# Tallahassee Police use Taser **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 11, 2014, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tallahassee-police-use-taser/701006 "2014-10-11T00:09:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hooleehootoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/eada6e/32.png) [@Hooleehootoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hooleehootoo)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2014, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tallahassee-police-use-taser/701006/1 "2014-10-11T00:09:18Z")
Don’t we need a thread on this one too? > **[Police Officer in Tallahassee Tases Unarmed 61-Year-Old Black Woman (Video)](https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2014/10/tallahassee-taser-video-unarmed-61-year-old-black-woman-knocked-to-ground-by-police.html)** > > A Tuesday incident during which a Tallahassee police officer named Terry Mahan used a Taser to knock over a 61-year-old, unarmed black woman who was... 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](http://www.talgov.com/uploads/public/documents/assets/news/pc_viola_young_redacted.pdf) so you don’t have to follow it from [Slate.com](http://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. ---
**Author:** ![Hooleehootoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/eada6e/32.png) [@Hooleehootoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hooleehootoo)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2014, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tallahassee-police-use-taser/701006/2 "2014-10-11T00:19:29Z")
My thread could be merged with [this one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=736919) ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2014, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tallahassee-police-use-taser/701006/3 "2014-10-11T00:33:03Z")
No! Keep it separate! Every thread is sacred! ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2014, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tallahassee-police-use-taser/701006/4 "2014-10-11T01:44:06Z")
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.