So What IS Excessive?

That's one. Now here's 18 more.

I kind of think that being tased 19 times is right between getting your head bashed in with a baseball bat, and being decapitated with a samurai sword, on the “Use of Excessive Force” graph.

A Tennessee jury has found that police did not use excessive force in the case of the man who died after being tased a staggering 19 times. The victim, 21 year old Patrick Lee was tased by police for resisting arrest outside a nightclub. Reports said that he was “acting strangely”

I bet “acting strangely” means being black, in Tennessee law.

Lee was under the influence of LSD.

Or that.

The officers “were doing their best with the tools they were given,” said John M.L. Brown, the officers’ attorney.

Yes, they sure were doing their best with the tool they were given. Namely, using that tool as many times as possible without it breaking from over-tasing.

Experts warn that even being tased once can pose a health risk.

Once, Twice, Thrice-six plus once. I mean, are we going to split hairs here? I wonder what Detroit Metro would have done if they were on scene.