Raider30
Shared on Mon, 10/08/2007 - 06:44http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071008/us_nm/weapons_stun_dc
Sorry I don't know how to embed the link so you just have to click on it. But I saw this and immediately thought of the conversation a few weeks ago regarding the use of the taser. As I said then, the use of the taser is a safe and less tramautic use of force when compared to alternate options.
The guy from Amnesty International is a dolt. I'm not usually a name caller, but it frustrates me to to no end when people refuse to recognize the reality of life when its right in front of them. His complaint is that the taser was used often against people who were unarmed. No shit? Really? What he fails to mention is that the alternatives(ie. soft techniques - wrestling around with a subject trying to subdue them and hard techniques - strikes) would likely have caused the subject and possibly the officers MORE damage to their body. Not to mention putting both officer and subject in more danger. The fact that he ignores this line of reasoning in favor of sticking to his opinion that tasers are bad just shows that he's not interested in whats best for people, he's more interested in believing in his disconnected from reality view of the world.
Sorry I don't know how to embed the link so you just have to click on it. But I saw this and immediately thought of the conversation a few weeks ago regarding the use of the taser. As I said then, the use of the taser is a safe and less tramautic use of force when compared to alternate options.
The guy from Amnesty International is a dolt. I'm not usually a name caller, but it frustrates me to to no end when people refuse to recognize the reality of life when its right in front of them. His complaint is that the taser was used often against people who were unarmed. No shit? Really? What he fails to mention is that the alternatives(ie. soft techniques - wrestling around with a subject trying to subdue them and hard techniques - strikes) would likely have caused the subject and possibly the officers MORE damage to their body. Not to mention putting both officer and subject in more danger. The fact that he ignores this line of reasoning in favor of sticking to his opinion that tasers are bad just shows that he's not interested in whats best for people, he's more interested in believing in his disconnected from reality view of the world.
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