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and you got a simple answer.
It was more like an answer from a simpleton...
and you got a simple answer.
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.
It was more like an answer from a simpleton...
consider my audience
Yep Ikari . You two should get a room....:lol:
Tuesday's decision by the prestigious nine-member panel follows a ruling by the US Ninth Court of Appeals that determined the defendent officers "did not violate (a) clearly established law" but did indeed use "excessive force."
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.
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"
For those interested: US top court refuses to review Taser gun use by cops - Yahoo! News
"You are free, to do as we tell you!" - Bill Hicks
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?
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.
"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.
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?