Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute

August 3, 2009

Recently in Houston, Texas, an off-duty police officer working as a security guard came upon a couple involved in a domestic quarrel.

When he intervened, the officer was overpowered by the man, who seized the officer?s Taser and threatened him with it. The officer responded by pulling his firearm and shooting the man twice, killing him.

While this incident is under investigation, the officer was not charged with criminal homicide. That means that his use of a gun to defend himself from a Taser attack is considered a proportionate response. And this, in turn, means that the Taser should be considered a lethal weapon ? not a ?less-lethal? weapon, but one as dangerous as a firearm.

Accordingly, the much-publicized incident earlier this year in which an unidentified Boise Police officer used a Taser on a handcuffed man, and threatened to tase his genitals, wasn?t mere misconduct; it was assault with a deadly weapon and should be prosecuted as such.

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.