Miami Police Chief: Those With Heart Problems Shouldn't Break the Law To Avoid Being Tased

[The Straight Story]

Miami Police Chief: Those With Heart Problems Shouldn't Break the Law To Avoid Being Tased

Police routinely use Tasers as a (usually) non-lethal alternative to guns, but they can occasionally lead to potential lethal problems like heart attacks and cardiac arrest. People with pre-existing health problems may be more at risk.

Well, sitting before the City of Miami Commission today, Miami Police Chief Manuel Orosa came up with a novel solution to the problem: those with heart conditions just shouldn't break the law in the first place to avoid getting Tased.

Miami police chief just said those w/ heart problems shouldn't break the law to avoid getting tasered. Today's commish mtg will get loopier.
— Melissa Sanchez (@msanchezMIA) July 11, 2013

http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide/2013/07/miami_police_chief_those_with.php

[Iggo]

1. Iggo: Those with tasers should go fuck themselves.

[darkangel218]

2. lol

[Heidi]

3. With their own tasers, I might add. (nt)

[sibelian]

4. No, Mr Police Chief YOU are responsible for your actions

You remain responsible for them whether they turn out to be the right or wrong thing to have done or whether you or anyone else finds them reasonable or unreasonable. What you do is YOUR choice, no-one makes you tase anyone.

Attempting to shift the locus of responsibility fools the feeble minded, and is a feeble-minded thing to do in the first place.

[LisaLynne]

5. Yes, if you have nothing to hide, you don't have to worry.

And all that.

[Shrike47]

6. Because no one who isn't breaking the law gets tazed. Just trust him on that.