[marvlus]

Tasering an eight month pregnant woman is way over the line!

[visualops]

I don't get the "signing the ticket" bit. Here they write a ticket, which the officer signs. You take it and pay fine/appear in court etc.
However, she really made trouble for herself by being obstinate. If she read the ticket before signing I'm sure she see why they asked for signature, i.e. "by signing this...etc".
Sometimes cops use poor judgement in dealing with people. Instead of trying to find a reasonable solution, they stick to whatever "protocol" with no concern for extenuating/special circumstances.

[Chiapet]

"Tasering an eight month pregnant woman is way over the line!"

Yeah, but using your pregnancy to try to shield yourself from a speeding ticket and subsequent arrest is way over the line too. The mother should be the first person to think about the safety of her unborn child.

[brwnsuga]

"Tasering an eight month pregnant woman is way over the line!"

For sure, but Malika and the baby are about to get paid! Big time!

[monday]

"Seattle police officials declined to comment on this case, citing concerns that Brooks might file a civil lawsuit."

I would say they are right to be worried. Tazering a pregnant woman because she refused to sign a traffic ticket is absurd. Arresting her is absurd for that matter.

The police had no common sense in this case. How can they expect respect when they treat a pregnant woman who's only crime is driving 32 in a 20 the same as a car jacker or other hardened criminal?

I realize they don't always behave so badly but it is these cases everyone hears about, and it's these cases that cause people to hate the police.

What police should do in cases where people refuse to sign a ticket is take a Polaroid of the driver and just note that the driver refused to sign on the paperwork. How much easier would that be than handcuffing them and dragging them off to jail?

It's ridiculous. You know you live in a police state when a simple traffic infraction can lead to an arrest if you refuse to sign the ticket.

If signing a ticket is so important, however do they prosecute traffic infringements that are caught on camera and where the tickets are sent in the mail? All you can do is shake your head and feel sorry for the moron cops who aren't smart enough to think their way out of a wet paper bag.

[Old Mountain man]

What would you have the officers do?

[Nov3]

Tasering an eight month pregnant woman is way over the line!

As a well known "cop-hater" around here you are plain wrong. She just had to sign the ticket. She then resisted a lawful arrest because she refused to sign the ticket. She got shocked into submission during the course of the lawful arrest.

There are a lot of police abuses that I scream bloody murder over. This is not one.