Quote Originally Posted by gypski
There is a video tape of the incident or parts of it, and being tased could cause someone to inhale what ever it was they were trying to swallow. I wonder if he was black??
First, what a stupid thing to do, bring race into it. Second, if there's a video, how about a link?? Third, the suspect was resisting arrest. The cops didn't force the bag in his mouth, then tase him. They followed standard procedure when he was resisting arrest.

Quote Originally Posted by RedLocks
yup.

although doesn't seem like he was being violent just running away the whole time. Wouldn't be surprised if they zapped him because they realized he was trying to swallow something and they didn't want to lose an extra charge, serve and protect yuh know..
Yeah, that makes total sense, seeing as how cops make a commission for every charge they bring in! I know cops have monthly quotas for tickets and citations, but it's ridiculous to assume that the cops purposely tased him because they saw something in his mouth. Again, they tased him because he was resisting arrest. Also, how can you say he wasn't violently resisting arrest? They had one handcuff on and he broke free! How can you break free from a polic officer handcuffing you without using force/violence?

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I don't understand why race is being brought into this. Pure ignorance.