Thursday, June 04, 2009
The suspect, who was accused of a shooting and robbery, had given a sample earlier, but the department sent it to the wrong lab. He refused to give another mouth swab, so they Tasered him. (Shockingly, he agreed to give a sample after that.) The judge said that it's OK to use reasonable force to enforce a court order, though it's rare to use a Taser in these cases.
Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 09:00 AM in Police administration
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Thursday, June 4, 2009
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