Reply #52: There you go

[Rose Siding]

That would be money better spent and would move society in a more positive direction. What an indignity to have a class of armed people who can prod the rest of us like cattle with little consequence.

It's very naive to think that police only have run-ins with bad guys who deserve to be subjected to electric shock.

There was an octogenarian who got zapped in a northern state, and children have been "subdued" in a number of cases. How did cops ever get by before? Has there been some skyrocketing crime or officer injury trend that's escaped notice?

Maybe it's a result of post Sept 11 Law and Order politics. If every cop had the discernment, self-restraint, judgment, compassion, wisdom and character of Sheriff Taylor, it might be a Tool worth considering. There are some terrific cops but abuse of power is a fact of the human condition. It is to be expected and should come as no surprise.

Tasers are being loosed on us with such zeal, carrying the promise of non-lethality and little consequence to misuse. Hardly anyone dies, there hasn't been any damning video footage or photos of swollen faces or mashed limbs, so what we get is a refining of "policy".

Louisville, KY got them this month. Out of 26 incidents, 11 were counted as misfires or malfunctions -a statistic that induces little confidence in the product, even beyond its potential for abuse.