We learned earlier about the 62-year-old woman in Tallahassee, Florida, tased by police as she calmly walked away from them. But the whole entire incident, from before the tasing, is downright appalling. Let's start, using the police's own narrative:



In Tuesday's incident, officers were patrolling the 500 block of Dunn Street off Old Bainbridge Road shortly after 5 p.m., DeLeo said in the news conference. Several people were walking in the street but moved out of the way when another officer drove past them. They walked back into the street behind behind the officer, who then pulled over and approached them. Police reports say the people were blocking traffic.

First of all, look at the street they were walking on:Where were they supposed to walk? As the person taking the video noted, "Look at this street! It's a mother-fucking pedestrian-ass street." And indeed, mailboxes go straight to the edge of the street, as do lawn hedges, trees, and telephone poles. There is literally no place for people to walk unless they want to hurdle hedges in people's lawns.

And then they'd be guilty of trespassing.

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