Should this woman have been tasered with 50,000 volts of electricity by the police?

Question

Video clip of woman being tasered during traffic stop.

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/content/news/video/taser_video3a.html

Answer 1

absolutely not but for some reason cops can get away with abuse

Answer 2

It's not the voltage that kills ya, it's the current!

Um... what was the question again? I guess not: the police have the duty to use the minimum amount of violence possible to subdue the perpetraitor of a crime. If being tasered was necessary, then hell yeah they should have! The problem with that line of thinking is that in the end, it's the police (collectively and individually) that get to make that decision. "Who guards the guardians" as they say...

Answer 3

Non only was she uncooperative, but later in the video, one of the reasons given to her for getting tazed is that she took a swing at the officer entering from the passenger side of her vehicle. She denies this, but she also denies refusing to put her phone down and get out of the vehicle.

It is difficult to tell whether she did swing at the officer, but she did refuse to cooperate and was belligerent to officers. With the dangers officers face even at what should be simple traffic stops, I don't believe they crossed the line tazing the woman in the SUV.

Before officers carried tazers, their means of subduing a non-cooperative suspect included a baton, a gun, and physical struggle. Use of a baton or gun can cause permanent injury and can be fatal. Physical struggle puts both the officer and the suspect in danger. Used properly, the tazer briefly disrupts voluntary muscle function and is not believed to cause permanent injury (except in rare cases where a pre-existing medical condition exists). The tazer is the most humane weapon widely available to officers for subduing a suspect who is not cooperative.

Answer 4

Yes, she should have been tasered! She did not respond to the comands of the police. She's lucky that is all she got.

Answer 5

I would've done a lot more to that lady. She was not respecting the cop's commands, thinking that she is above the law. You have no idea what occured before the tape began. He did the procedure correctly.

Answer 6

She should have obeyed the officers command.

By refusing, she opened herself up to the incident.

Yes.

Always obey an officer's command, even if you think it is wrong, and later protest through appropriate channels if you think the officer was out of line.

Answer 7

I have dial up so it took me awhile, wanted to see the video. To answer your question. Yes she was little Miss Thing who thought she was above the law. She got what she deserved Period!!!!!

Answer 8

Thats some funny stuff there.Its been a while since I laughed that hard

Answer 9

holy Sh*&, they did tell her to get out of the car and she ignored their request but it looks like those f%$&ers took it too far

Answer 10

DEPENDS WAT DID SHE DO