Punk ran away.
Cops chased, tasered him to take into custody.
Punk has medical emergency, cops call medical team. Punk dies, family claims abuse.
Media complies with myth.
Cops are becoming more and more militarized and violent.
The Miami media would like to have a riot every day.
There was a time that most of us would feel the same way. Now, anyone who pays attention doesn’t take anything cops say at face value.
The cop isn't without issues and I think dying for graffiti is a tad draconian.
When tazers first hit the street cops told us they would only be used in leiu of bullets. This assurance was made because tazers do have the ability to kill, even if the probability is low. Now tazers are used to gain physical compliance, in the way batons were once used. Unless the police had a situation where bullets were appropriate the tazer never should have left the officer’s belt.
As of December 2012, roughly one million people have pacemakers in the United States. Pacemakers have progressed in the past years.
Although Tasers are non-lethal to the average human, for a big portion of our society they can be. Not only those with pacemakers, but others with undetected heart conditions can be killed by them.
In my opinion, and I’m the world’s foremost expert on my opinion, Tasers should be considered to be lethal weapons.
Wait! Where are all the protests for the black mother who was not tazered but SHOT by the DC police last week, with a child in her car?
This appears to be non-white on non-white violence, and therefore is not deserving of publication.
< / Chicago >
Would they rather the officer have put a half dozen bullets in him???
Bingo!!! nuff said. Have a cold one on me!