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8/9/2013 6:36:29 AM
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It happens. We just move on and keep using tasers. You can't expect the police force to ban them because one person was unfortunate enough to die from it. Plus there are probably other variables that played into this.
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You can expect a professional police force to be able to train its officers to use weapons given to them responsibly. Shooting someone with a taser because he ignored your command to stop is ridiculous when the crime you're chasing him for is non-violent and largely harmless. The police report states that the boy was tasered in order to avoid a physical confrontation. He weighed less than 140lb and was confronted by 2 officers on foot and others in a vehicle. He was of no danger to anyone. Tasing him is simply lazy, malicious and irresponsible and has led to his death
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So many incorrect statements. Police service. And incorrect and criminal that runs is a serious issue and must be stopped as quick and safely as possible. Nothing is unreasonable when he could have ran inside a house and done more crime. If an officer is yellong taser taser taser and you dont stop that is your own doing.
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[quote]So many incorrect statements.[/quote] go on.....? [quote] Police service. And incorrect and criminal that runs is a serious issue and must be stopped as quick and safely as possible.[/quote] You don't agree that the nature of the crime should be taken into consideration? That a non-violent, relatively minor crime by someone who, at first impression, could well be a minor is worth the risk of tasing? [quote]If an officer is yellong taser taser taser and you dont stop that is your own doing.[/quote] According to the police, the teen "encountered officers face to face" and was tased. The pursuing officers weren;t the ones that tased him. It was another officer who he encountered who tasered him to "avoid a physical incident" with a <140lb 18 year old
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"This guy just committed a crime." "Well let's charge him with a crime then." "He's running away though." "Oh, I guess we should just let him go." delta logic everyone.
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Edited by Dr. Halsey's Left Arm: 8/9/2013 6:50:37 AMThey caught the kid, just throw him in a cop car and send him in for processing.
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[quote]They caught the kid,[/quote] No they didn't.
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They cornered him, it says so in the article.
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Cornered != caught Caught means they have him subdued and handcuffed cornered means that he can't run anywhere, he could still resist arrest or attempt to run through them. Which isn't hard.
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The crime is irrelevant. If the police order you do stop and you keep running, then they have the right to stop you by using force. I agree that this situation could have been handled differently though, based on what was reported. However we weren't there, so we can't objectively say what they did was justified or not.
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Edited by RIP delta: 8/9/2013 6:57:39 AMThe crime isn't irrelevant. It gives context to the matter. If a violent criminal is fleeing, then public safety is at risk. If a garffiti artist is fleeing, a wall may be at risk of getting a new coat of paint, but certainly they don't pose a threat to anybody. 'Resisting arrest' is quite a minor charge - a misdemeanor. The act of electrocuting somebody really should be given a lot more consideration and should only be used when public or officer safety is a [u]real[/u] concern, not just a 'well he [i]might[/i] have tried to attack us' as heart conditions aren't exactly rare and now hundreds of people have died as a direct result of being tased. They tag of 'non-lethal' is perhaps making police officers assume they can tase anybody for anything and it'll be fine.
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Fleeing from police isn't the same as resting arrest though. That could hold a felony charge. But I do agree with your last point. The police really should take more consideration into tasing someone, and physical stature should play a role in that decision.
