On Sep 3, 1:44*pm, John Smith wrote:
On 9/3/2010 11:38 AM, Ian Jackson wrote:

* ...

Unfortunately, reports of such incidents are eminently believable. In
the UK, the police are as trigger-happy as in the USA. They twice
tasered one guy sitting in a bus, because he failed to respond to them.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...hot-diabetic-c...
Taser--thought-suicide-bomber.html

And it appears that it's not just in the UK!
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06...teic_tasering/

Ian,

I am not making light of the reality of bad judgment, and the seeming
explosion of it recently. *These situations and the efforts being
applied by our public servants, from the president on down, I follow
closely ... frequently in utter amazement.

I am just having a bit of fun, as I am sure you were and even Art is, in
his own way.

Regards,
JS

Heh Katie Curic showed the film clip on the evening news last night
and closed with the police chief had defended the officer for
following protocol