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To: bentway who wrote (360094)	11/25/2007 1:08:19 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576613

"Had the cop simply given him the ticket instead of trying to get him to sign it, the situation would never have escalated." The guy was headed for the car, ignoring the orders of a cop with a Taser on him. Was the cop supposed to assume the guy was going to WAIT ro be ticketed? Don't be absurd. If I was the cop, I'd assume the guy was fleeing more than a speeding ticket. The guy was out of the car because the cop told him to get out after he refused to sign the ticket. Read the article again.......some commanding officer said that state troopers are trained to put the ticket in the car and leave when someone refuses to sign it. IMO that would have been the non confrontational way to go. Furthermore the cop had the guy's license plate number and the video. Eventually the guy would have been arrested for having left the scene. Only when you determine that the tasering was a power play does the cop's role make any sense.