Even Taser markets its weapons as "less-lethal", not "nonlethal". To say a college kid who was posing absolutely no physical threat to anyone but himself (read the involved officers' testimonies; they claim to have tased him because he was in a position where he could have caused an officer to accidentally fuck up his shoulder) deserved to have lethal force applied to him is fucking insane.
These officers were/are trained to apply lethal force so the police department can avoid liability for accidentally tearing some dude's shoulder up. That's how fucked up this country is.
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