The police were in the right. The kid was waving around an object that was difficult to tell between a fake and the genuine article. In a situation like that,you can't afford to make mistakes. The police erred on the side of caution.
People kick up a stink when the police,people who protect us,do their job in any manner besides love n' peace. Taze them with a nonlethal takedown? POLICE BRUTALITY! Another jolt because he didn't go down from the first jolt? EXCESSIVE FORCE! Tackle the suspect to the ground and wrestle them into submission? UNESCESSARY ROUGHNESS (slightly justified claim,but...Whatever gets the job done)!
People don't seem to understand that force is often needed to pacify a situation before it goes too far. There's a REASON police officers are issued sidearms.
People kick up a stink when the police,people who protect us,do their job in any manner besides love n' peace. Taze them with a nonlethal takedown? POLICE BRUTALITY! Another jolt because he didn't go down from the first jolt? EXCESSIVE FORCE! Tackle the suspect to the ground and wrestle them into submission? UNESCESSARY ROUGHNESS (slightly justified claim,but...Whatever gets the job done)!
People don't seem to understand that force is often needed to pacify a situation before it goes too far. There's a REASON police officers are issued sidearms.