Cop tasers man who refuses to sign speeding ticket

[football2007]

It seems like I hear these stories of cops using tasers when it is completely unnecessary almost every few weeks...

[Coop77]

It seems like I hear these stories of cops using tasers when it is completely unnecessary almost every few weeks...

It seems to have become an easy first resort for them.

[Teabagger]

I haven't watched the video but I agree the use of the Taser has gotten out of hand. It is seen by many as the first option to use in controlling someone. The trooper was wrong...you don't have to sign the ticket to make it "legal", and by signing you are not admitting guilt...you're only acknowledging you have received a summoms to appear in court on a particular time and date. If you refuse to sign and take the ticket...oh well..if you don't show up when you're supposed to then the judge issues a bench warrant for you're arrest, and then you WILL go to jail.

But tasers are used way too often, either by scared cops, power hungry cops, or pussies. You wouldn't use OC spray or use a baton on someone that didn't sign their ticket...you shouldn't use a taser.