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That guy was a weapon-trained nazi
You are telling me the old lady fell in the same category?
That guy was a weapon-trained nazi
You are telling me the old lady fell in the same category?
than she shouldnt be daring the cop to taser her...........
break the law and you get what you get
The way that lady was behaving, I think she would have put up a big fight if he had tried to physically restrain her. So given the difference in their sizes, the taser was probably less damaging to her.
exactly, he barely even attempted to restrain her... Like an earlier post said, cops just can't tazer people because they're pissed off or you said something they didn't like.... Tazers are to be used when there is no other way of subduing someone, clearly this was not the case.
In my opinion, she was being a belligerent . Did she deserve to get tasered? Maybe, maybe not. But she was warned and didn't let up. If you don't want to get tazed, don't be an ass to a cop.
I've gotten out of tickets a few times by just being respectful and cooperative with police.
To add, both my elderly parents agree with the cop on this one.
Serious question...
If you do not obey a cops orders, youre unarmed, it is ok to be tazed?
So they get to bring a weapon into a verbal confrontation with an unarmed person, now? She never attacked him, swung at him or tried to drive away. Now, he certainly could physically restrain her, or put her in cuffs, or take her down, etc.
Tazers are weapons...nothing like a nightstick, they are a step-UP from that.
This is great...and there are people agreeing with the cop. Serves this country right. I hope you sheep are happy with your sheppards.
finally....someone who sees where this is going
It is not always black and white. I think he went too far but if an officer is is in a verbal confrontation with a suspect/person and he feels like he could be over powered physically and feels a danger...would it be acceptable to taze? I know it is a totally different situation but sometimes they have to make judgement calls and they are going to make mistakes. As the cop in the situation with the elderly woman did.
I don't think it is a sign of anything to fear.
I'd have to say that I am generally very pleased with the law enforcement in this Country. It is isn't perfect but I like it.
If a 6'6" 25-year old male behaved exactly the same way would you have a problem with it? Expecting different treatment because of her gender is sexism and expecting different treatment because she s 72 is ageism- isn't it?
I'm surprised he even reached for the taser in the first place.
I am actually the opposite of TimVP here. Normally I see a lot of video online that suggests police brutality and will side with the citizen, particularly if the cop is just on a power-trip and trying to exert his privileges to carry weapons on someone.
However, this officer wasn't being an asshole to the lady. He was being respectful, and repeatedly requested that she stand to the side of the road, for her OWN SAFETY.
She was an ignorant ass who was trying to use her status as a senior citizen to bully a cop.
I don't necessarily think tazering was the best thing the cop could have done, but I feel he was justified. What if he tries to arrest her, and she slips or he stumbles, and barrels out into the path of a moving car? There is practically NO shoulder there, in fact it probably made the cop nervous to be so close to moving traffic. He did what he could to end the situation.
Could it have been handled better? Probably. Was the cop that wrong to use a tazer? No. The old bat shouldn't have been an idiot and just signed the damn ticket in the first place. Speeding in construction zones is a serious offense to begin with.
If you're a complete bag full of stupid remarks to a cop, AND you disobey his requests, then you had better be ready to be tazed.Serious question...
If you do not obey a cops orders, youre unarmed, it is ok to be tazed?
He didn't taze her because she politely refused to sign the ticket or even because she used foul language. And he DID try to cuff her - she slaps at him. She was putting them both in a dangerous situation by backing the officer (who was trying to keep a respectful distance and not provoke a situation, in my view) towards a road with busy traffic. You can see it passing in the background.
There were multiple attempts to warn her, to take her into custody and she refused to follow orders. I don't see that the same way as I see a verbal confrontation. There was physicality to it.
And I think there would be FAR more outrage that he put his hands on an elderly woman if he'd tried to take her down by force. The tazer was his safest option and you cannot say she was not warned repeatedly that he would use it.
I LOVE how she claimed it was all a lie for Fox News and then refused to comment after the entire video was released because it proved her wrong.
She's an adult and broke the rules. If she is so fragile that she can't take a punishment, then she shouldn't be doing anything that neccesitates a punishment. If she doesn't understand what the rules are or is senile or some , then don't freaking drive.
If something similar happened to you, your message would be "I have the tape that proves I'm not in the wrong! Go ahead, let this doucebag get away with it just because he/she is _______! Sheeple!"
Actually, you guys need to watch the tape again. And only look at the facts of the present case. Don't think about how a cop slapped your peepee when you were young or how your dad was a lifelong cop and is the greatest thing in the world...
Look at the tape, look at the facts:
Did she disobey orders? YES
Is she little and old? YES
Is the cop young and well trained to take down drug dealers/thiefs/rapists? YES
Did he need to taze this woman to arrest her? NO
He needs to be fired for abuse of power or just being a ing head
I'll take "Taze the Old Bag" for $1000, Alex.
Don't taze me Sonny.
Was she belligerent to an officer? YES.
Did she attempt to go around him into high speed moving traffic? YES.
Did she DARE an officer to taze her? YES.
Should her age have any impact on how much of an asshole she can be to a cop? NO.
My guess is everyone that thinks he should have just physically restrained her and slapped the cuffs on her has never been handcuffed before. You put cuffs on a woman that old that is resisting, you will most likely break her wrists or her arm.
Handcuffs hurt like a when they are "slapped" on and your wrists all up. Yes they can be put on gently, but not when the person they are being put on is fighting you. They might go on loose, they might go on tight, but they are definitely going to go on hard.
She was clearly in the wrong and should just have signed the ticket without mouthing off, considering she was clearly in violation of the law, and then she should have gone about her business like most everyone else does when they get a ticket.
I'm not saying you shouldn't break the law, only that if you get caught you really shoudn't be a head about it...own up.
It's also not easy to put handcuffs on someone that is resisting them being put on, it's pretty much impossible unless you put them face first on the ground and put your knees in their back and twist one of their arms behind their back, usually holding their arm down with their knee, their twisted arm.
My guess is that 300lb man doing that to that woman would have probably killed her by causing a stroke or cardiac arrest or at the least put her in the hospital with some brroken bones.
She shouldn't have been a about getting caught breaking the law.
Most likely, after she was tazed, handcuffs were also put on her.
Here is how the NICE LITTLE TASER WORKS:
The Taser fires two small dart-like electrodes, which stay connected to the main unit by conductive wire as they are propelled by small compressed nitrogen charges similar to some air gun or paintball marker propellants. The air cartridge contains a pair of electrodes and propellant for a single shot and is replaced after each use. There are a number of cartridges designated by range, with the maximum at 35 feet (10.6 m).[15] Cartridges available to non-law enforcement consumers are limited to 15 feet (4.5 m).[16] The electrodes are pointed to penetrate clothing and barbed to prevent removal once in place. Earlier Taser models had difficulty in penetrating thick clothing, but newer versions (X26, C2) use a "shaped pulse" that increases effectiveness in the presence of barriers
Sounds nasty -- she probably shouldn't have asked to be tasered.
The fact is the officer is supposed to be professional and handle situations with the appropriate amount of force. He needs to be fired.
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