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You think it warrants having a taser pointed at someone just to ask their name?

That does depend entirely on what they thought he was guilty of.

Which at this point none of us know.

But if they thought he was someone that posed a significant danger surely they'd request back up before approaching? (Genuine question - I don't know)

And to fire it when the perceived risk of injury shoots up. As Jem said, it's the only logical explanation.

At this point, given the lack of ant=y context, I dare say that any conclusion as to whether warranted or not that you come to is basically revealing your own prejudice.

If it avoids escalation, yes. If the comfort level of holding a taser on someone in a potential conflict situation means that they're less likely to panic and end up pulling the trigger, yes.

That worked well

And by gosh, he's in desperate need of more advocates.

Well yes, quite

I suspect we can blame the Tories for that one for reducing police budgets so much they can't spare the resources

Having the taser out (or a firearm for a firearms officer) would be pretty normal, you obviously have quicker reactions if shit hits the fan and you're already holding it than if you have to fumble about with the holster and draw it. Her having the taser out suggests that she thought it might be needed, which would indicate that whatever the man was suspected of doing was violent.

Tasers are approved to be used for compliance if the suspect resists arrest, as they're (usually) non-lethal and, as the cop in my quote above says, generally actually better for the suspect than a dog bite or a baton smashing.

Just for the avoidance of doubt, I still think the use of the taser was wrong - not procedurally, that was fine - but more in that it shouldn't have come to that. They could have approached that situation in so many more ways, many of which would have avoided that level of escalation.

...Yup, as ever, there's a certain inevitability about all of this, I have to say.

I pay the required amount of road tax for a vehicle emitting very low CO2 emissions
Plus I pay tax for my car and motorbike and then leave them at home.

Ding ding ding. There's no such thing as road tax.

The legislation may refer to it as VED, but everyone knows what it's referring to.

That's an interesting point about the police dogs. They're vicious fuckers, but everyone loves them.

If you are chased by one, never, ever, try to escape by crawling through a tunnel, running over a seesaw and jumping through a hoop.

Take off your jacket, hold it tight out at waist level, let the dog bite it then get behind it and twist it's collar so it can't breathe.

Failing that, let it bite your arm (I know) and put your other thumb into one of its eye sockets.

Everyone?

Well, a good deal of people.

We need a vote. I'll sort one.

Free ride in a police car? In!

I love Police dogs.
When I was 10, my bezzie mate's dad was a very taciturn copper. I don't know if it's the same now, but his Police dog, a massive Alsatian bitch called 'Lady' lived with them in the family home - equally taciturn and waiting for her master on her mat. Being an animal-loving kid I just bounded up to her as soon as I saw her and, despite her leaping to her feet and low-growling, I just stroked her head saying 'hello, Lady', before the (horrified) dad knew what was happening. I still remember that dog tensing up like a steel cable when I touched her, but bless her cotton socks - she must've known I was a defenceless pup as it were, she didn't hurt me. (Of course, it wasn't bravery on my part, merely childish stupidity - ignorance is bliss).

Of course, though, from that moment on I was kind of "accepted" and, the next time I was round there, I was sure to feed her a square of my Yorkie chocolate bar (not knowing that chocolate can kill dogs ) and from that moment on, the big, unfeasibly fierce Alsatian followed me round everywhere doe-eyed. What a beautiful animal; I was never allowed a dog of my own but she set the seeds for my rescuing Rottweiler after Rottweiler, drug dealers dogs that no-one else would touch with a barge pole - the lot (I couldn't live with the long hair of German Shepherds despite loving the breed, whereas the Rotty is much less smelly). Dogs are dogs and always good, in my experience. I even got an (unprecedented) cuddle from a wolf a couple of months back - wolves are good too.

You sound like you're speaking from a position of experience. I don't know whether to be impressed, scared or turned on.

Maybe all three?!

Also: Ensure you have a sturdy wallet in between the dogs mouth and your testicles. Unless you don't mind them becoming a dog chew toy.

Programmers are easily distracted. I made a program for Mimi at work in about a day, then spent another four adding an achievements system.

Trump's parade - the stands right next to his big box are literally empty....

I wonder how long it is until he starts trying to build huge (gold) statues of himself

I imagine he's got a few spare in storage

Nah, that's his wifes Dildo collection. It's ok. I know it's easy to get the two confused.

Just as long as you know you are paying for the car to use the road, not the upkeep of the road itself.

Cookie and Cream Kit Kats are delicious. I need to find if they do chunky versions.

They do indeed.

I've heard that hurting a police dog is a sure-fire way to get yourself a bit of a kicking from the cops if they do arrest you.

Neither Mrs Grim... or I have a will.

We grown-up really badly.

I'm assuming this isn't a direct follow-on from the previous comment.

It's not a massive massive issue unless you have a dick for a child, to be honest.

They are! I took some to download and Grim... dissed them

Quite - spouse, one kid, no external dependents, it's pretty automatic.

I don't have one, but I should do it, otherwise Cras won't get all these deckchairs I've been buying from eBay specifically for this purpose.

Well, you've still got the hassle of probate court agreeing executor etc. However, the disposition of the assets is relatively straight forward - something like the first 250k to the spouse, then the balance split 50/50 between spouse and child. So your biggest problem is if your child is an arse who is potentially going to kick you out of your own house in order to get their share of the proceeds.

I haven't got a will either. I need to write one as my wife hasn't got a clue which of my video games are worth anything. They'd be in the skip the day after my funeral if I don't make provisions for them.

Mine is there mostly to mandate the choons that get played at my funeral.

Mate, seating is not going to be a problem. I got you.

I've no will either. If I dropped dead today, my parents would probably ask my brother to sell off my stuff as they wouldn't have a clue either. I'll tell him to give you first refusal

You should share your spreadsheet with her.

I'm having Love Shack played at mine.. 3 times... One after the other.