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Originally Posted by rodder
You do realize there has been more than one incidence of people being killed by a taser, right? The cop needed to weigh emergency knee surgery (which I've actually never even heard of - knee surgery isn't usually an "emergency") against possibly killing the kid and spending the rest of his life either behind bars or financially destitute because of the enormous civil suit that would follow.
Tackling the kid has a possibility of injuring him, maybe a slightly higher possibility for injury than tasing him. The problem is, with tasing, right along with the possibility of injury there is also the possibility of death. That cop would fry if he killed a kid just for running out onto a baseball field.
All I'm saying is tasing the kid could have ended up just as bad or even worse for the cop than tackling him. The best thing to do would have been to get multiple cops involved and just corner the kid. He's not gonna keep trying to fight and run away if he's backed into a corner with 4 or 5 cops surrounding him. Chase him until he gets tired. The problem is most cops these days would have a heart attack if they ever actually attempted a full sprint.
Sorry, I don't see any way that tasing this kid was justified (legally anyway - if that was my kid he get a lot worse than tased when he got home). I've never heard of a cop tasing a fleeing suspect in the back.
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kid needs to learn consequences of his actions...he was an asshole and willingly stepped into the sitauation....and what happens if the cop runs and tackles said idiot and kid pulls a knife in the process and cop gets fatally stabbed...sorry i feel no sympathy for this idiot...it's not like he was subdued and curb stomped....he was an idiot and hopefully he learned his lesson. you don't know if the kid was high on some **** or intoxicated...officers life comes before assailant in question.
on top of that they have to make an example of said idiot...i went to wvu where we've had issues with fans going nuts and raiding the stadium...and all it takes is one asshole to get the whole crowed riled up and the you have thousands of people raiding the field endangering everybody there..... too many people want to hold ignorant children's hands and not hold them accountable and that's why we have the problems we do with our society. he ****ed up so he gets ****ed up end of story....not lets play tag with him until he gets tired. you get worse treatment mouthing off to the bouncer at a club, there 5 large men come out of nowhere to beat your ass and pepper spray you for the sake of making an example to control the masses in question....
the officer was correct in his decision.....he was evading the police and resisting arrest.... he should've stopped where he stood and taken his arrest like a man....you are not allowed to run from the cops.....