat and was simply refusing to comply. In that type situation, is the inflicting of intense pain a violation of the constitution? A further question that does not translate well to a poll so just type out an answer...where does the line get drawn? When are police justified in using a taser, and when is it excessive?

ANybody who is retarded enough to physically resist in my opinion isnt to be trusted, how do the officers know she isnt a threat? yes that can be said NOW but if she was unstable enough to physically resist who says she wasnt capable of more


I have zero issue with her being tazered with the infomation in the OP :shrug:

actually Ive never had a real issue with any tazer story/video.

they all go the same way, officer is dealing with somebody breaking the law, they are told to stop of given instructions to do something, they refuse, they are told again, they refuse, they are told yet again and also told if they do not comply they will be tazered, they refuse again and get tazed. Then for some reason they are "surprised" they got tazed lol

In these cases I dont see it as excessive, the officer has to protect himself why risk injury over a person that isnt smart enough to do what they are told once the word tazer is mentioned.
 
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