Speeding Ticket Taser Settles Out Of Court.

Originally posted by smw6869
So, if the officer had just told the kid he was under arrest the use of the taser would have been fine? Using a taser is not deadly force, is it?

GRANNY.

Yes. If he had told the driver that he was under arrest then it would have been a different situation.

Originally posted by dryhump
Stupid dumba$$ should have been respectful to the cop and signed the ticket and then none of it ever would have happened. A sample conversation might have gone Cop "Hey, you were going kind of fast I need to see your license and registration." Idiot, while reaching for license and registration, "I didn't realize I was speeding, sir" Cop "There was a speed ...[text shortened]... n. Don't you think this attitude would have kept his stupid A$$ from getting tasered?

Cops have to deal with situations like that every day. That is there job and if working in such an occupation they should have the appropriate communication skills to deal with it without resorting to force.

Originally posted by no1marauder
They, like anybody else, should be careful to follow the law. Your grandfather sounds like he would have made a good guard at Auschwitz.

Hey that hurts....my grandfather died at Auschwitz....he was a guard there and fell out of a tower.