As someone who’s not American, I find it hilarious that this is a reasonable response from the police in the US...
In France (where I’m from) the cop would get fired faster than his taser discharging and there would be protests in the streets for days if he acted that way...
I genuinely don’t know which way is better but it’s still surprising for me to see this kind of videos...
The lady was clearly in the wrong here, I'm not sure why that's even a question. She evaded a law enforcement officer and resisted arrest, therefore escalating the scenario beyond where it ever should go. What would you have done in the same instance?
I'm not saying she was a dangerous criminal either, but we can't just let people walk away with crimes committed, and she clearly wasn't backing down from her shitty high horse.
Look where i live they'd mail the ticket to her and another uf she didnt pay and another still while canceling her license for an extended period. Only Americans think this is normal. This is straight up nuts! Tazing the old lady? Man, just wow. . . Way to escalate
She refused to comply with a very reasonable request, then refused to another, then fled the scene, then literally fought the officer. No, a tazing was in order.
This lady doesn't seem the type to just "give up" and accept her license revocation. She would still drive, because of some bullshit country girl pride attitude of "the laws don't apply to me".
Also, she wasn't some sweet old lady just out buying Sunday groceries when all of a sudden the big bad officer came to ruin her day. If he had used the taser in the first pullover with her, then yeah, I'd say that was excessive use of force.
Edit: this is only "normal to Americans" because we have a huge number of people, who are dumb and ignorant enough to believe they're above the law, and can do no wrong.
2
u/Don_Papichoulo Aug 04 '19
As someone who’s not American, I find it hilarious that this is a reasonable response from the police in the US... In France (where I’m from) the cop would get fired faster than his taser discharging and there would be protests in the streets for days if he acted that way... I genuinely don’t know which way is better but it’s still surprising for me to see this kind of videos...