[artplumber]

Originally Posted by Dave L

....I personally think that the guy was an idiot to start trashing an airport but when 4 police arrive I cant see why they would taser him. Couldnt the four of them simply grab him, cuff him and then find out whats going on. With airport security the way it is the likely hood of the man having a gun, knife or nail clippers would be very low. The taser has become the quick easy way to control a situation and not the "last resort" as it was intended.

That's what it looks like to me. Lazy lowest common denominator way to deal w/the situation. I am quite pro-LE, but this looks like they couldn't be creative so "we can't communicate, let's just Tase him, that will be safe for us" seems to have been the method. The guy looks like he is on a rant (who wouldn't be after 10hrs in a place where they can't communicate), not trying to threaten the officers. The hands up thing looks like the "I'm fed up" action more than a surrender or attempt to threaten the officers. I don't know, was this the first time he was in an airport?