Tallahassee Police use Taser

Don’t we need a thread on this one too?

Young is yelling at the police. They tell her to go away. She does not at first. Officer Mahan reports (and it is s seen in the video) that he grasps her left hand to put her under arrest and presumably cuff her. At this point Young resists, or depending on your point of view, changes her mind and decides to comply with the earlier command, and turns to walk away. Mahan shoots her in the back with his Taser.

Here is the Arrest/Probable Cause Affidavit for Viola Young so you don’t have to follow it from Slate.com.

By brief searches find:
Florida does not have Common Law right to resist unlawful arrest. They have two statutes, and Young was/is going to be charged with 843.02, resisting without violence. It looks like FL would have to prove that her arrest was lawful.

My thread could be merged with this one

No! Keep it separate! Every thread is sacred!

Thank god you are pointing this out. And thank you for researching it. Please start another thread the next time you hear of an incident.