As opposed to what, shooting them with a gun? Yes.
Sounds like the OPTION to do so was police policy. I've watched people on COPS who were "dazed, catatonic and nonresponsive" fly into a rage when confronted.
You're a great Monday morning quarterback. How was the cop supposed to know she wasn't drunk, on drugs, suicidal, or just plain whack-o?
Yeah. The only ootions were shooting her or tasering her. Sheesh.
Sounds like the OPTION to do so was police policy.
It does? According to the article, the department did not return calls inquiring about the incident. If you have some other information, feel free to share it. Until you do, I'll assume you made that up.
I've watched people on COPS who were "dazed, catatonic and nonresponsive" fly into a rage when confronted. You're a great Monday morning quarterback.
You get all your information from TV shows? Well, I've watched Law & Order, and this seems inappropriate to me.
How was the cop supposed to know she wasn't drunk, on drugs, suicidal, or just plain whack-o?
And even if she were those things, would it be appropriate to taser a virtually unconscious person? That's the question to be answered here.
You base your judgment on TV shows???? ROTFLMAO!
How about seeing if they need assistance first? I can't believe that you think shooting someone for not responding to a verbal command is acceptable. What did police do before there were tasers? They damn well didn't go around shooting anyone who was "nonresponsive".
You could say the same about an random person on the street, but that is no reason to go around randomly tasering people.
Sounds like the OPTION to do so was police policy. I've watched people on COPS who were "dazed, catatonic and nonresponsive" fly into a rage when confronted.
You're a great Monday morning quarterback. How was the cop supposed to know she wasn't drunk, on drugs, suicidal, or just plain whack-o?
I dealt with exactly this type of subject -- and much worse -- routinely for 15 years. This use of force, as described, was far from reasonable. In fact, it was idiotic.
There is no excuse. If it was policy, then my humanity would not allow me to work for such an idiotic administration. People who would blindly follow such policy should reexamine their humanity.