[P-Marlowe]

If you use a taser on someone, tell us, what would you be charged with, since you are the lawyer?

Contrary to what the article says, the perp was not shot with a tazer, he was administered a shock from a tazer, similar to a stun gun. His skin was not penetrated with the probes. The police officers showed remarkable restraint in my opinion. They should be commended for their restraint in the face of a hostile and combative perp and a hostile crowd.

SUSSA has suggested that the police had no right to take the perp by the arm and escort him out the door. SUSSA apparently did not bother to read the statute on criminal battery before he/she/it decided that the police had committed a criminal battery on this idiot.

I frankly don't know how the police are supposed to carry out their duties with people like you and SUSSA cheering on the anarchists and shooting down the police at every opportunity.

Police work is a thankless job. The fact that this idiot wasn't shot is a testament to the professionalism of these fine young men who have sworn a duty to protect and serve. I'm sure you would have loved it if the perp had shot one of the police officers. You guys are here demanding that they lose their careers over this incident. Why don't you go a step further and demand that they lose their lives?

[monday]

"The fact that this idiot wasn't shot is a testament to the professionalism of these fine young men who have sworn a duty to protect and serve. I'm sure you would have loved it if the perp had shot one of the police officers. You guys are here demanding that they lose their careers over this incident. Why don't you go a step further and demand that they lose their lives?"

sigh.... could you be any more melodramatic? No one would be happy if the UCP were shot. I haven't heard anyone say that as a matter of fact.

I don't know why I bother posting to someone so clearly removed from reality that you think the police could have been forgiven for shooting an unarmed man lying on the floor, whose only crime was not moving fast enough when told to leave.

Doesn't that sound a little crazy to you?

As for the hostile crowd. The UCP's own actions are what made the crowd hostle. If they want to avoid hostile crowds in the future, they might want to tone down the police brutality. At least wait until they get the suspect back to the police station.