Half the population is, what's new?
Most of the elderly out there on the roads are all doped up on medications, what's new?
The fact here is, the LEO was twice the old ladys size. Why not just cuff her? Was he not capable?
Ye don't tase grumpy ol ladies, over traffic infractions man! lol...
Cause you snap a bone, break a shoulder joint, etc etc,, THATS why you don’t just grab and cuff her when you twice her size.
And along side whizzing traffic isn’t the place to play wresting games, just to appease people who try to make police into their version of a 1950s western. Her silliness needed to end before she got hurt, or got him hurt. Every second on the side of the road is another second that a car skids into them, etc,,,
It’s all her silly fault.
The days of manhandling by big cops was the days when a lot of people got hurt too.
You keep repeating this. So here's an answer for you.
At any traffic stop you get two options. Sign the ticket as a promise to either appear in court or pay the fine. EVERY LEO is taught this.
Refusal is an act of non-compliance. The LEO will then ask if the person is refusing to honor the ticket. If refused, then the officer is DUTY BOUND to arrest said offender on misdemeanor charges.
Her refusal first to not sign, now has her in jeopardy of arrest. Any other action now is off the table, and the safest route for both the LEO and the suspect must be considered. Her belligerence is not in question here, her continuing threat to herself, and her not obeying the LEO commands escalates the situation.
True, the LEO could have 'just handcuffed' her if she was being submissive and compliant, but she wasn't. Anything the LEO does PHYSICALLY will in all respects cause injury, BECAUSE he is twice her size.
For that very reason alone, tazing is the humane and less than lethal way to subdue her. Had he wrestled her to the ground and physically used his size to do that, injuries she would have suffered would have been extensive and probably debilitating.
And the LEO would have been crucified in public opinion for doing that.
She asked for it! Taze me bro!