To all of you who are referring to all the videos of officers who’ve used the taser “indescriminately” in your opinion, please remember that they’re doing thier job, and while Yes, there is a minority of law enforcement that misuse their power, but please remember that what you’re seeing is a very few people compared to total number of officers in this country, and as someone else noted, you don’t know what was happening before the “suspect” was tazed. (Editing can be quite misleading… ask Michael Moore… oops!)
I have friends and relatives in law enforcement… if you ever begin to consider pulling over someone in a traffic violation “routine” then you’re putting your life at risk. Police officers put their lives on the line for us every single day that they go to work. If a taser can be used in lieu of a gun, in order to neutralize someone in a bad situation, then I am ALL FOR IT!