[Kirkwood]

That cop was totally out of control. He tells the man to turn around and then tazes him in the back.

[muawiyah]

Happened to a Boy Scout in Maryland a few years back. The local cop tells the kid to get out of the car (he was a passenger). The FBI hotshot then shoots the kid in the face for disobeying his order, whatever it might have been.

They driver (a female) and the kid were not actually wanted by anybody. They were stopped because their car might look like the car driven by a bandit of some sort.

Someday that Boy Scout get sa free cop-kill ~ I can just hear his dramatic appeal to the court ~ "they created this irrational fear in me". The jury will let him walk.

That's another reason cops have to be careful ~ they really can't afford to make too many enemies.

[Joan Kerrey]

That cop was totally out of control.

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Nonsense, the jerk getting tasered should learn to respect authority and obey the law. I applaud the officer for bringing this idiot down a notch or two. Maybe next time he’ll follow instructions and obey an officer of the law as most law abiding people do in a civilized society.
Do we really need to side with spoiled adult brats who have no respect for an officer trying to do his job?

[BuffaloJack]

Cop is out of control.
Use of a taser is potentially lethal force.
I am getting really fed up with a$$hole cops with a Wyatt Earp attitude.
Cops are slowly turning into the bad guys.

[N3WBI3]

he was saying turn around when the guy was facing away (and walking away) from him..