And so the debate goes back and forth, and the fact that tasers rarely kill ends up being a temptation to deploy them in trivial cases where there is little or no true danger to police personnel. But still. Why did this group have none, or not wish to try them, for this clearly irrationally combative nut. That’s why the taser was invented, to bring a humane end to such horrible face offs.
Apparently the Saginaw PD had tazed someone back in April and the guy died.
http://www.minbcnews.com/news/story.aspx?id=740772#.UDBdVEROiKg
My guess is the Tazers were then probably blocked from use pending a review.