<!--quoteo(post=94618:date=May 4 2010, 12:43 PM:name=Butcher)-->QUOTE (Butcher @ May 4 2010, 12:43 PM)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=94617:date=May 4 2010, 12:42 PM:name=BT)--><div class='quotetop'>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. .<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->What do you feel would be the appropriate way of subduing in this given situation.
<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->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.
<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
It's a New Day in America.
<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
[img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img]
BTW, isn't the whole point of tasering that it's supposed to be a safe way to disable a subject who won't cooperate with the law? And isn't that exactly what this is?
The usual taser victim is pissing off one cop. This dildo was pissing off a flurry of guards, plus 25,000 patrons.
OTOH, I enjoy entertainment at a ballgame, so if I had been there, I'd have liked to have seen the guy evade capture for a little longer, gotten tackled violently to the ground, and, while kicking and biting, had 4-5 guys struggle to put cuffs on him. That's infinitely more entertaining.
But tasering is fine, too.
There's nothing better than to realize that the good things about youth don't end with youth itself. It's a matter of realizing that life can be renewed every day you get out of bed without baggage. It's tough to get there, but it's better than the dark thoughts. -Lance