[Joan Kerrey]

But is the officer authorized use use lethal force against someone just because they won’t sign the ticket? ============== The officer didn't use lethal force. The most civil way this could have been handled is for the person to sign for the ticket which is the law. Once you start throwing out attitude or worse in my view you're a jerk who deserves arrest.

[muawiyah]

But the officer did use lethal force ~ a taser can kill. Happens all the time. We have a regular cottage industry here at Free Republic where we examine taser deaths insideout.