If you try to take away a cop's weapon, they're going to use force - very likely lethal force - to stop you, and that's as it should be.
A tazer is a "less lethal" weapon - meaning it's LESS likely to kill than a conventional gun - but it doesn't mean it isn't lethal. Plus, if a suspect is able to taze a cop, he could then take his real gun and kill the cop and other innocents. Cops are, by policy, required to do everything in their power to prevent this from happening.
As ANY lawyer will tell you, the CORRECT response is to let the cops detain or arrest you as they will, and let your lawyer (even if that's a public defender) argue your position afterwards. If the police did things wrong, the evidence will get tossed, and that usually invalidates the entire case against you. And if you really didn't do anything wrong, usually the worst that's going to happen to you is a couple of nights in a holding cell.
The whole idea that you can fight your way out of an arrest, and not put your life at risk, is ridiculous. If you play deadly games, you're going to win deadly prizes.
I'm not saying that all cops are perfect, but when cops have to face people like this during their day-to-day jobs (and they do, far too often), then you can't be surprised when it occasionally goes very badly. It should be EXPECTED, and the blame should, by default, be placed on the suspect. Very, very few problems occur when a suspect is cooperating - it almost ALWAYS occurs when the suspect has been extremely uncooperative.
A taser is most DEFINITELY a lethal weapon if being used against a guy who's carrying an actual gun (which a cop is) so yeah--he needs to stop you immediately.
For fuck's sake people--it ain't that hard: if a cop tells you to stop, you stop. Get down on the ground and put your hands out. You can bitch and moan about how you're being mistreated when you speak to your lawyer and sue someone's ass off then if it's warranted. Your goal in the encounter with the cop should be the same as your goal in ANY encounter with a guy WITH A FUCKING GUN--try not to die.
Jesus!
To be honest, cops don't need a justification to kill you, they just will and they're friends will cover their asses.
if you take an officers weapon then your already far beyond the justified range of lethal violence
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I reserve the right to defend myself against law enforcement. If you try to taser me, or even trying to arrest me in the first place, you clearly do not have my best interests and well-being in mind, and at that point, you have put me in a life or death conflict with you. I’m not going to treat you any different because you’re a cop. You are now an enemy of my freedom, and will be treated as such.
Let's get your facts straight. The taser is NOT a lethal weapon. As Wikipedia explains "
The TASER device is a less-lethal, not non-lethal, weapon, since the possibility of serious injury or death exists whenever the weapon is deployed."
Based on that knowledge, it is not appropriate for a police officer to use deadly force when the man had a taser.
The last thing a cop wants is to have his weapon taken away from him. If he was attacked with the taser it would have made it easy to disarm him and possible kill him with his own weapon.
I know of a local cop who was hit with a rock and knocked unconscious. The attacker took his sidearm and killed him with it. A woman was watching from her front door and the attacker killed her too.
First of all, that goes against protocol.
Why didn't he call for backup?
Why not let the guy run away and catch him later? It's completely possible.
He could've backed up and see if the guy would attack him.
Also, why am I not affected from seeing someone shot anymore?
You reach for a tazer, you are asking for it. The only thing you should reach for in such a situation... is a lawyer.
Yes. That’s crazy. You don’t try to kill a police officer…
Less trash on the street
The officer was justified. He's only being prosecuted because he's in that shifty blue state called Mishitgan. I mean Michigan
i think you'd have to be mentally ill to defend that cop.
If your fighting with a cop I say he can shoot you and its 100% your fault
That is for the courts to decide.
Did not vote don't know the case
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