Well the charges were dropped so evidently not a big enough deal to actually prosecute him.

Regardless are either of those offenses reason to tazer and tackle the perpetrator who isn't actively resisting?

That bit of spin makes me question the rest of the story frankly. I'd like to see how this case shakes out, I feel like I'm missing something.

" to tazer and tackle the perpetrator who isn't actively resisting? "

He admitted to resisting in the article.

You can see how changing one small fact completely changes the nature of the article.

If police are trying to arrest you, and you fight back, that's a major escalation it almost puts 'the thing in question' they were pulled over for as a side show.

And - he's deaf, he's not blind.

The notion that 2 Police officers in uniform are upon you, and you can't tell they are police is a bit rich, it sounds like something made up by an attorney.

'Blinded by the light' would make sense when they were in their car or behind the lights. And certainly maybe he didn't recognize them or hear them at that time.

But by the time the police are upon him, it would seem very well within reason that he knew they were police.

That said, we don't quite know the details: maybe they came up on him from behind. Maybe they walked straight up to him and it was perfectly evident that they were cops.

That nuance is really important, because 'resisting arrest' is a serious thing, and if he did in fact know they were police, and he fought them, well then he's not going to have much of a defence in getting tased. If he was legitimately surprised then obviously some kind of reaction like that is warranted.

All of that said, why was he in prison for 4 months, that seems very bad.

They discovered the counterfeit money after having assaulted the suspect. It has no bearing on the lawsuit.

"movie-prop money"

You do realize that movie-prop money is clearly identifiable, and only meant to "look" like real money from a distance, and this is completely legal to possess until it is attempted to be passed as tender. If they have no evidence he was doing so, then this is just "hmm what charges can we throw at him" bullshit that is regularly employed in the US to trump up one incident to a whole list of charges.

Understand that this story is entirely one sided. That's what his lawyer framed this as, movie prop money, who knows what it actually was. The article has a ton of spin, did you get the part where they mentioned off have that he may of broken one of the police officers legs? They glossed over that fairly quickly, maybe interview the cop who had his leg broken as well?

I just don't understand the motivations of the police officers in this case, they just wanted to beat this guy up because they are big meanies? Just picked his car out and said "I want to use the taser on this random guy"? It couldn't have been due to his disability as it isn't visible to someone in another car. I feel like a lot of detail is missing from this account.

Counterfeit money? It’s movie prop cash. That shit is obvious. I have some from a long forgotten marketing joke.

“Counterfeit money” lmao what a joke. Online commenters are so big on this legalese upgrade business. This guy had some joke currency on him and it’s now “counterfeit money”. Next thing you know you’re going to be calling kids using twigs to play cops and robbers “brandishing replica firearms”.

Oh oh, I know, we could call water balloons “simulated improvised explosive devices”. Coffee pods? “Psychoactive drugs”.

“Counterfeit money” hahahaha. I declare your comment “domestically sourced misinformation”.

AFAIK a kid can get in trouble at school for using a twig as a pretend gun.

https://www.newsweek.com/boy-13-who-drew-stickman-holding-gu...

Also, coffee really is a powerful drug, just that it's not regulated.

Interesting that you are “spreading knowledge about unregulated use of psychoactive drugs and assault weapons”. Clearly something to be ashamed of.

Anyone handling a decent amount of cash might be carrying counterfeit money. Everyone rolls through stop signs. You could arrest 5% of America on those two things any given day.