The proper way to get tazed...

[Seamus Fermanagh]

Depends on your standard for the employment of force.

If you believe that police force is justified only if there exists a credible threat of grievous bodily harm (bumps, bruises, and/or a broken finger would not count) to the officers, suspect, or bystanders; then you may view this as unwarranted. You can make a credible argument that no serious physical harm was likely to occur.

If you believe that police force is justified whenever the threat of harm exists to officers, suspect, or bystanders, they you would probably condone this use of force here.


Police in the USA are allowed to use force to restrain a subject who resists arrest. They are supposed to be judicious in the amount of force used so as to minimize the potential of escalating violence and thereby increasing the risk to bystanders, suspect or themselves. Mirandizing a suspect is a necessary step prior to questioning that suspect, it is not required before an arrest is made. Police are expected to warn a suspect that violence will be used if the threatening behavior is not stopped.


All it will take to file a lawsuit on this matter is the required filing fee. Whether or not the case is tossed immediately or allowed to proceed will probably depend on the attitude of the judge. No appellate court will see anything "new" here that would require an appeals ruling.



Zak':

Voter fraud and voting mistakes occur in every election. For the most part, research indicates that it occurs at a fairly low percentage and, for the most part, about equally between both major parties. If you buy into the Kerry was robbed in 2004 scenario, you'd have to demonstrate that the fraud was both far more prevalent then believed AND far more unilateral in character.




All told, the only winner in this scenario is Mr. Meyer. "Mission Accomplished!"

[HoreTore]

Surgeons must be very violent people then.

If they start cutting up people "just because they wouldn't shut up", I'd say they're EXTREMELY violent.

[ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88]

The police were to quick with physical restraint, and like just about all police, to quick with the tazer.

Asking stupid questions shouldn't get you tasered.

Crazed Rabbit

no,when you act like a stupid idoit, a baby who wants people to notice him, you get tazed. What is the ploblem. but no sense of me aruging this point with anyone since we have some "oh, that's wasn't right" people here.

[Ser Clegane]

but no sense of me aruging this point with anyone since we have some "oh, that's wasn't right" people here.

I think you misunderstand the very concept of debate and discussion. Actually there would be no real sense in argueing a point if everybody would already agree with you.

[Devastatin Dave]

I think you misunderstand the very concept of debate and discussion. Actually there would be no real sense in argueing a point if everybody would already agree with you.

**tazes Ser**

[Ser Clegane]

**tazes Ser**

That somehow reminds me of...

[drone]

That somehow reminds me of...

I was just going to post that.

That would be a great experiment for the Backroom!

[spmetla]

I think that they should have let 'ol dum dum keep speaking. But watching his reaction around cameras makes me suspect whether or not he intended to be treated like that or not, despite how silly that sounds.

Watch the liveleak video:
"There's people that know I'm here...you can't kill me" and later on "Oh my god you're giving me to the government...they're giving me to the government...can I have me camera please"
Then of course the give away would be his talking to the camera man, "you know who I am."

He only acted up when he could see a camera, as soon as the camera wasn't in plain sight to him he seems to calm down and do what they tell him to do.

All that aside, I don't think they needed to tazer him. Honestly I feel that when he was making a big fuss and trying to run away they should have just given him a firm elbow in the gut, though some would consider that brutality I don't.

Would have been better to just let him ask his conspiracy question instead of making him some sort of really lame martyr to our 'evil facist government controllers.'

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

http://www.affordablehousinginstitut...ssed_small.jpg Help Help I'm being repressed!

[Lemur]

I'm glad to see that a certain phrase is becoming a bit of an item. And I seriously doubt the kid will see any of the money from this mini-craze ...

[Lemur]

Even better, someone has worked up a proper music video for the incident.

Don't taze me, bro!

[JimBob]

There was no violation of his free speech rights. Free speech can be controlled by content (rarely) and conduct (time, place, and manner). In places like state schools restrictions to conduct must be "viewpoint neutral and they have to be reasonably related to a legitimate government purpose."

He can't prove they did it because of his political beliefs. No (audible) mention was made of him being a "little commie puke", etc.

And because this is a state school the state's interests here are the school's interests. The school's interest is to have a productive educational environment. Listening to one guy rant and rave and take more time than he should makes the environment unproductive for the other students.

Once the kid resisted arrest he asked for trouble. "Don't taze me bro!" Well then, shut up.

[Ice]

Even better, someone has worked up a proper music video for the incident.

Don't taze me, bro!