First rule is:...argue with a policeman...expect adverse consequences....
Tasering an eight month pregnant woman is way over the line!
that a simple traffic stop could result in her arrest.
LOL
True. Arguing with a cop is an excercise in futility, and furthermore might get one into real trouble. The most prudent course of action would be to keep mum and take one's complaints to court. Trying to wag one's tongue at a police officer is walking on a mine-field, and it really doesn't accomplish anything (I've seen people go ballistic over a PARKING TICKET and get themselves written up all the worse).
However with that said 'tasering' a pregnant woman is absolutely dumb. Not only does it endanger the fetus (what is the PC word for an unborn baby these days ....I can't keep up with the Lib dictionary), but it also exposes the police officer/police department/city to legal ramifications. IT was quite the imprudent action, and you can rest assured that the lady in question will take some legal action (and that the city will settle instead of letting it go to court).
They in essence paid the woman.
Anyways, arguing with a police officer is never a prudent thing to do. Neither is it for a police officer to 'taser' an openly pregnant woman. I'd say both individuals in this case were asking for it ....the woman for mouthing off a cop, and the cop for giving the woman a blank check on the city's dime.
Both individuals were dumb. Really really dumb.
Thus, to paraphrase your rule. The first rule is as you put it: 'argue with a policeman...expect adverse consequences.' However i would add an addendum to that rule, specifically targeted at law enforcement, and it would go something like this: "Strive to ascertain absolute professionalism, legal propriety and adequate sagacity in all actions to ensure that you do not in essence start drafting blank checks to people on the city’s dime."
Her unborn fetus?
Seig Heil.
Yep. God forbid you don't prostrate or supplicate yourself in front of a cop the moment he or she demands it, right, citizen? Because cops are rarely, if ever, incorrect. After all, they're the ones with the badges and the guns.
I'm sure the woman was a world class a-hole, but you don't Taser a pregnant woman, especially over a traffic ticket.
"First rule is:...argue with a policeman...expect adverse consequences...."
'sig heil' comrad well said...they shoulda sicked their dogs on her too!
Don't you find tasering a pregnant woman and arresting her for refusing to sign a speeding ticket a little bit too extreme and an abuse of power? Sure the woman was guilty for going 12 mph over the speed limit in a school zone. Sure her wrecklessness endangered the children that may have been around the area. But tasering her for refusing to sign the ticket is senseless. So what if she refused to get out of her car to be arrested. Does that really necessitate tasering her? The police could have subdued her by other peaceful and civil means, such as blocking her vehicle and wait the situation out. She's pregnant and has to to pee sooner or later. There's nothing like having an 8 lbs. baby pushing against your bladder.