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Police tasered suicidal man and he died...
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<blockquote data-quote="slsh" data-source="post: 301226" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>Well... we had an incident this week where the CPD shot and killed a panhandler who had pulled a knife and threatened someone. My first thought was why *didn't* they taser him? (Didn't help that one of the officers got shot in the process.)</p><p> </p><p>It's a fine line - if you have a violent mentally ill person, what is a safe way to stop the threat? Or *is* there a safe way? I'm not excusing the tasering. It's a major concern of mine because my kid is so unpredictable. Authority just eggs him on. But I certainly can understand if you have a person who is acting violently, that has to be the officers' first priority - the cause of the violence would be secondary in that crisis.</p><p> </p><p>It's a no-win, I think.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="slsh, post: 301226, member: 8"] Well... we had an incident this week where the CPD shot and killed a panhandler who had pulled a knife and threatened someone. My first thought was why *didn't* they taser him? (Didn't help that one of the officers got shot in the process.) It's a fine line - if you have a violent mentally ill person, what is a safe way to stop the threat? Or *is* there a safe way? I'm not excusing the tasering. It's a major concern of mine because my kid is so unpredictable. Authority just eggs him on. But I certainly can understand if you have a person who is acting violently, that has to be the officers' first priority - the cause of the violence would be secondary in that crisis. It's a no-win, I think. [/QUOTE]
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