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[yeloson]

Judge rules it's "ok to taser" in order to get DNA:

Smith was handcuffed and sitting on the floor of Niagara Falls Police Headquarters when he was zapped with the 50,000- volt electronic stun gun after he insisted he would not give a DNA sample.

72 year old woman, tasered over speeding ticket.

ETA:

Broken back? Taser!

Researching Taxes? Taser!

Comments

[inalasahl]

Although there are no New York cases specifically dealing with using a Taser to accomplish that, the judge did find a Wyoming case where a court ruled it was legal to use a Taser to force a suspect to open his hand for a search.
I admit I know very little about certain aspects of the court system, but since when do New York judges comb Wyoming cases for precedents? I mean, if the prosecution brought it up that would be one thing, but this sounds like the "judge" was deliberately trolling for a scrap to hang his decision on.

The intent thing is just scary.