Friday, January 13, 2006

We shoot to avoid getting sued for tazer use...

SWAT Team Shoots Suicidal Fla. Student

Recently it seems like there have been a lot of stories (okay, maybe just 2 or 3) about law enforcement having to take someone down with a handgun. Sometimes that leads to the person dying. (in this case, the kid was taken to the hospital; there is no word on his condition at this time)

When asked why the law enforcement agents don't use tazers, they say that they are too worried about getting sued for using a tazer.

Does this seem like backward logic? They are too worried about getting sued, so they shoot and possibly kill someone instead...

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1 comment:

grrrbear said...

Maybe it's the "dead men file no lawsuits" logic...

...of course, their *families* probably do.