reply to post by MasterRegal
I would agree that he was resisting, but at the same time I would say resisting what? Arrest? What was he arrested for, he was released from jail
the next day?
That aside, the police were justified in escorting him out. He had used up more time than he should, he was making a scene, so the natural thing to
do is to ask him to leave and 'help' him leave if he refuses. Once he was outside though, that should have been it. Let him go and don't let him
back in. However, somehow he ended up on the floor, surrounded by six cops. Maybe he was resisting, but he certaintly wasn't throwing punches or
anything like that, in which case why couldn't the cops just man-handle him? Just turn him over, grab his hands and cuff him. Watch cops, just one
or two cops is usually sufficient to subdue someone. The tasering wasn't justified.
And for everyone that says 'he was asking for it' or 'he wanted to be taserd', does that really justify it? If you go up to a cop on the street
and say "Hey, taser me," does that give him the right to taser you? Nope