Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute

September 21, 2009

At what point will the public decide it?s time to take the Tasers away from the police?

Tasers supposedly offer police a non-lethal alternative to firearms when dealing with suspects posing a danger to the public. However, they are frequently used to dispense summary punishment on non-violent subjects who display even momentary hesitation in carrying out police commands.

Children as young as six have been shot with Tasers, as have elderly people, pregnant mothers, pastors, and others who posed a serious threat to no one.

Police in Merced, California recently used a Taser to punish and humiliate a wheelchair-bound double-amputee named Gregory Williams, who was left handcuffed on the pavement with his pants pulled down below his waist. Williams was jailed for six days on suspicion of domestic violence and resisting arrest, but never formally charged.

It?s time to deprive the police of their little torture toy and train them to act like peace officers.

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