All F*CKING tasers should be BANNED.
If you have to pull a taser, you should be pulling your gun. I am sick and tired on seeing these videos. This is not a non-lethal alternative and IMHO, if you have to resort to these methods, lethal or not, pull your service piece.
So, what you're telling us is, that you would have preferred the
officer to just shoot the guy (with a high probability of his death
resulting) or maybe use a baton instead? (and likely smash up
some of his bones in the process and cause the guy a lot of long
term pain and suffering). Or are you suggesting that him
brandishing a firearm would have stopped the guy from acting
like a jerk? (I've seen several videos where loaded guns being
pointed at a perp didn't stop the perp from being a d-bag, so, at
best, that probably only has a small chance of working if the guy
is already "off the rails". )
I'm trying to follow the logic there, but it evades me.
While I agree that a taser can still be lethal, it most certainly is
FAR less lethal than most other options, except for perhaps OC.
(I've never heard of anyone dying from OC, although I wonder if it
can cause allergic reactions with some? )
-Mike