Fan tasered at Phillies game

[Butcher]

<!--quoteo(post=94617:date=May 4 2010, 12:42 PM:name=BT)-->QUOTE (BT @ May 4 2010, 12:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=94611:date=May 4 2010, 12:28 PM:name=Scarey)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Scarey @ May 4 2010, 12:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=94609:date=May 4 2010, 12:17 PM:name=jstraw)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (jstraw @ May 4 2010, 12:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->The kid is a knucklehead and put himself in that situation. Tasering him was still excessive force. It's a near certainty that security people there went through training and signed off on a policy that says the taser is for subduing violent individuals that represent an immediate threat of harm to themselves or others.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

What do you feel would be the appropriate way of subduing in this given situation. I've seen people get tackled doing this kind of thing and I could see there being a much greater potential for long term injury compared to tasering.
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I'd also say that any fan that runs on the field has a reasonable expectation to be tackled, as that has been what's happened since the dawn of time. I don't think a fan has a reasonable expectation to be tasered.
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