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In reply to the discussion: Tasered woman now brain dead [View all]SaintPete
(533 posts)but then importance of stopping her escape.
If she were a shoplifter, for example (or any offender that was not clearly a potential danger to the lives of others), I might share the opinion that the cop used too much force, but that's not the case.
She didn't deserve brain trauma, but it's not as if the cop had a glass full of "brain trauma" that he gave the woman to drink. It wasn't a given that she would flat like a board, it wasn't a given that in doing so, she would hit her head, it wasn't a given that in hitting her head, she would suffer brain trauma.
The cop had a very reasonable expectation that the woman would simply be stunned, captured, and placed in jail. He also had a reasonable expectation that is she managed to outrun him and get away, she would be a great danger to others.