UCLA Officers Use Taser on ID-less Student

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Originally Posted by Prudence

How much physical evidence is left when someone gets "tased"? If officers use undue force by whacking someone with a nightstick repeatedly, there is presumeably bruising, bleeding, and related evidence. Is tasing seen as an action without repercussion, even if it was clearly unwarranted? In other words, is there no real penalty for poor judgment such that it's just as easy to tase first and ask questions later?

I'd rather they "tase" than whack someone anyday. From what I heard on the radio today, tasing just stuns them for a short period and the pain is temporaty.

Plus listening to some of the reaction, I wonder if this guy was Irish or another nationality, would the reactions be the same?