“What would you have done different?”
Oh I dunno, perhaps maintained control of the situation from the beginning. Perhaps actually telling him that signing was not an admission of guilt. Perhaps telling him he would be arrested if he didn’t sign. Perhaps warning him he was going to be tazed if his behavior didn’t change.
But gardner did none of these things.
Thank you for responding to the question.
Many here yell bad cop, but very few have had any specifics about what should have been done.
I believe that is actually printed on the ticket.
“Perhaps telling him he would be arrested if he didn’t sign. “
A key issue. Mr. Massey, however, wasn’t listening. He was going to settle the issue right there, on the side of a busy highway, and he made it clear he wasn’t going to sign anything until that happened.
“Perhaps warning him he was going to be tazed if his behavior didn’t change.
(So... you admit his behavior was justification for being tasered)
How much warning would you give him?
An officer has told you FOUR TIMES, “turn around , put your arms behind your back”, and is pointing a TASER at you.
Is that not an EXPLICIT warning?
You tell Massey he will be arrested if he doesn’t sign, and he says, “I still ain’t signing.”
You tell Massey to turn around and put his hands behind his back, or you are going to taser him, and he yells, “What the hell is wrong with you”, repeatedly, then turns away and starts walking back to his car.
WHAT DO YOU DO?