Posted by Editor | Posted in Personal Injury Cases in the News
From a local Arkansas paper, the news of an officer suspending for Tasing a cow.
To test out a Taser that he thought was malfunctioning, a Rogers, Arkansas police officer tried to stun the cow with the Taser while friends videotaped the incident. The officer accidentally shocked himself first when he missed the cow, to the apparent hilarity of the group.
Now he faces a two-week suspension and the department has planned to better account for its Taser cartridges.
My only thought on this is: it’s a potential misdemeanor (which won’t be charged because of a one-year statute of limitations) for using a Taser on a cow, but perfectly legitimate to use a Taser on a person? Wouldn’t it be a far more worthwhile investigation to redefine standards for Taser use on humans?
