I am busy renovating, but thought I would note the plethora of tasing incidents:
Michigan Police Taser Durango Bride & Groom at Wedding Reception
Family questions death after Statesville Police Department Taser ...
"Missouri Police Taser injured boy 19 times"
digby's take:
on the tased bride:
Maybe there was no taser. But I wouldn't be surprised. Wedding receptions are notoriously dangerous and there were only 14 different law enforcement agencies present. The police must have felt overwhelmed and would naturally need to taser the groom or risk having to use deadly force instead. That, after all, is the rationale for taser use.
on the broken back tase:
Right. A kid lying on the ground with a broken back was allegedly saying "shoot cops, kill cops" so they had to taser him 19 times to "subdue" him. Sure, that makes sense.
What is it going to take to end this reign of terror? Every single day we hear of police officers somewhere tasering people who present no threat to them and who could easily be dealt with without shooting them with electricity to make them comply. In this case, it's perfectly obvious that the kid was injured and couldn't get up! The police interpreted that as non-compliance, which they seem to automatically use as an excuse to shoot citizens full of electricity these days.
Well... at least they weren't shot....
The only thing I can add is that the father of the guy who was killed after multiple tasings is in jail and was tased by the same cop....crazy....
I use ellipsis too often... but... what are you going to do....?
