Oh calm down already.

Until I see or hear different this is called either Drunk and Disorderly or Public Intoxication and or a combination of both. Add to that resisting arrest. This is simply a matter of Law Enforcement that has been on the books for decades, not a matter of left vs. right.

Bottom line; non-story.

I disagree! This is about the state using excessive force! Jacksonville is my hometown and I an very familiar with the St. Johns county police's Iron fist tactics. And we have see this recently in Clackamas County, Oregon and Philadelphia, PA… Are these devices necessary or just convenient?

Perhaps they are a bad substitute for quality police training? Blame it all on budget shortfalls…

I appreciate your view, but really, are we the public to put up with such behavior? Would you not protest to such a display? Would rather the Police shoot the drunk with a Glock?

C'mon, Police state? Lets be real here, this is a drunk outta control, period. OK, I will grant a tazer may have been excessive, but had I been the drunk I would prefer that to a billy-club hit to the head let alone a gunshot.

There are much better examples to use for this rant than this.

Lets keep it real.

Christopher… There is no excuse for public intoxication. As a dumb 19 year old I did something irresponsible. I spent the night in the klink.
The issue is how some of us see our civil liberties slowly being taken away…
Yes! Lets GET real!

I find it hard to believe that the police are so incompetent that they cannot remove someone who's drunk and disorderly without resorting to semi-lethal force (which, in case people are misinformed, is what tazers are). I don't have a problem with the police using tazers as an alternative to more-lethal force (eg: guns) as appropriate, but that's no excuse for endangering people's lives just because they are yelling abuse at celebrates.

Ask yourself this: would you want a babysitter to tazer your unruly child (knowing there's maybe a 1% chance of death per occurrence)? The police should be held to the same standard as you would hold the babysitter.

Just like the asshole teen who ran on to the field during a phillies game my thought is act like an asshole and get taz'd first ask questions second. You don't want to be tazered? Be less stupid. These individuals fully deserved to be tazered. I know three folks who volunteered to be tazered and given the opportunity I'd like to try it too on myself. Cool technology when the (better?) alterrnative is a .45.

It does sound like a drunk and disorderly thing. If so, I say his choices, his consequences. He gave up the privilege of gentle treatment when he decided to be a drunken moron.

Nick: If my child were drunk and became increasingly combative, possibly endangering those around him, then yes, I would want the babysitter to taze my unruly child. (Of course, if one of my kids were acting like this Parmelee idiot, being tazed by the babysitter would be the least of his problems.)