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I don't think the TASER was the appropriate tool to use in this situation.

I'm skeptical that there is enough evidence to determine if a TASER could induce labor, but I don't think that risking harm to an unborn child due to the irresponsible acts of the mother is acceptable.

It would have been better if they had pried her hands off of the steering wheel. If they couldn't pry them lose, then they may have needed to use more force, such as a baton.

This woman has no grounds for a lawsuit. The child was born healthy and she suffered nothing that she did not bring on herself.

The purpose of the signature on the ticket is identification. If someone disputes that they were the person given the ticket, signatures are compared. Someone giving someone else's ID when stopped for speeding is unfortunately not that uncommon.

The police did what they had to do. I only question the use of the TASER in this case because she was pregnant.

Depending on her stature it may not have been obvious that she was pregnant, but assuming that it was obvious they made a very bad mistake that fortunately didn't have a bad outcome.

"The purpose of the signature on the ticket is identification. If someone disputes that they were the person given the ticket, signatures are compared. Someone giving someone else's ID when stopped for speeding is unfortunately not that uncommon.

The police did what they had to do"

Unfortunately, no. People are given tickets all the time based on photo evidence from an automatic camera with only a shot of their license. Even if identification was so important then why don't the police carry a camera to photograph their victims in case they refuse to sign?

Wouldn't that be easier, and less expensive, than dragging someone off to jail. It would also provide much better identification than comparing signatures which are easy to forge.

I'm skeptical that there is enough evidence to determine if a TASER could induce labor

I'm not.. anything that causes muscular reaction and convulsion intrinsically has the capacity to induce labor, at any point of a pregnancy in some cases.

I agree, it probably doesn't seem like the right tool. But then again, we weren't there. Who knows WHAT she did or said. And, don't mess with pregnant women....they are a bundle of hormones with protective intstincts at or approching their highest level....