Did this woman deserve this? Why arent tasers only used in deadly sitautions?

Question

Here is a videoclip of a woman being tasered by the police with 50,000 volts of electricity.

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

Right now, police officers can use tasers on citizens for minor reasons. Many people in the United States want tasers banned or they want the police to only use tasers in deadly situations. You may get tased one day for a minor reason, so I suggest you sepak up about how and when police officers can use tasers on citizens.

Answer 1

that woman was given NUMEROUS chances to comply with the officers instructions...

that's the risk you take when you ARGUE or REFUSE to follow a policemans directions...

look at the New Orleans incident where the man was punched repeatedly for an example of misconduct.

Answer 2

Officers are authorized to use force on citizens based on how the citizen responds to them. The level that the citizen escalates to allows the police officers to escalate one higher. The use of less-than-lethal weapons such as pepper spray and taser guns are considered by many departments to be lower on the force scale than say an open hand attack(striking the citizen with a fist or kick). The reason for this being that open hand attacks may cause severe bodily harm(broken bones, etc.), while less-than-lethal weapons will normally cause damage that is temporary and last only long enough for the suspect to be taken into custody. The idea of using less-than-lethal force on a suspect who has used lethal force is absurd. Once the suspect has used lethal force then police have every right to use lethal force to stop the threat to them and others around them.

Answer 3

Two things about the clip. (1) tasers are dangerous... 50,000 must be !! (2) the woman was deliberately being difficult. She was told to get out of the car several times.

Answer 4

Because deadly force is used in deadly situations. tasers are non lethal 99% of the time.

Answer 5

I don't know I tried to get that silly thing to work and it didn't. But If anything were to happen to me for ANY reason I would rather be tasered than shot.

Answer 6

OH MY GOD!!!! EVERYONE LOOK AT THIS GUY'S QUESTIONS!!! HE HAS ASKED IT 5 TIMES NOW!
WHY???????????????????????

HERE AGAIN IS MY ANSWER!!!!!

Oh I've seen this a million times. How stupid do you have to be to not do what a cop tells you to do...PLUS he told her over and over again, I AM GOING TO TASE YOU!!!
If a cop tells you stop, get out of your car, or anything else, and you don't do it...he should be able to shoot you up your a-s.
People are so stupid. If a cop told me I was going to get tased if I didn't get out of the car...guess what I would do...get out of the car.
Dumb broad!

AND ONE MORE THING!! MY UNCLE IS A COP AND I HAVE SEEN HIM GET TASED...THEY ALL HAVE TO GO THROUGH IT! YEAH IT BROUGHT HIM TO THE GROUND...(I SAW IT AND LAUGHED) BUT GIVE ME A BREAK! IT'S NOT LIKE A FRIGGIN BULLET OR ANYTHING...COPS HAVE TO GET TASED TOO IN THE TRAINING! I WISH THE TASERS WOULD BE STRONGER...FOLLOWED ALONG WITH A NICE DOSE OF PEPPER SPRAY.

Answer 7

well she was warned
she shouldve gotten out of the car
police officers have tobe careful
people get beligerent
people kill cops cause they think its cool
he had the authority
she shouldve submitted

Answer 8

Those men are so damn cruel. Tasers should be made illegal.

Answer 9

She totally had that coming. If they asked her to get out of her vehicle and she did not comply, hit her again.

Answer 10

This again?

...zzzzzzzz...


I wonder if you have any prior law enforcement experience. I'm betting, no.