"Don't Taze Me Bro!!!"

[WyrreJ]

The news does not claim it was staged. The police under investigation are the ones claiming that and the news is reporting what the police public relations people said.

As for the UCLA incident. There has been no settlement. Read about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UCLA_Taser_incident
If you watch it on youtube, it's a lot worse than what happened in Florida - they repeatedly tasered the kid while demanding that he stand up - something that is difficult if not impossible to do if you've just been tasered. They even threaten bystanders to stop filming or they'll get tasered too.

When there is a lot of hype and coverage like this it's a good idea to keep in mind that just because the results are big does not mean the people involved had any intention to create the results. This is very interesting essay on the phenomenon: http://www.wired.com/politics/securi...tymatters_0712

[Triathlete]

Its better than the alternative...at least he lives to annoy another day! I work around some of the biggest idiots in the world and my motto is I am going home at the end of the day in one piece. If that means I tase someone or spoil their day with O.C. spray, so be it!

[WyrreJ]

Its better than the alternative...at least he lives to annoy another day!

That's a false analogy. The alternative in this case is not death.

[bigkoala1]

I am a bouncer at a night club on the beach. cops there "tase" people all the time that are out of control. i asked one of them one time, "why so trigger happy" the officer said its for the cops saftey. you dont know what diseases they have , they could have a weapon on them etc. this was the cops reason, not mine

[Triathlete]

That's a false analogy. The alternative in this case is not death.

Guess he was just misunderstood and a good spanking would have done the trick.

[WyrreJ]

Guess he was just misunderstood and a good spanking would have done the trick.

Are you serious? If you didn't have a taser, you would have shot the guy? While he was face down with six people over him? You can't be serious.

[psychos2]

The moral of the story is DON'T RESIST ARREST and you will not be tazered. With all the **** that has gone on ,they take no chances. The guy could have a gun,knife,bomb,or aids.People did not like being shot,they do not like pepper spray,and now they do not like the tazer.Make up your mind. The guy was clearly out of control. All he had to do was let them hand cuff him and we would not be having this discussion. Again ,ALL HE HAD TO DO WAS LET THEM HAND CUFF HIM. He was a idiot and got what he deserved. shawn

[WormGod]

I watched the clip a few times and frankly speaking, when a cop(s) drag you away and you give the slightest hint of pulling away, you are resisting. Resisting, by most police procedure, is most likely an open window to use restraining force. Lucky for him, I guess, getting tazed and pi55ing yourself is a lot better than getting physically handled. Years ago in my college years, I was "handled" by mutliple police officers for being stupid and I was quite unruly. I showed signs of my unruliness on my body for a week after. A tazer might have saved me all of that, heh. So ya, I say this guy was lucky.

[nocturnalVX]

...ALL HE HAD TO DO WAS LET THEM HAND CUFF HIM...

All they had to do is escort him out. He said repeatedly he'd leave if they got off him. Power-crazed rent-a-cop campus security... that is all. Even if he was "out of line" or over his time limit for questions. No reason for treating anyone (no matter how annoying) like this in "The Land of the Free".

[Triathlete]

Are you serious? If you didn't have a taser, you would have shot the guy? While he was face down with six people over him? You can't be serious.

Never said I'd shoot him. But you use the least amount of force necessary to get the job done. As Wormgod said, all he had to do was comply...very simple solution!

[WyrreJ]

Never said I'd shoot him. But you use the least amount of force necessary to get the job done. As Wormgod said, all he had to do was comply...very simple solution!

Funny, what I read was you saying that the alternative was "[not living] to annoy another day." That does not sound like "the least amount of force necessary to me."

The thing about tasers is that they are "less lethal" not "non lethal" so getting an arm twisted may indeed be the preferred choice.

And of course all of this ignores the question of WTF are they doing arresting someone for speaking past the limit at a political rally. As if that doesn't happen all the time. Next time a presidential candidate goes over the limit in a debate will he get arrested?