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Originally Posted by !@#$%!
when the cops ty to immobilize you and you try to break free and use physical force to oppose them, i'm afraid they have the legal obligation to smack you down.
he didnt get tazered for asking a question, or for being a dick; he got tazered for struggling while he was being cuffed. just watch.
it's unpleasant and against everyone's instincts to let yourself be subdued, but the power of the state is ultimately that of making you go against your instinct. fucked up, yet true.
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Yeah, but I wouldn't be surprised if UF has a policy where it's officers can only use tasers when threatened by physical harm. If that's the case, they stepped over their legal rights, or obligations as you called them.
Even if that's not in the handbook and it's completely up to the officer's discretion - I would take a good hard look at this if I were one of the university officials investigating this. They certainly don't want to be known for being the university where cops tase students.