BART cop uses Taser on fare-evasion suspect

[n2doc]

Phillip Matier,Andrew Ross
Friday, June 25, 2010

BART police are in trouble with Tasers again, after an officer zapped a man in the back just days after the transit agency lifted a two-month moratorium on the devices.

The man's crime? Fare evasion.

BART says the officer's actions could be defensible, but that's not how BART Board of Directors member Lynette Sweet sees it.

"I want the Tasers gone," Sweet said. "It's one of the stupidest uses of a Taser I can think of."



Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/06/25/BA581E4ITI.DTL&tsp=1

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

1. Um...

wouldn't the crime be threatening an officer and resisting arrest?

[n2doc]

2. I don't believe a word any cop says without video evidence n/t

[stranger81]

4. Especially not a BART cop -- there's video of Oscar Grant's murder

all over the place, and they're still lying about what happened.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

6. I don't believe anything with such a misleading headline.

[stranger81]

3. No more tasers on BART.

Enough is enough, already. The most dangerous people in our subway system are the BART police themselves.

[Renew Deal]

5. Although I agree that tasers should be banned...

Some turnstyle jumpers are real criminals. There's a lot missing from this story.

[Gormy Cuss]

7. Fare evasion of under $5, taser. Yeah, that's appropriate.

eta tag for clarity: :sarcasm:

One of the reasons there was a moratorium on taser use for this force is that an officer tazed a 13 year old bike rider.

[Seneca]

8. Does bartcop know about this?