Student Tasered after questioning Kerry at forum

[Fandango 1,440]

In this instance, I think you're a little OTT.

Turn off NYPD Blue & watch the vid. The 'perp' was on the ground under 6 cops before being tasered.

I've seen the video before, if he was still resisting being cuffed they were within their right to taser him. I might not have in that situation, but they felt he still presented a danger. Why do you feel so bad for someone that could have injured people by his reckless actions? What if everyone in our society felt they could resist arrest whenever they felt like it? Whether an arrest is right or wrong, once you're under arrest just do what you're told and let the courts decide.

Also I fail to see how tasering someone is a physical assault, but grabbing and hitting someone isn't. They're both physical assaults if they're done without any sort of provocation, but in this case it was police officers doing their job.

Ok, perhaps they were within their 'rights' (as set forth by the law) to taser him...but they shouldn't have. Which is why I said earlier that it seemed to me that they were like 'ooh goody, now we can legally use the taser'

It shouldn't take 6 cops and a taser to subdue something of this caliber. God help these cops when faced with a real 'danger to society'

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

In this instance, I think you're a little OTT.

Turn off NYPD Blue & watch the vid. The 'perp' was on the ground under 6 cops before being tasered.

I've seen the video before, if he was still resisting being cuffed they were within their right to taser him. I might not have in that situation, but they felt he still presented a danger. Why do you feel so bad for someone that could have injured people by his reckless actions? What if everyone in our society felt they could resist arrest whenever they felt like it? Whether an arrest is right or wrong, once you're under arrest just do what you're told and let the courts decide.

Also I fail to see how tasering someone is a physical assault, but grabbing and hitting someone isn't. They're both physical assaults if they're done without any sort of provocation, but in this case it was police officers doing their job.

Ok, perhaps they were within their 'rights' (as set forth by the law) to taser him...but they shouldn't have. Which is why I said earlier that it seemed to me that they were like 'ooh goody, now we can legally use the taser'

It shouldn't take 6 cops and a taser to subdue something of this caliber. God help these cops when faced with a real 'danger to society'

Like the guys who shot Sean Bell last year (fired 50+ bullets into a car, some of which struck nearby homes) - several of whom are now up for manslaughter charges.

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