Damn it, and I just made nice with the police in a post a few days ago. And then this happens. Don't you love how the cops keep telling the guy to stand up, even while they Taze him? Kinda difficult to stand under those conditions, no?

The days of this sort of bullying brutality are over. Not only do we have digital video cameras the size of pens -- and, as phones, we have digital video cameras we take with us everywhere -- we also have YouTube, which means that scenes such as this can be broadcast across the Internet almost instantaneously after they occur.
The only problem remaining is that it's nigh impossible to make a brutality charge stick. I would not be surprised at all to learn that the police in this instance were given a paid suspension while charges are investigated, followed by being completely cleared and brought back on the force. Yes, it's painfully obvious that the amount of force used was in no way close to being required. But the judicial system almost invariably sides with its enforcers.