This is the problem I have with ‘non lethal’ weapons.
Did this woman do anything that would have warranted deadly force? Or even pulling a pistol out of a holster?
As far as I can tell - no.
So why use a taser on her? I understand she was running...but that doesn’t threaten the officer’s safety. Sure, she might have gotten away (although I doubt it). But, would the officer have pulled out his pistol and shot her, to prevent escape? No way.
These tasers in particular are mis-used. They should not be used to ‘catch’ people...or prod them out of cars...or force people to ‘comply’. They are a weapon...and the police should only use weapons on we the people, if we physically threaten them.
She was “running” in handcuffs, with a cop who literally had less than 3 feet to cover to grab her and opted to taze her instead. You can see him never even got going beyond a trot before he tazed her. Literally if he had just tried to run he could have easily grabbed her, he didn’t even bother trying.
Fat, lazy ass killed this woman.. I know he didn’t intend to, but that’s what he did. Manslaughter as far as I’m concerned.
a taser is nothing more than a long distance cattle prod.
she was a criminal, she hit someone and ran.
she was probably on drugs.
What was officer tubby’s excuse?