I have had various thoughts on this incident. It was reported the day before that people were griping and grumbling that help was slow in coming. In other words, the people wanted government to fix it "now" so they could go back to their life in paradise. So help was slow in coming and some guy wants to go home and gets tasered when he tries. Seems to me you can't have your cake and eat it too. If you expect government to fix things, you don't get to dictate too much. With government you get to stand in line and wait. And if you complain, expect some illiterate gum chewing flunkie to make your wait even more miserable.
In regard to tasers, this incident is one of those duck bites I reckon. Police departments are warming up to their new toy with increasing speed. Where I live, choke holds are being barred and tasers are taking their place. Many local news programs show the local coppers being trained on their use, while touting the safety aspect their use brings to both the giver and the receiver. So, in turn, the cops are going to take less crap from the object of their concern and be quick on the draw....... Wait until reports start surfacing that some country boy gets pulled over, and the cop tasers his dog riding in the bed of his truck because the cop felt threatened by that big old cowdog when cop approaches the truck, or some old-school grandma gets tasered because she dares to argue with that cop that she was in the process of pulling on that seatbelt and had not actually left the Dairy Cream parking lot yet................ I saw a COPS program a few months ago and the cop tasered an upset guy who was standing there telling his story to the cop, and the cop felt threatened because the guy was being demonstrative with his arms when speaking. So, while I hope nobody on this board gets tasered, when the every day sheeple begins getting tasered more and more on a daily basis, maybe it will be a good thing in the long run.