11-20-2006, 07:32 PM
Quote:It seems like the kid wanted to make a spectacle of the situation. It's not the original rule that he broke, but the fact that that he refused to let the law enforcement finish their business. If a person had walked away from an undercover asking for ID at a bar/party, or driven away from a trooper asking for ID after pulling him over, he would have ended up on the ground in cuffs too. I don't know if the tasers were necessary, but they are probably considered more image-friendly in LA than billy clubs or a violent looking physical struggle...
6 adult males should have absolutely no problem restraining 1 adult male, without the use of billy clubs, tazers or anything else. The kid deserved to be restrained, handcuffed and arrested. But this is like killing a fly with a sledgehammer.
-A