As a foreigner I can only look at this from an outsiders view. The taser system has yet to make it to our shores as far as I know, and seeing this has made me somewhat sceptical. Albeit quite useful in alot of situations, the threshold for using this weapon should be firmly stated. Problem is, even if it is "firmly stated", for instance as "when an officer feels threatend", or something of the like, this is a highly subjective saying, and open to quite alot of interpretation. In this case however, I can hardly see that the officers had any good reason for using it, besides the fact that he really didn't feel like obiding their orders - wich I can hardly blame from the treatment he recieved on forehand. These officers should have found a better way of handling this situation. "Trigger happy" is a term I belive fits well with their character in this situation. Though I would prefer a trigger happy person before a passive bystander in any case.
I have never been tased, but it seems to really make the "victims" panic, more than hurt them. Most of the videos I've seen ends up with the tased person crying for some reason, I guess it's a really bad feeling to be completly paralyzed by an electric current through your nerves. At the very least it's effective...
The university I attend has a few water-less urinals installed - and I can't really tell the difference between those and the old-fashioned water-urinals - they both reek just as bad. The water-less ones looks more fancy though... err, provided there is a certain limit to just how cool-loking a urinal can get.
I think it's neat to use when typing SQL-queries, but besides that, i've sometimes installed computers at retirement homes and such, and one of the elderly people there only has one hand to type with, and strething out his fingers is rather painfull, so instead he just pushes Caps Lock once when he needs a capital letter, and turns if off afterwards. It's a little awkward, but as he says "i've got plenty of time, these legs ain't going nowhere (ironically enough he only has one leg).
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As a foreigner I can only look at this from an outsiders view. The taser system has yet to make it to our shores as far as I know, and seeing this has made me somewhat sceptical. Albeit quite useful in alot of situations, the threshold for using this weapon should be firmly stated. Problem is, even if it is "firmly stated", for instance as "when an officer feels threatend", or something of the like, this is a highly subjective saying, and open to quite alot of interpretation. In this case however, I can hardly see that the officers had any good reason for using it, besides the fact that he really didn't feel like obiding their orders - wich I can hardly blame from the treatment he recieved on forehand. These officers should have found a better way of handling this situation. "Trigger happy" is a term I belive fits well with their character in this situation. Though I would prefer a trigger happy person before a passive bystander in any case. I have never been tased, but it seems to really make the "victims" panic, more than hurt them. Most of the videos I've seen ends up with the tased person crying for some reason, I guess it's a really bad feeling to be completly paralyzed by an electric current through your nerves. At the very least it's effective...
I believe my eyes just got burned to dust. Check..... Yep.
The university I attend has a few water-less urinals installed - and I can't really tell the difference between those and the old-fashioned water-urinals - they both reek just as bad. The water-less ones looks more fancy though... err, provided there is a certain limit to just how cool-loking a urinal can get.
Use the torrent.
I think it's neat to use when typing SQL-queries, but besides that, i've sometimes installed computers at retirement homes and such, and one of the elderly people there only has one hand to type with, and strething out his fingers is rather painfull, so instead he just pushes Caps Lock once when he needs a capital letter, and turns if off afterwards. It's a little awkward, but as he says "i've got plenty of time, these legs ain't going nowhere (ironically enough he only has one leg).