Tasered woman now brain dead

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120. Another case of excessive force.

IMO, the use of weapons, IS ASSAULT, except for cases of the immediate defense of self or another. I don't care if you're cop. In all cases the tactical deployment of a weapon should be made at the instruction of a supervisor. As a LEO when your choices are a) break a sweat, b) use a weapon, and you go with option b, you need to go to prison. Department policy is not part of the mix here. I just don't know how one person can be okay hurting another as part of their job.

Anyone ever heard of the Milgram Experiment?

It may give the department a nice warm feeling to know that another car thief is off the street. But I would guess that unless it was $100,000+ vehicle, the department may spend several times the value of the car just in legal defense. I hope the family sues them into bankruptcy.

While the outcome of this use of a weapon may be unusual it is definitely foreseeable. The use of a weapon to gain compliance from an individual arrested for a NON-VIOLENT offense is even more shameful.