That is ridicolous. I was out on Firday night, and there was this boy and he was very drunk. He was doing no harm, sitting by himself not saying a word. He drops his glass and smashes it. Two bouncers come in, grab him by the neck, lift him off the ground and literally throw him on the cement outside.

I do believe that some people take their job too far, too ignorant to think about someone else's injuries.

I completely agree with you. While I can't stand people that bash police officers (I mean c'mon, they have a really tough job), I equally hate officers that ABUSE their power and this is a great example of that. I definitely believe there was no need to pull out the teaser; that is just crossing the line.

Might sound bad, but sometimes I'm weary of these articles.

Anyways, though, he didn't just pull out a taser and taser the woman without her knowing. In the article you posted it said that the officer warned the woman that if she didn't stop, he'd taser her.
Also, the fact that she didn't STFU and comply with the officer is very suspicious.

I don't have sympathy for the woman.

Wow! I agree that it was totally out of line for the policeman to Taser that woman! o.O It certainly does sound as if they abused their power!

I think the problem is, that now policemen have tasers, they use them rather than physically restraining people the way they used to. I don't know if it's laziness or what, and I'm not sure it's a totally bad thing because people can get injured when being restrained, too. But I hope the cops aren't just using them because it's easy and they don't want to muss their uniforms by tackling people.

Wow that sucks for that woman. My boyfriend has told me numerous times about how cops don't really do their job until the holidays come around or when it's the first/last week of each month because of how the cops want their bonus pay. In that case they either do their job or just find an excuse to say that they did their job (i.e. picking on people who didn't even do anything wrong). It's not fair to the civilians who are just trying to get by while the real criminals are still getting away with their shit. My boyfriend had to deal with a pushy cop like that a couple months ago.

I defiantly agree that the taser was unnecessary. I think sometimes police go overboard on situations. Obviously the lady wasn't a real threat to him. I think a lot of them are over zealous and they just act with thinking things through. It's kinda scary to think that they will do that to someone who isn't a serious threat. What would have happened if it killed her?

To Britney, Jenn, Cynthia, Holly etc. the police officer was also a woman, not a man. I totally support the police because they need to defend themselves. It is their job to enforce the law, not be "fair" and trade bullets or punches with people at a 1-1 ratio. Lawsuits have essentially forced little women and tasers onto police forces, so they can hardly be faulted for the public's demands to end "sexism" and "police brutality".

This happened close to where I live which is a little disconcerting. Hopefully with all these cases people will finally stand up and say that enough is enough.

Sic - Whether the cop was a man or woman, they still could have called in another police officer to help escort the woman out of the store. I don't feel that tasering was the right option.

It's difficult to know whether this is a case of a police officer going too far, because, well, I wasn't there, but the article you linked certainly implies so. While I do think that police officers indeed do have a right to defend themselves, a lot of them are taking it a bit too far. There's a lot of commotion going on in Finland about police brutality during (and after) a demonstration. The coppers say they had every right to lock people in small buses, put shackles on them and make them go to the toilet right there on the bus floors because allegedly the demonstrators were behaving so violently. Funny how there is no evidence of such violence (well, they were getting a bit violent, but not to that amount!) :/

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This tasering business is getting out of hand. Just because they have the equipment, doesn't mean they should use it everytime the come into contact with a disgruntled person.

It seems that in all most every case I have heard of, the police man went to far, and had no need to taser whomever it was. I do believe that they are abusing their power. I don't believe that they actually think before they taser someone, because if they did, they probably wouldn't end up tasering them.

I agree with you wholeheartedly. While it's wrong to lash out at an officer for no reason, it's also wrong to abuse your power and use one of the most powerful weapons available.

Tasers frighten me because they're so dangerous. And to think, some people use these weapons for fun.

I haven't heard about that.

I respect a lot of police for their bravery, saving lives, and doing their jobs. I'm not sure if you heard about those shootings, where the police officers were shot in their heads, died, or suffered injuries.

However, some seem to make it "go to their heads" and over power theirselves (like you said). He was a sheer example. Like you said, he could of done a less drastic measure. I agree with ya.

I heard about that through some online news thing and yeah, it's pretty over-the-top to taser somebody just because of a verbal encounter with somebody. Trying to calm the lady down would have been an all right solution. If that didn't work, calling in another officer (like you said) to help with the situation would have sufficed. The lady was out of line, but so was the officer. Both are to blame in my opinion.

Woah, that\'s just plain crazy for a police officer to do that to the woman! They are presented with power, but the power is not UNLIMITED. Sure, the woman was pretty uncooperative, but when has that become against the law? It wasn\'t like she was harming the officer in a dangerous way!

Wow, thats just crazy. They should really make stricter and more specific rules of when an officer is allowed to use something as painful and possibly dangerous as a taser.

Unless she was trying to harm the officer, using the taser was completely unnecessary.

I think tasering should be used when there's a physical altercation. If it's just verbal then just arrest her for disobeying the officer or w/e the correct terminology is.

geeze! now i'm gonna be all paranoid about being tasered lol! that has to hurt =x

I second Mimi's comment. A taser should only be brought into play if the altercation turns physical. Those things are not toys and should not be used without just cause. Becoming upset and arguing with the officer is not just cause.

That said, Merry Christmas to you and yours.