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True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)
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« on: September 26, 2020, 01:38:44 PM »

I sincerely hope the posts here are ironic. This looks to be an example of excessive use of police force but it's being celebrated by red avatars (and probably only rejected by blue avatars) because it's in support of a Democratic political cause. In all likelihood, this woman didn't need to be tazed to be restrained and that could plausibly carry health risks greater than her not wearing a mask.

She was resisting arrest for trespassing.  At that point the options were either tazing or tackling and as a general rule, tazing is safer for all involved. She escalated the situation at multiple stages.  What I don't understand is how she was allowed in if she wasn't wearing a mask upon entry. That's really the only place I can fault the officials here, assuming she didn't wear a mask upon entry and then took if off later.
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True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)
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« Reply #1 on: September 26, 2020, 02:14:15 PM »

I sincerely hope the posts here are ironic. This looks to be an example of excessive use of police force but it's being celebrated by red avatars (and probably only rejected by blue avatars) because it's in support of a Democratic political cause. In all likelihood, this woman didn't need to be tazed to be restrained and that could plausibly carry health risks greater than her not wearing a mask.

If the abandonment of excessive state-sanctioned violence is ever going to be realised across the political spectrum, it is going to have to start on the liberal side.

Well said.

Police need to be trained in use of force at levels between "verbally demanding compliance" and "potentially lethal electrocution".

Did you even bother to read the linked article?  The police here didn't go straight to using the taser, and she was given plenty of warning of what would happen at each step.  She kept refusing to either mask or leave until the choice for the police was either tasering or tackling her.  As a general rule, tasering is the safer option.
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