The system has some flaws.....

O.k, so I heard about this controversial video about a Utah cop who tasers a guy over a speeding ticket and I just had to check it out. This is my post on FOX13 blog so if it seems directed at stupid peoples comments that is because it is. Enjoy!:


The real problem here is the SYSTEM. People think about it, nothing would have happened here had the officer not asked the man to step out of the car. Which was obviously a "sneaky" attempt to arrest the man for refusing to sign the ticket. There has to be a better way than getting a man out of his car and arresting him? I mean you already have all of his info., you already know he is not a wanted criminal due to the check you just ran in your cop car. Am I saying let the man be stubborn and not sign something he is required by law to sign? NO, I am saying that the law should be changed to not require the man to sign it. He should receive another citation for that non compliance along with his original speeding ticket in the mail....or something, thus eliminating the potential encounter which could follow from being required to get the man out of his car, and arrest him.

ALSO, lets get this one thing straight: the officer was not obligated to arrest the man on his own with no backup! He had every right to radio in for another trooper to come to his aid. Now there might not have been any available officers nearby deeming that action impractical, but still the officer made a decision based on the information that he had regarding the perpetrator, found him to not be a threat, and proceeded alone. There might not have been injustice here, but there sure as heck was an avoidable situation EVEN BEFORE the man was asked to get out of the car. Because lets be honest here if the man was SO worried about getting a ticket (which caused him to refuse to do what he was asked) do you seriously think that he new he was going to be arrested when the officer asked him to get out of the car??!! Of course not....or he would have refused that too.

This just annoys me that this happened.