Ban Tasers

Police should go back to using weapons that folks understand and respect, like shotguns. After assault, theft, et al., this character apparently understood what to expect when the police caught him inspecting a marijuana field. Or, not.

Officers saw a man inspect the plants and gave chase. The man, whom police said was Wilson, ran east toward Lafayette.

Harris, responding to a call on the chase in progress, spotted Wilson and pursued him in his patrol car before jumping out when Wilson reached a field.

Wilson went into convulsions after being hit with the Taser. Harris attempted cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Schultz said, but Wilson was pronounced dead at 8 p.m. Friday at Exempla Good Samaritan Medical Center in Lafayette.

Apparently, his family doesn't understand that "being shot" is always a bad thing.

"If you're a police officer, you need to have enough discipline and self- control to know that there is a possibility, however slight, that it can kill. So they should only use it being aware that it can kill people."