Sould police officers being using tasers on citizens even though the devices have killed 80 people so far?
398435
Teasers like any other device creates danger for life but the emphasis is not on the devise but selecting the situation when to use them and on whom to use them. Power to use them must be very carefully conferred.
233585
i agree with the last answer \nF*CK THE POLICE
716325
The whole thing is very tragic. It's way to early to tell what happened. I do know that when Officers have made the desicion to use deadly force, they are trained to fire until the threat is neutralized, no matter if it takes one bullet or several hundred. A vehicle attempting to run down an Officer would be justification for the use of deadly force. Like I have said though, this is too early to tell and no one should make any "Knee Jerk" judgements until all the evidence is in and the investigation is complete.
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The anwsers to this question are both predictable and a joke!!\n\nLast time I checked it didn't take 50 bullets to stop a moving car.\nBesides the most obvious thing that all the "Pro cop" anwsers are completing ignoring is that this guy had no drugs in his possession and no weapon on his person...These cops were all in plain clothes and made no attempt to identify themselves to the guy driving...If a bunch of guys who I had no idea of who they were tried stopping me I may act in a similiar fashion (Probably not...But who knows!!)  \n\nNo the one guy anwsered this right...This guy was shot 50 times and killed because he was black and overzealous cops who'd never been in a situtation like that (as stated right from the NYPD) overreacted...It's a joke!! And the punch line is they'll all get away with it.... I hope N.Y. has an L.A. type riot on it's horizon!!
861414
They kill.  That's what they're designed to do.  Without seeing one, I couldn't tell you what they're for.\n\nTurn them over to the cops.  Wait for one of the "amnesty" days if you're concerned about repercussions.  That said, most PDs would rather have them off the street than make life miserable for you.
946978
Tasers render a person incapable of coming along as with a prod. They are used as a compliance tool and to defuse situations which might escalate into violence against the police.
397538
I don't really think that the police do not do enough by choice.  I think it is because the liberals are so concerned with the rights of the criminals, the police are seriously bogged down in rules and regulations, while the criminals just do whatever they want to.  They get accused of "harassing" "innocent" people "just because they are hanging with known criminals". Well, news flash - if you know someone is a criminal, you know they have hurt innocent people, and you are hanging with them and acting like it's cool with you, you are NOT innocent.  You are aiding the criminal.  Any time there is a car chase, the police, not the criminals, are blamed by the ignorant liberals who do not comprehend that the cops were doing their job chasing the criminal, and that the criminal was the one causing the danger by fleeing.
87116
They are civilians.They can use force only to protect themselves,employees of corporation,or the property of the corporation.
432501
I'd love to see that; armored police piling into the protestors with nets and tasers, riots, violence, burning cities, the dead strewn everywhere.  Give the rest of the world another chance to sneer at us.
1007263
What do you mean an alternative to deadly force?  Tasers usually fall on the scale below deadly force.   If someone is threatening an officers life why would he taz them instead of shoot them?  You shoot until the threat is stopped, I guess a taser could do that...\n\nAn example of a deadly force situation is if the subject had a knife.  If the officer shoots that subject with his firearm he is justified.  I can't see anyone grabbing a taser instead of a gun in that instance.  Another example would be a small stature officer with a huge drugged up subject that threatens to kill the officer.  That officer might taz them instead of shoot them.  \n\nTasers are good for everyone.  Police should continue to carry tasers.  It is safer for the officer than trying to subdue the individual with their hands.  People don't die because of the taser it is because of other, pre existing circumstances.  \nI would rather be hit with a taser than hit with that metal baton.  The taser will stop the person then and there won't be any broken bones.  A baton can break a bone.  \n\nJust do what the police say and dont try to hurt them and you won't be getting either.  DUH!  \n\nSeriously, who cares if the guy dies.  He shouldn't have been breaking the law.  Cleanse the gene pool so to speak.
1059239
Stop! Police! This is a RAID!!!
469400
ok i dont know but i have question for you \nwhy are the police people now a days are like 20 feet tall and as skinny as a broom?
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YES THEY DO!  And they feel justified in doing so!  I used to be a police dispatcher.  You should hear how the "peace officers" talk back on station.  it would make you sick.  \n\nPolice officers have about as much business with a taser as a 5 year old!  About as much restraint and good judgment too!\n\nI think you are correct to be afraid.  Talk to your state representative about curtailing police use of tasers.  Each taser use should be investigated as heavily as a gun shot.\n\nHere where I live wh have had people, citizens severely injured by police over tasing.  I know of one fellow how is now brain damaged, (yes they can when over used) another how is permanently disfigured because he hit the pavement so hard after being tased.  Another guy has second and third degree burns from taser.  We have Had a couple prisoners hearts stopped because of tasing!\n\nFolks these are not harmless weapons.  If you have never seen one in Acton, seen what it does to a person you really can't understand it.  \n\nYes it is great for criminals BUT in our country you are not guilty till  you are proved guilty in a court of law.  Tasers are being use on kids who are committing pranks at night, people who are angry about a traffic stop, not violent just angry.  People who are in the wrong place at the wrong time.  \n\nYOU are right to be afraid!!!!
26287
I tend to disagree with the above answer. As a police officer there are siuations you are forced to deal with. Depending on your own mental stability and ability to work thru your own crisis ,along with everybody elses, at the same time is dependent on how you can deal with this stress. The sight of a young child screaming, burning or dead weighs heavy on every officer's mind. The fact you may be envolved with something out of your control sends many officers over the edge. There was a study done and the average age of a police officer is 52. Police officers have the highest suicide rate of any other profession. Living with the fact that as you put the uniform on the thought that you may never make it back home to hug your children or spouse again can be devestating. Each officer should be proud of what they do, and I proudly call each and every one my brother or sister.
732121
I don't know the story but, the only thing we can do is offer support to our law enforcement officers.  Many people feel as you do but their voices are unheard.  If someone tries to run over an officer, his or her hands must not be tied by PC.  Whoever a crimminal is, should be handled as such reguardless of background or income.
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If they phyically threaten the police with violence then I think the sheriff does have grounds to arrest him. You can't go around threatening to hurt people, that's against the law\n\nNow I don't know what happened or why the police moved in and teargassed those people but the police do have a right to do that to protect people and property from harm. If these New Black Panthers are threatening violence then all I can assume is that they are intentionally stirring up trouble to make themselves feel important.\n\nI hate it when only a few people in a crowd of sometimes thousands start breaking the law and destroying and force the police to move in and the entire crowd gets caught in the middle.\n\nP.S: I just found the article, it's say that they will 'Patrol' the streets since the police won't and do what needs to be done. That is called vigilantism and is against the law.\n\nThey were also inciting to riot, so what they are doing is completely against the law
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Would it make you feel better if they called it "Usually non-lethal"\n\nIn many situations for law enforcement, the taser is still the best option to resolve a situation, i.e. take a violent suspect into custody, without having to shoot him or beat him half to death.