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.
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? I simply don't believe that he couldn't get up.
He *refused* to get up.
Like a stupid willful child refusing to eat their broccoli.
He was a strong, healthy young man. If he had said, "excuse me officer, but I'm hurting, I can't stand right now. Give me a moment, and I will comply", there would have been no problem.
Instead, he just kept shouting, "Don't touch me!" Giving ORDERS to a cop!
Stupid. Willful. And funny.
As I recall it is called "pain compliance". Before Tasers it was done with a baton to the upper leg in the Lamb method. Now a short 1-2 second pulse of harmless electricity is applied to get the resiting individual to comply. READ harmless even with the school girl screams he used to attract the crowd.
The other option is to get 4 police on the guy hog tie him and carry him out of the building while he squirms and may hurt himself OR THE OFFICERS.
Passive resistance is resistance and failure to follow a command is against the law when you are placed under arrest.
I am very tired of this media crap and our tolerance for whinging idiots who hate authority. It is a disease in America!