Tasers: No Big Deal, Right?
September 20, 2008
Judges are starting to treat tasers as "no big deal." In cases where a police officer uses a baton, even cruel judges like J. L. Edmondson and Joel F. Dubina are willing to recognize force was used. Tasers, for some reason, seems like too much of a black box. Tasers, to them, aren't a big deal.
What do the Taser (TM) people have to say? Are tasers no big deal? Here is a commercial they produced, which demonstrates how devastating tasers are:
How can judges act like using a taser is not using force?