[Centurion2000]

So frakking what? I guess a fully grown man couldn't just put a knee in his back and fully immobilize him?

Yes I am going to Monday morning quarterback this because a police officer executed a handcuffed citizen.

[the_daug]

"Yes I am going to Monday morning quarterback this because a police officer executed a handcuffed citizen."

ERR! I just read he was handcuffed after he was shot.

[RedMonqey]

Let's take him at his word.

When seconds count, it took more time and effort for the BART officer to reach to his "tazer" than if he just kneed the suspect while going for the suspect's hands.

IF the suspect had a REAL gun, he could have squeezed off several (badly)aimed shots as the officer sent thousands of volts of electricity through his body. The only thing that would have stopped him was the lack of bullets. Certainly not this cop with his "tazer" Might as well been holding his pecker at that point.

This cop, at the very least is incompetent and never shouldn't have been on the force in the first place.

That's my Monday morning quarterback position.

[PugetSoundSoldier]

OK, you put me prone, face down on the ground, and use a knee to keep me from reaching into my waistband and pulling my pistol. Try it, please. No handcuffs were on at this point.

Police training is to do a quick sweep for obvious weapons, then secure the suspect, THEN do a complete search for weapons. The securing is the most dangerous part as it requires the officer to use at least one hand to access their cuffs, and their attention is necessarily divided. This is when the SHTF and most hand-to-hand incidents occur.

This is still a bad shooting, and I think the officer should be charged with negligent homicide (not murder). An officer that uses the wrong tool, even mistakenly, must be held responsible for that error as it is their JOB to use the appropriate tool. But his desire to use his TASER (as claimed) was understandable given the timing of the arrest and the actions of the suspect.