Tasers in the news…
I’m not generally much for sports, personally, but this headline caught my eye. Ute fans angry at police for electrical shocking.
Basically, the home team won the game and the crowd came out into the field to celebrate (hey, it’s a college bowl, so I’ve seen it happen before). In response, the Salt Lake PD used tasers on the crowd.
“If you had a person who was seriously disruptive in that crowd, you might use a Taser to bring that person into custody so you could deal with them,” said Folsom, whose officers carry the devices at Ute games. “You certainly wouldn’t ‘Tase’ people indiscriminately hoping to move an entire crowd back.”
