“The officer was out of line. His reaction to the event was ridiculous. His use of force was excessive. I would fire him. Now.”
I don’t find the officer’s reaction ridiculous or excesive. The guy was being a totally non-compliant, argumentative and kept reaching for his pocket - which it looked like there was something (possibly a gun) in there. He was possibly reaching for a gun. The officer made the right decision to taser the guy, imo. He was walking away but partially turned toward the officer and could have pulled a gun out of his shorts pocket in a second and shot the officer.
Ok. I stand by my earlier statement.