Alfred1 says:

The cop should be exonerated…she was under arrest and disobeyed lawful commands…if she wanted to dispute the charges, courts exist for that purpose.

She confirms the fact she was under arrest when she was tasered for disobedience…at 4:48 saying “I don’t know remember if he said I was under arrest” and almost immediately, in 5:06 says “he wanted to arrest me”

While we all hate getting tickets, especially those we are innocent of, once under arrest, you gotta submit…or else.

SparkyOne says:

#16 clio,
The stop was lost when the “officer” allowed the driver to exit the auto.

This is a training issue and if the “officer” had ever had control of the situation none of this would have happened.

Gern Blanston says:

Talking on a Cell phone while driving / speeding with kids in the car should be a $10,000 fine AND the cop should be required to Taser the driver… three times.

R.O.P. says:

Nothing like showing your kids you love them by putting their lives at risk. Still, if the penalty for stupidity is getting tasered, the cops are going to need more batteries. I really wonder what the civil rights movement would have looked liked if tasers were in use in the 60′s.

ArianeB says:

Using Tasers should be considered LETHAL FORCE and should NEVER be used unless someone’s life in danger.

Alfred1 says:

#31 I could be wrong, not being expert in this, but I believe the argument is Tasering is less damaging, less life threatening, than physically beating her to enforce compliance.

That argument seems to have some validity to me.

To assume she is physically strong enough to withstand bodily force is an assumption that will, given the presence of frail humans in our midst, will prove unsound.

Alfred1 says:

#33 Naive…anyone familiar with the lawless realizes how much society requires protection from them…how grateful we should be for law enforcement.

Anarchy had its chance, in the wild west. In time communities realized men are more free when a lawman allows peaceful commerce to exist without extortion and theft.

atmusky says:

#34Naive? Perhaps you should look in the mirror. This cop wasn’t protecting anyone – he was attempting to generate revenue and was pissed when he wasn’t going to be able to so.

I live in upstate/western NY and for all practicable purposes it is a police state. I have had family members pulled over for this same issue they also were not using a cell phone and didn’t even have one in the car. They were detained for over an hour while their car was ripped apart looking for the cell phone. Bad cops are everywhere, every week another town has some cop in hot water heck the last 3 police chiefs in the next town over all were arrested while in office.

Most cops are tasked with collecting money for the state the majority of the time. Not to mention the fact that if we got rid of the prostitution, gambling, & drug laws we wouldn’t have any crime to speak of.

So do I support having police to actually protect people or their property – sure do. But that is not what our current police state is about.

Inbread Georgian says:

She looks like a cranky bitch, I would have tased her too. Speeding, talking on the cell phone with kids in the car? He should have kicked her in the crotch as well. If she had been in Georgia she would have been thrown on the hood of the police car and it would have looked like a scene from Deliverance.

Bad Ass Texan says:

#38 Inbread Georgian,

“I would have tased her too.

If you tased any member of my family, it would be the last act as any kind of pubic service you ever perform.

I promise you, you’d never work again and we would own you for three generations.

To protect and to serve: MY ASS.