The guy was being annoying (since when was that a crime ?) and although he was resisting arrest - he was unarmed, handcuffed and had 4 cops holding him down. In short he was no danger to anyone. Surely the cops could have easily just dragged him out of the hall and arrested him ?
It seems to me that the cops tasered the guy just to shut him up.
The day cops start tasering people just to shut them up then God help us all.
The situation in the UK is actually worse than this.
A student friend of mine was recently taken in for questioning on a drunk 'n' disorderly charge. After a night in the cells to sober up and being interviewed the next day he was released with a simple caution, i.e. at no time was he placed under arrest and no charges were pressed.
This did not however stop the police from photographing, fingerprinting and taking 3 mouth swabs from him "for DNA purposes".
Apparently one of the interviewing officers joking advised him "not to commit any crimes now"....
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The guy was being annoying (since when was that a crime ?) and although he was
resisting arrest - he was unarmed, handcuffed and had 4 cops holding him down.
In short he was no danger to anyone. Surely the cops could have easily
just dragged him out of the hall and arrested him ?
It seems to me that the cops tasered the guy just to shut him up.
The day cops start tasering people just to shut them up then God help us all.
The situation in the UK is actually worse than this.
A student friend of mine was recently taken in for questioning on a drunk 'n' disorderly charge. After a night in the cells to sober up and being interviewed the next day he was released with a simple caution, i.e. at no time was he placed under arrest and no charges were pressed.
This did not however stop the police from photographing, fingerprinting and taking 3 mouth swabs from him "for DNA purposes".
Apparently one of the interviewing officers joking advised him "not to commit any crimes now"....