Originally posted by fatdad
can honestly say things like this make me happy when they get shot....

Wow, cops are subject to human failure just like anyone, so some cop is dirty or does something like this and that is justification for your enjoyment when some random cop gets shot and killed that may or may not have been one of the good guys. Because allthough it is sort of popular to hate on "pigs", a lot of them are the good guys and we need them more than we need politicians.

A lot of our innocent protectors get murdered in the line of duty every day and you are a very sick individual.

Is it possible that tasing this women was a safer alternative for everyone involved rather than attempting to physically subdue her which could put unnecessary strain on her joints and bones as well as capture the police's attention when they do not know what lingers beyond the doorway. Tasers are desinged to subdue without danger, maybe they don't always work that way but cry me a river, 49 is still a respectable age and far from the point of being dibillitating. And my neighbor is deemed "legaly blind" aswell, yet with a pair of glasses they can still see and drive even.

But see, this "designed to subdue without danger" is a fallacy, put out by the MAKERS of these devices. Fact of the matter is a lot of folkls have DIED from the use of these devices. Your heart and brain run on specific electrical impulses, flooding the system with massive amounts of electricity is playing russian roulette with a person's heart, and brain.

You know i'm usually fair about tasers when some people are screaming misuse i can defend it when an officer feels their life in danger. However from reading the story it sounds as if this woman, whilst "combative" wasn't exaclty a difficult person to subdue without resorting to tasers. I'm beginning to think that some, and i repeat some, officers are so scared of getting hurt in any way they resort to the taser.

For gods sake if you don't know how to subdue a sick, blind woman with standard restraint techniques, then what hope have you got in a situation when you don't have chance to reach for the taser?

Pathetic.

This pease of # better thank his god that, that waswn't my mom. beleave this cop I have lived my life, have you lived yours. This # under my feet would be this cop. thats was more people need to do to these criminal with guns

All I can say is what do you expect in Dayton?

Armpit of Ohio.

Why wait for the number of deaths to stack up? If one person dies that should be an automatic heads up for any device being used against the public. No excuses. It is really dissapointing that we would have to wait until the deaths stack up until action is taken. However, I must admit I am just speculating so please search the statistics.

-Joe-

This is just sickening!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And cops wonder why they have a bad reputation. Not all cops a re bad but these pieces of lower than whale s------------------cops ruin it for the good ones. the problem is if this facisim gets worse than the good ones will end up bad just by peer pressure.

Personally I hate tazers. everybody should go to youtube and search Fight Science Taser. They shoot an ex Navy SEAL with one (his goal is to over power it, he feels if you concentrate hard enough you can) so he gets the taser, his body locks up and then ----well just watch the video.

Why did this happen, and how was she unco-operative with Police? What reason did they have for tasing her, what did she do to deserve this? Do you have any more information about this story?

I don't post often, and I do not condone the use of tasers by police. In fact, I think too many cops take their jobs the wrong way, and come across like bullies on steroids.

HOWEVER, I am legally blind in one eye and do not need glasses to drive.

So, while I think excessive force has been used, I also think the media is stirring the pot again.
We don't need anything but fair and unbiased reporting about these disgusting taser incidents.