No

• 1 of 30

  by Mike Patrick

  Created on: December 14, 2009   Last Updated: December 16, 2009

  Twenty-one feet.
  
  To a police officer approaching a potential suspect, everyone is armed. “Innocent

• 2 of 30

  by Ted Sherman

  Created on: November 29, 2007

  The wording of the headline is biased against police. Is it intentional, and is a cop guilty until proven

• 3 of 30

  by Dante Ghi

  Created on: March 23, 2008   Last Updated: March 30, 2012

  A quiet 'pop' and then the unmistakable sound of 50,000 volts being discharged for five seconds. Nothing

• 4 of 30

  by Lisa Beach

  Created on: December 03, 2008

  People running from the law for whatever reason do not have to be armed in order to be dangerous. I

• 5 of 30

  by Bj Frost

  Created on: November 29, 2007

  I think the debate question should be changed to something like "Are the police violating the law, when

• 6 of 30

  by Eagles BEA

  Created on: November 29, 2007   Last Updated: December 15, 2008

  Absolutely not. Uninformed citizens may think so, and we may even be able to debate the ethics of such

• 7 of 30

  by A. C. Gordon

  Created on: June 23, 2008

  Yes, tazers hurt, that is an undesputable fact, but keep in mind that every policeman who uses one,

• 8 of 30

  by Lynn Morris

  Created on: May 01, 2008

  The taser is the latest non-lethal tool in the police officer's arsenal. An unarmed citizen does not

• 9 of 30

  by Julie Michael

  Created on: November 30, 2007

  I don't believe that if a taser is used properly, and in the right circumstances, that police officers

• 10 of 30

  by Dawn Hawkins

  Created on: March 26, 2008

  I think that the word used in this question should be unarmed criminal rather than citizen. Citizen

• 11 of 30

  by Barry Williams

  Created on: November 29, 2007

  It is high time we stop feeling sorry for the perpetrators of crime. In almost every instance the victim

• 12 of 30

  by Sammy Stein

  Created on: June 04, 2008

  Of course not! First, police officers have to justify each and every use of the taser. Tasers deliver

• 13 of 30

  by Martin W. Schwartz

  Created on: November 29, 2007

  The misuse of a Taser by the police would constitute an assault. Its like any other physical attack

• 14 of 30

  by Ron Hours

  Created on: November 29, 2007

  "Oh, my god! Someone broke into my house! Quick, stop him! Oh, but don't hurt him if you can. I know

• 15 of 30

  by Ryan Burton

  Created on: November 29, 2007   Last Updated: March 03, 2011

  It's better to be safe than sorry. Then again it depends on the police officers who use a

• 16 of 30

  by Summer Tyme

  Created on: March 06, 2010   Last Updated: April 27, 2010

  Are the Police Violating the Law When Tasering an Unarmed Citizen?

  
  

  This is a question already answered

• 17 of 30

  by Adam Birmingham

  Created on: October 09, 2008

  When a civilian has just, or is suspected of just committing a crime they are given a single chance

• 18 of 30

  by Bill Reznor

  Created on: March 20, 2008

  For those not familiar with the "continuum of force" the use of a taser may be viewed as excessive.

• 19 of 30

  by H.B. Corse

  Created on: May 30, 2009   Last Updated: June 10, 2009

  The only unarmed citizen would be one with no arms, legs, or teeth, and police officers do not drive

• 20 of 30

  by James Coles

  Created on: November 30, 2007

  Is police tasing of unarmed citizens a violation of law? No, because use of the Taser is specifically