Lancemc
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Canadiens1160 said:After viewing the Youtube video of said incident, I feel that it was unnecessary to taser the guy, as in many cases with police using stun guns.
However, this idiot basically ran into an organized public forum ALREADY being chased by cops, made a total mess of the proceedings, continued to act like a cunt and asked more questions even after Kerry was gracious enough to answer one for him, and resisted when the police attempted to escort him out of the building.
Now, I have no problem with free speech, but I do have a problem with nincompoops who shout "what are you doing!!!! police brutality!!!!" and flop around like a fish on the deck of a boat when security attempts to remove them for being unruly.
It's like the idiots who wanted attention in grade school and wouldn't wait for their turn to be called on. The guy was completely entitled to his question, if he had been sitting as an audience member like everyone else and waited for his possible turn like everyone else.
So, in the end
The Rest of Us: 1
Douchebag College Student: 0
Police Use of Taser: Unwarranted
You pretty much summed up my exact responce perfectly here. I think the police were perfectly in the right up until the point the tasered the kid, which I'm not even entirely sure was unwarranted, though I'll err on the side of it beeing excessive for now.
The guy went in there asking for trouble, violated the rules of the forum, had purposeful intent to cause a scene, resisted commands of the officers repeatedly, and causes way more trouble than it was worth obviously.
Did they need to taser him? No. But they're only human, and when dealing with a complete asshole like that guy, sometimes you slip up. "Help! Help! Why am I being arrested!? Who did anything here!? don't tase me Bro! Don't Tase me!!" *zap-zap-zap*
Yeah, I might have done the same thing in the situation. And has anyone here every been tased? I haven't, but several friends/aquaintances of mine have. It's no big deal. It hardly even hurts, and doesn't really damage you in any significant way. If the kid has been pepper-sprayed or maiced, he would have been in much MUCH more pain. I could also see this being a big deal if they hit him in the head with a club or something like that. But whatever. I lol'd.