[hfr]

Whatever the facts, the response was all out of proportion.

There seems to be no balance anymore. Something is seriously broken.

Things seem to go from zero to deadly in an eye blink.

[USNBandit]

Without all the "badge lapper jack booted thug" invective, this is pretty poor law enforcement.

With reasonable suspicion of illegally operating a bicycle in traffic, these officers ended up in a use of force situation and three arrests. Way to de-escalate the situation.

I can't believe the prosecutor's office took the mother and family friend to court over this, after more facts were known.

The city is going to pay out on this one.

Where I live the county paid a settlement on a perfectly good use of a taser. Fleeing felon hides under a porch, kicks a police dog hard enough that the dog lost a tooth. When he got tasered one of the probes hit him in the left testicle (deployment extremely effective).