Reply #56: They don't taser themselves the way they do their victims.

[athena]

When they get tasered, they have a chance to prepare for it mentally. Their buddies hold them by the arm to make sure they don't fall to the floor too roughly. It's not the same as being electrocuted to the floor at the feet of police in uniform, with all sorts of people looking on while you scream, whimper, and writhe. Also, the officers get a single jolt lasting less than 5 seconds. When it comes to their victims, though, they zap them repeatedly, for much longer periods. A search for "taser" on YouTube brings up lots of videos of cops getting tasered, as well as several very disturbing arrest scenes similar to the UCLA one. In one of them, a woman is obviously in extreme agony, and the cop says (paraphrasing), "Stop it already; it doesn't hurt that much. We got tasered, too, we know what it's like." Sure they do.

Anyone who thinks cops can be relied on to be professional should watch this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAKebaxEMoI&mode=related&search=