Andrew Meyer did a good thing

[cali]

He may be an asshole, he may have deserved arrest (I think he did), but he didn't deserve to be tasered.

It took a white college kid in front of a U.S. Senator and a camera, to shine a spotlight on the abusive use of tasers by police departments. The profile of these abuses has been immensely heightened.

That's a good thing, and I bet this case leads to departments reviewing taser use protocols.

[Richard Steele]

1. *sigh*

[baby_mouse]

3. um.

#171

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=6950103&mesg_id=6952619

[baby_mouse]

2. Well at least we agree on *something*.

Tasers are a good deal more dangerous than a lot of people realise.

[LittleClarkie]

4. Agreed.

My only problem with most threads on the subject was that Andrew became a saint, and somehow John Kerry was responsible for campus police.

I can agree that tasers appear to be a bad thing, esp. in the hand of some cops.