>> Yeah, but he was drunk out of his mind, and they've charged him with
>> assault for rolling around on the ground. He was much too drunk to
>> understand the orders he was being given.
>
> So what would you do?  Sit down with him and talk nice until he sobers up? 
> You're basically saying he's so drunk he's unable to control himself or 
> understand the police, and he's out in public? That sounds dangerous 
> enough to arrest him right there.
>
> I mean, seriously, that would be great. It would be most excellent if the 
> cops gave drunk drivers a ride home instead of arresting them.

The taser was developed as an alternative to the use of deadly force.
As such it should be used in situations where it would have been OK
to shoot the suspect. Being tasered multiple times results in an
increased chance of sudden death.

I'm not an expert in police methods, but it seems like dogpile and
pry his arms behind his back with nightsticks would have been
the right thing to do.

Amnesty International seems concerned about excess taser use...
http://www.amnestyusa.org/us-human-rights/taser-abuse/page.do?id=1021202

And it seems to me that with all the concern about water-boarding
terrorists, tasering people until they do what you say counts as torture.

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