I have never posted a reply on Free Republic without actually reading the story in the link. Not today anyway. But have you seen the video? This guy was blindsided, knocked down, forced onto his belly face down, pummeled with fists, and handcuffed behind his back, and was being held down by at least one officer, while wearing a motor cycle helmet cutting off his peripheral vision of his assailants, oh, and doused with gasoline and some point in the fracas. Yet Deputy "Respect my Authority!" decided to light him up with a taser.
The motor cyclist was certainly a felony suspect (I assume evading with a motor vehicle is a felony in Florida), but was he the perp, or just a citizen with the wrong color bike? If he had a cell phone on him law enforcement has certainly subpoenaed its location history, and, unless they don't want definitive proof, have asked his cell service provider to expedite the response to the subpoena. The more time goes by without an announcement from the Sheriff that, however appalling the way the arrest turned out, the motor cyclist was the perp, the more likely it is this guy got torched because of his choice of bike color.
Not only all of that. But what jurisdiction does a Osceola County Sheriff have in Orange County? Does it carry over? Which country gets to cover all these bills? Was Orange county in the loop on this chase?
Didn’t the video show him fleeing the police? Like I said. Yield to police commands and sort it out later. The police made a bad mistake using a Taser at the gas pump but when someone flees from them they probably assume they are also armed and in any case they patd a high price for their mistake.