I’m not asking you. I’m phrasing it as a question because it’s one of the most blatantly obvious answers to your question. A taser is better unquestionably when someone is coming after you with clearly not a gun. Yes. I’m not trained but I have enough common sense to realize that not killing someone who’s chasing you with a clearly non lethal weapon is much better than killing them.
who’s chasing you with a clearly non lethal weapon is
The weapon in question is a metal blade on a stick.
It is readily capable of destroying an eye. (Aka: “Grievous bodily harm”) It is readily capable of severing the carotid artery. (Aka: “death”) It is capable of causing a wide variety of similar permanently debilitating, disfiguring, or lethal injuries to the officer in a very short period of time.
The video shows that the kid was attempting to strike a retreating officer in the head or upper body. Any person in the officer’s position would reasonably fear a significant possibility of death or grievous bodily harm from this attack.
I therefore reject your assertion that the weapon being employed against the officer can be reasonably described as “clearly non lethal”.
I’m not asking you. I’m phrasing it as a question because it’s one of the most blatantly obvious answers to your question. A taser is better unquestionably when someone is coming after you with clearly not a gun. Yes. I’m not trained but I have enough common sense to realize that not killing someone who’s chasing you with a clearly non lethal weapon is much better than killing them.
The weapon in question is a metal blade on a stick.
It is readily capable of destroying an eye. (Aka: “Grievous bodily harm”) It is readily capable of severing the carotid artery. (Aka: “death”) It is capable of causing a wide variety of similar permanently debilitating, disfiguring, or lethal injuries to the officer in a very short period of time.
The video shows that the kid was attempting to strike a retreating officer in the head or upper body. Any person in the officer’s position would reasonably fear a significant possibility of death or grievous bodily harm from this attack.
I therefore reject your assertion that the weapon being employed against the officer can be reasonably described as “clearly non lethal”.
How was that tool clearly non lethal? If fists are potentially lethal, then a long sturdy tool sure as hell is.