Reply #19: Excellent, thanks for recognizing the dead [View All]

[dreamnightwind]

It's amazing what citizens of this country will put up with. Police state, absolutely.

When these were initially deployed, the rationale I heard was that they would be used as a non-lethal alternative to firearms.

Well, that's NOT how they're being used, and they're NOT non-lethal.

You can get tasered just for copping an attitude or being otherwise uncooperative with a cop. That's wrong, cruel, and in too many cases, lethal for someone that has no business being killed by a cop.

I can't believe there are people here on DU defending the way these weapons are being wielded against unarmed citizens.