Just curious. What would your reaction be if that was your kid being tasered?
If my son refused a reasonable request from a cop like that?
He got what he deserved. And I'd rib him about it his whole life. "Well, son, did you learn a lesson about how to treat police officers?"
I don't think I've ever mentioned it to you, but I really respect you. I read the Crevo threads a lot, I find you to be an intelligent, reasonable, well-spoken person.
I simply disagree with you in this case.
I just don't believe a strong young man refusing a reasonable request from a police officer is a victim. If you resist arrest, you do deserve to be handled roughly.
If I knew he acted like that brat, he'd deserve what he got. But, I raised my kids differently - they would have left quietly and gotten their ID.
He would laugh like a madman. :p
But really... Dominic, do you really think that tasering a perp and then telling him to get up and when he doesn't tasering him again even though he likely can not get up in the first place due to the initial tasering is good police procedure?
Everyone here agrees that the suspect was being stupid about the situation but that doesn't excuse the officers who are supposed to be trained to know better.
If my kid was a stalinist moonbat who'd been zapped by campus PD, I'd get to his school asap and taser his sorry ass again myself!
Might even soak him with a bucket of water first, to make the experience even more 'interesting' for him.