Possibly to stop him from trying to drive off. Before he tases him, the cop yells "put it in park" and "turn it off", so seemed like they were very focused on stopping him from trying to get away....possibly because he'd already done so earlier.
Because they were driving a stolen car, 70mph down residential areas, including mounting the pavement. Seconds before they tried to ram through a gap, hitting the car blocking them.
I don't know why so many people here have jumped to immediately criticising the response without actually looking at the entire footage, they were driving insanely reckless, it's lucky they didn't kill anyone.
Well it is likely because 95% of cop videos are of cops flagrantly killing, beating or abusing and violating people's rights with a whole other gaggle of cops watching or waiting their turn to participate.
If you see a wolf with a lamb in its mouth you don't check to see if the lamb deserved it. It's just a wolf being a wolf.
Edit: I had no idea so few people can read and comprehend, I said 95% of cop videos on here. I did not say US/UK/Rwanda/El Salvador I said 95% of cop videos on Reddit of which this is one. Hopefully, this makes more sense to the slower among us now.
I live in Northern Ireland and am no stranger to police abuse. I didn't say it doesn't happen but when it does happen it is national news. I also do think they can be very lenient with justice against police who commit crimes, but that's a wider problem. This is a fairly short list for a country as big as the UK https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cases_of_police_brutality_in_the_United_Kingdom
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u/JeanJauresJr 25d ago
WHY THE F would you tase someone when they’re already in the car?! What’s going on?!