Zero To Taser - 48 Seconds - Tase Early, Tase Often


	Zero To Taser - 48 Seconds - Tase Early, Tase Often

BartendingBear

11-21-2008 5:48 PM

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From Car & Driver magazine, by Patrick Bedard. More at the clipped source.

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11-22-2008 8:16 AM

Khestra

There are a lot of cops who do their job well, and then there are cops out there with a real attitude problem. Seriously, if I tasered someone simply because they frowned at my total lack of communication skills, you can bet I'd end up in court.

11-22-2008 9:00 PM

ofcapri

Wow, they are way out of control. So much for serve and protect.Sounds more like harass and intimidate! When incidents like this happen that are unprovoked by the tasered party why can't the victim be allowed to taser the cop so he understands what it is like to be abused by position of authority. This kind of abuse is what causes hate and discontent within people and some people carry that throughout their lives and end up in jail because of retaliation from such abuse. Not all cops are bad, I have known some good ones, but I also have known some real EVIL BASTARD COPS. Actually with whats happening in the world today life is tough enough just to survive and get by without this kind of shi...

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