Eric Garner could have died from a stun gun, too.
http://www.livescience.com/36418-tasers-kill-cardiac-arrest-stun-gun.html
Truly Stunning!
Will they drop the charges on the guy who recorded the incident? Meh.... propaganda alert.
Stun guns, basically, suck as a defensive weapon. One, short, inaccurate shot that will leave most, not all, of your intended targets incapacitated. It’s better than having nothing. But not that much better.
Police would be better off with muzzle loading pistols. At least they would have one real shot.
The real problem here is that Al Sharpton et al are trying to redefine justifiable killing in self defense. That doesn’t just protect police. It protects regular citizens. If the police don’t have the right to defend themselves with deadly force, soon we will not either.
No, no, no. The officers did everything right. I’ve been told.
How effective is a stun gun in cold weather when people are wearing a couple of layers of clothes and a heavy coat?
The stun gun requires arms-length contact. That endangers the police officer by putting him within reach of the perp.
Shall we start the countdown to when the “Fairness for Thugs Movement” will complain that tazering is torture. And how long before we see the signs “Don’t taze me Bro” show up. And we’ll be browbeated about the fact that Blacks are tazed 3 times as often as little old White ladies in scooters.