I know he was drugged, but ... he was handcuffed and so stoned he couldn’t walk. He was a threat to none of the officers.
Here’s another one (GRAPHIC) of a policeman shooting a guy at a traffic stop:
http://www.worldstaruncut.com/uncut/76554
I have officer friends. I support the police. I don’t, however, support killing suspects but for rare circumstances where the officer or some third party’s life is in immediate danger.
That wasn’t present in the above video on in my original posting.
Having worked in uniform in Corrections for 25 years, I won’t second-guess the officers until I know more. For all we know the guy could have been trying to bite one of them, spitting at them, or pounding his own head into the floor, which convicts will sometimes do. We can’t see if he was doing any of that, but it looks to me like he wasn’t lying still for them. It’s certainly easier to control them when their hands are cuffed behind them, and they are placed on their stomach. As far as the taser goes, we didn’t have them so I have no first-hand knowledge regarding their usage. All I know is that people complain when the cops don’t use tasers, and then when they do...they still complain. It never helps when obese people get high and have to be restrained. There’s always the potential for something to go wrong.
Does everyone have a token police officer for a friend now? If not you need to get one and quick! /s