tazering, deserved or not?

[shmike]

Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

OK, I see the problem. ANY traffic stop is potentially a felony traffic stop and police have to treat it that way, or they go home in a body bag.

Guy gets out of car and stays out, when told to get back in. Guy approaches cop while ignoring more orders to stop, and return to his vehicle. Before the advent of Tasers we'd have been wondering if this was a good SHOOTING instead.

We almost did.

The cop in question had his gun drawn. He mentioned it @ the 30 second mark, iirc. He did not taser the guy. The suspect asked multiple times if the cop was going to shoot him.

The guy was tasered by the back up officers that arrived.

He was obviously not enough of a threat to shoot. He had three minutes to pull the trigger and didnt.