“If not, what other options could the trooper have chosen in this situation?”
I already specified my opinion of the options in post #396.
What I meant was, did the officer have only two reasonable options - tasing or struggling - once the driver began to walk away? If so, what were they?
Also, I would appreciate an answer to my earlier question:
Is it your contention that a person standing along a highway in full control of his faculties, is no more at risk than someone being tazered in the same setting?