It is excessive force people are worried about and the law needs to be firmed up as to what truly construes ‘resistant behaviour’ and justification for the use of Taser.

If for example ‘don’t Tase me Bro’ UF student Andrew Meyer’s ‘resisting behaviour’ had been met with punches, baton blows or pepper spray it would have been more obviously excessive force – but still in my opinion excessive force was used since the man was pinned to the floor and was obviously going to be going nowhere before he was shocked. He was ‘resisting’ but the threat of harm, to both the arresting officers and himself, was so minimal as to be insignificant.

This is the ‘linchpin case’ if only because it was carried out in the presence of such a significant (or shall we say prominent) politician. Had Kerry stood-up any-time since to decry the conduct of the campus police or even if Meyer had contested the legitimacy of the police’s conduct, the correct measure of Taser use would be set.

But as Franklin D. Roosevelt said; “In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way”.