Cops and their silly toys

Here's a shock - a police officer just tasered somebody, unnecessarily. What a shock.

Sorry.

Ok, yeah, a kid jumps on the field and runs around. Yep, it's a nuisance, a bother. And he needs to be corralled and given a disorderly conduct, or whatever they do in Philly (in NYC, they put you in jail for a year - the Calvin Klein law. Yes, that Calvin Klein). Of course, before they do that, they have to catch the guy, and when it's a young, fast teenager, that can take a while. The cop who was chasing this kid decided ok, he's tired of looking and feeling stupid, in front of a bunch of frothed up, idiotic Phillies fans (really, Philly fans are the worst human beings on earth. Cops being sub-human, of course). One can understand that feeling. I certainly can...it sucks when some idiot decides to make your life more difficult, solely because he so enjoys being an idiot. So this cop pulled out his taser, and shot the kid with it. Lit him up, literally. And now, people in Philly are getting together to decide if this was appropriate or not.

Here's the answer.

No. It's fucking not.

Tasers are supposed to be non-lethal force...in the case where a WEAPON is needed. It's not supposed to be something to just make a cops life a little easier - hey, I don't feel like chasing this dick anymore, so I'll just fucking electrocute him. No, sorry, that doesn't work. You still have to do the heavy lifting.

It may come across like I'm anti-cop here, like I'm trying to tie their hands behind their back. I'm not, really. While I do have some obvious disdain for them, for a variety of reasons that would take way too long to get in to here, I think they have a tough job, and I really, genuinely tip my hat to the seemingly fewer and fewer good cops that are around. But - it is a *tough* job, and if you're not tough enough to do it, you shouldn't be a cop! If you have to subdue some crazy crackhead, or keep a loon from attacking you, or a fellow officer, or a civilian, great, fine, that's what it's there for. If you use it to stop some kid from running around IN AN ENCLOSED AREA, or settling down a 10 year old girl, or stop that "don't tase me bro" hippy from asking a presidential candidate a question (you all know who I mean), then you're a lazy bag of shit, and should be doing something else to pay your bills.

In the case of the cop that tased the 10 year old, his department actually said he was being threatened by the girl, and could have been hurt. Oh my god. Right there, you shouldn't be a cop. They also said that it was that, or hit her with a baton, because they couldn't control her.

What?!? A cop, a grown man, couldn't control a 10 year old girl?!? Pick her ass up, you fucking pussy motherfucker! Jesus Harold Christ.

I think it's a fair distinction that I"m making. I'm sure every police department will disagree, and cry about how tough the job is. Sure it is. Unless you use your silly toy to do your job for you.