They must be stopped, and Seattle police are taking a stand. They’re sending a message that no pregnant woman, no matter how far into the third trimester of the pregnancy she is, is safe from the blistering 50,000 volts of the taser. Even if the offense is nothing more serious than refusing to sign a traffic ticket.
The police, of course, are understanding of the risks. King County sheriff’s Sgt. Donald Davis, who works on the county’s Taser policy, said:
“I know the Taser is controversial in all these situations where it seems so egregious,” he said. “Why use a Taser in a simple traffic stop? Well, the citizen has made it more of a problem. It’s no longer a traffic stop. This is now a confrontation.”
That’s right. Our brave public servants must draw a line in the sand. If they don’t tase women in the third trimester, soon it will be the second trimester. Then it will be the first trimester. Soon, any woman on her period will be making routine traffic stops into Confrontations by dangerously refusing to sign her ticket. This must not be allowed to happen. I’m surprised the police didn’t invoke 9/11, because if the police aren’t allowed to tase pregnant women, the terrorists have already won.
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