Someone will have to decide whether this response was over-the-top, but based on what I’ve seen of traffic encounters, a flat-out refusal to comply is a very convincing sign that the subject is working up the nerve to assault the officers with a weapon.
“Someone will have to decide whether this response was over-the-top, but based on what I’ve seen of traffic encounters, a flat-out refusal to comply is a very convincing sign that the subject is working up the nerve to assault the officers with a weapon.”
Dude, watch the video at the link. It clearly shows the accused cop pulled down the man’s shorts from behind to tase him on his testicles. If this man had been a wanted fugitive resisting arrest, that would still be criminal behavior on the cop’s part.
As it appears, the cop did pretty much EVERYTHING wrong, from start to finish. And no one in the car had any contraband. They had no weapons. The cops just disgraced their badge and uniform in front of young children with their jackboot thuggery.
I have used a stun gun on myself to see how much I could take. With a number of attempts, I haven’t been able to hold it on me for more than a moment. Just thinking of being stunned on the testicles hurts my brain. Anyone who justifies this cop’s actions should stun his own testicles and report back that he still thinks this is reasonable behavior for a cop.
The fact that this officer is still on the job indicates that the department is corrupt.
This is the kind of police state behavior the gun-grabbing Dems would bring to our whole nation if they ever got their way.
He was the passenger. He didn’t do anything illegal.
> a flat-out refusal to comply is a very convincing sign that the subject is working up the nerve to assault the officers with a weapon
It’s also a convincing sign that the person has gotten true and correct legal advice never to talk to cops. Look at Mueller prosecuting people for “lying to the FBI” if you have any questions about why it’s a bad idea to talk to cops.