Boondocksaint27
Active Member
One final thought on this topic, now that I've had time to read all of the comments. I'm sure I'm going to be accused of bias, but when I read the title I was anticipating seeing something that an Officer intentionally did to injure or harm a person. I seriously doubt it was the Officer's intention to put this woman in a coma. My guess would be that he had a minimal number of seconds to weigh the risk of tackling the female vs tasing her and opted for tasing as she was a 90lb woman and he a 267 lb man.
It's unfortunate that things turned out the way they did. It's also unfortunate that this female had cocaine and oxys in her system and had twice committed hit and runs (something that could also have seriously hurt someone). That's not to say that she deserves what has happened to her, but I'm also not ready to crucify the Officer or monday morning quarterback what he "should" have done. He had debateably a matter of split-seconds to a couple of seconds to make his decision. Tackling her could have seriously injured them both. Grabbing her hair (I think I read somebody post that he should have done that) usually causes someone injury as your snapping someone whose momentum is moving forward, backward applying direct pressure to the head and neck and so it is discouraged. He tased her trying to quickly stop the pursuit. Right decision? Wrong decision? Not for me to say as I was not in his shoes, but I can see why he made the decision he did.
Just my two cents anyway.
It's unfortunate that things turned out the way they did. It's also unfortunate that this female had cocaine and oxys in her system and had twice committed hit and runs (something that could also have seriously hurt someone). That's not to say that she deserves what has happened to her, but I'm also not ready to crucify the Officer or monday morning quarterback what he "should" have done. He had debateably a matter of split-seconds to a couple of seconds to make his decision. Tackling her could have seriously injured them both. Grabbing her hair (I think I read somebody post that he should have done that) usually causes someone injury as your snapping someone whose momentum is moving forward, backward applying direct pressure to the head and neck and so it is discouraged. He tased her trying to quickly stop the pursuit. Right decision? Wrong decision? Not for me to say as I was not in his shoes, but I can see why he made the decision he did.
Just my two cents anyway.
