[fr_freak]

After Rodney King, police departments began ditching their tried and true batons for tasers, which many police officers found complicated and unreliable. Some argue this has led to more fatal shootings...

Makes sense. A situation like this one, though, was tailor-made for a nightstick.

[Tammy8]

That is true, but many are not allowed nightsticks and other ways of subduing people have also come under fire. Choke holds for example though not the only issue- the thing is fear of lawsuits has limited what force law enforcement is allowed to use. Choke holds and night sticks are thought to be too dangerous with some deaths resulting- but I would bet they saved more lives than they cost. The people who are shot instead of using a night stick or choke hold on them are not counted in the equation.