She attempted to injure the officer first by hitting him. Should he have just pointed the no no naughty finger at her and continued to beg for her compliance?
Still say taser, then no one would of got hurt.
Until that cop moved to flip her out of the desk, she was passively resisting. You are saying that tasers should be used against people that are not threatening anybody? Fortunately, the use of tasers on people that are passively resisting an order is not part of the use of force continuum policy in place, even in Florida
Table 1: Use-of-Force Continuum
Suspect resistanceOfficer use of force
1. No resistance 1. Officer presence
2. Verbal noncompliance 2. Verbal commands
3. Passive resistance 3. Hands-on tactics, chemical spray
4. Active resistance 4. Intermediate weapons: baton, Taser, strikes, nondeadly force
5. Aggressive resistance 5. Intermediate weapons, intensified techniques, nondeadly force
6. Deadly-force resistance6. Deadly force
Adapted from the Orlando, Florida Police Department's Resistance and Response Continuum