I think you guys are over-estimating a taser (Score 1)

Since this is very old ill just say what I said before about this. IMO this guy was just putting on a show... Trying to be anti-establishment and put on a show for everyone else. If they didn't taser him they would have had to carry him out kicking and screaming. Also tasers dont have any lasting effects... once the current stops the pain stops and your muscles relax. The mayor of our city adn the council got tasered on TV for demonstrations when they gave out the tasers to the police force here and they all laughed about it after they fell down and got back up. And someone mentioned on another board I read that the police already said they This guy was screaming like a lunatic and I truely feel like he got what he deserved. I read most of the replies and slashdot members seem to take almost the exact opposite stance that the other message board I read had. The other board all seemed to think this guy deserved it and the police did nothing wrong (other message board is a younger audience 17-20). But from all the replies here being the same I think this discussion is suffering from groupthink. This is hardly police brutality. Was the guy hurt at all? No.