Police tasered gay porn actor Andrew Grande to death

[FreeState]

http://www.bilerico.com/2009/12/police_tasered_gay_porn_actor_andrew_grande_to_dea.php

The three police officers holding down one person must have been in serious danger here, since they Tasers are sold as just a safer tool to use than a gun. But is that how the police would have handled this situation before, if a man was resisting arrest but was held down by three officers? By shooting him?

VIdeo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pqhtXrE2QY&feature=player_embedded

The sheriff's comments are infuriating:

This afternoon, Bay County sheriff told us that Grande most likely would have only faced misdemeanor charges had he cooperated, but once he resisted, the stakes became much more serious.

You know, the guy was on the ground. Officers were trying to handcuff him. If he'd allowed them to handcuff him, it would have been over. There would have been no tasing, there would have been no resisting, and this would not have happened. Unfortunately, our officers were there, but this subject chose to ingest this and put this in his mouth, and because of that, you know, he's dead.

Stone cold, that man. They use force that they know has already killed lots of people in America because a man was resisting a misdemeanor arrest, and then he blames the guy for dying.

I understand that the cops have a difficult job, and I'm sure that it would be much easier for them to perform if everyone just did what they were told all the time. But some people won't follow police orders and they'll resist being arrested, and killing them isn't the response to that.

Yes, Grande had marijuana in his stomach. But the officers should think about the risk that Tasers are known to put people in before they shoot them up full of electricity. What if Grande had a heart condition? What if he had a nervous condition? And are these officers really qualified to tell if someone they plan on zapping is in stable enough condition to survive that attack?

We know that Tasers kill, so why are we letting police officers become judge, jury, and executioner when they feel someone isn't properly respecting them? Probably because, as we see every time someone dies in police custody, people place blind faith in the officers' intentions and finds a way to blame the person who was held down and shot full of electricity.