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Pardon my ignorance, but would this not have been the ideal time to taze someone? It would have avoided the cop making contact directly with the suspect, there would not have been a fight and the potential of getting the officer, or the suspect hurt. Not that I care if the suspect got hurt, but if he had, it is WE the tax-payers that would have been paying for his, or the officers, medical care.

Just asking-in a situation like that one-why not just taze the suspect and be done with it? I realize he was wearing a thick coat, but could the officer not shoot him in the buttocks, or legs, or some other area where the clothing would be thin enough for the tazer prongs to penetrate?

I agree with Excaliburs statement that putting the gun to the head of the suspect was not smart (an uneducated opinion from myself). I would think distance, and incapacitating the suspect would have been the wiser choice.