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Originally Posted by lindalove
I'm not sure what to say here - tasers are a bit extreme if you ask me.
There had to be another way of handling this with someone in a wheelchair.
It's not like she's fully mobile in a wheelchair.
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Swinging knives and a hammer is extreme. How else do you subdue someone like that? Did you want them to shoot her? I'm very thankful for the tasers. There are too many instances where a police officer is threatened by a person- what do you want them to do, shoot them all? Sometimes, that was the only option- call for backup, try not to have to shoot, and pray to God your reluctance to shoot doesn't cost your own life.
I don't care if they're 100 years old and in a motorized chair, totally paralyzed from the neck down except for one arm- if that one arm is swinging a knife at a cop and threatening them, and the police can't safely get close enough to disarm them, they should be tasered.
You
do not threaten or endanger the life of a police officer. Period.