Yeah, it is a heck of a lot better than using their 9mm to restrain the guy. [/sarc]
Look, pepper spray and CS gas can be deadly; night clubs can be deadly, a punch can be deadly. The point is that tasers are there to give police OPTIONS other than SHOOTING which has a much higher rate of death.
Yeah, I’ll take a taser over a slug or a good clubbing any day.
The “Police are jack booted thugs” crowd never seems to have any options. Apparently police are supposed to talk everyone down like the police in the Demolition Man movie.
“Non compliance” can mean anything from simply turning your back and walking away from police to refusing to put down the knife and release the child.
Police are damned if they do and damned if they don’t. Sure there are some over aggressive cops but there are plenty of over aggressive citizens running loose too.