[seowulf]

This officer may have very well been following his departmental procedure TO THE LETTER.

If it is the department's procedure, then the policy should change and the city is the proper target for the lawsuit. Unfortunately, in a case like this a civil suit is the only way to get government to acknowledge an improper use of force (even if it is sanctioned). Medics were on site, and presumably, they are trained to recognize exactly this kind of medical problem.

[Cap'n Crunch]

hahahaha...

I'm sorry, I'm not laughing at you. I'm laughing at departmental policy.

When I got on, the use of black jacks was commonplace. If someone resisted, you pulled out a jack and gave them stitches.

If you sent them to the hospital with 1 to 3 stitches, your co-workers thought you effeminate.

4 to 7 stitches was acceptable, 8 to 10 and you knew how to use a jack.

Then black jacks were considered inhumane and were put to pasture. That gave way to "pepper spray" which soon was a killer of minorities, along with the evil "choke hold."

We did have a brief appearance of the 'Stun Gun', which was anemic and was the predecessor of the taser.

Now, I predict, the taser will soon be gone from the police duty belt.

I carry one but I have never used it.

I am a firm believer in judo. It has never failed me and I have never harmed one person using it, including the 'choke.'

All cops should be trained in judo. No fuss, no muss.