Reply #73: Did you see the full video tape? Did you see how many cops there were?

[Garbo 2004]

Did you see only two cops holding him by the arms? He was already handcuffed and on the ground and they were tasering him because he didn't stand up. They were telling him "Stand up or you'll be tased again."

The other cops were standing around. Two had him by the arms, that's all. He effectively was under their control and they still kept tasering him simply because he didn't stand up. All they had to do was drag him off, as they eventually did.

So you figure the other cops were just standing around throughout this event and letting only two cops handle him unassisted because in their judgment the student was such a handful that the two cops holding him were insufficient? That blows the hole in your argument right there. Multiple officers present, yet only two were used to hold him, one by each arm, and drag him out. And as they said, they were tasering him because he didn't stand up. They didn't need him to stand up to remove him from the premises.

Contrast that with the Regents' mtg...protestors refused to stand and were dragged off. No tasers used to try to force them to stand and walk.