>>Too often police officers have become too reliant on gadgets like tasers. They may be necessary at times, but officers need to rely on their own physical strength more frequently.<<
I disagree. I am no lover of cops. In fact, quite the opposite. For the most part I consider them brown shirts.
That all being said, I think they need to qwell things as soon as possible. If I were a cop and I asked someone to turn around to be cuffed, I would not mess around. It is black and white for me.
Do what the cop sez or get put down, NOW! And the taser allows them to do just that. No choke holds, no videos of cops beating people. The cop sez turn around, the guy doesn’t, the guy is squirming on the ground. Problem solved.
You don’t taser someone for a traffic violation this is a new generation who were raised on violent movies.
Years ago the officer would say you were going 50 mph in a 40 mph zone let me see bla bla etc.
This officer never said that he said let me see your L&R and the driver wanted answers which is reasonable.
The officer should have explian I need you to sign this it has nothing to do with your plea, only that you will show up at court.
The officer was a more a jerk than the driver if that was my husband I would want to witness what the officer was doing!
The officer was a bully and a wimp!
Had he encounter a 6 ft 200 lbs man his demeanor would have been much different!