Lafiel said:
really, you think this is a life-or-death situation for the officer? ridiculous |
Easy to say when you aren't a United States police officer where you have a target on your head every day that you go to work. I mean I seriously want you to think about that for a second. Think about the job that you currently have and think about the possibility of getting shot when you are simply minding your own business. You act as if the civilain was in a life-or-death situation after he was stunned. Ridiculous.
You then assume that the old man didn't know he was acting out of line. The old man was walking towards the police vehicle in a threatening manner, weapon or no weapon. It was still a threatening move no matter how you want to twist it. A civilian in this country knows that an action displayed by the old man warrants an immediate tase from a police officer. These are the rules that are setup here in America and people should respect these rules.
Let me do a quick comparison. You are on these forums and you start flaming so you get banned. You could have stated your point in a calm collective manner and avoided a ban all together. Who do you blame? Yourself or the moderator? You are currently defending the stance that the moderator would be at fault.
That old man knew how he should have acted but he chose to act out of line. So the police officer felt that a non-lethal tase was the perfect way to subdue the civilian without any injury. You can even hear the officers immediate concern for the civilian when he asked him if he was okay. People should be responsible for their own actions instead of blaming others.
