Last night during the Phils game at citizens banks park, a 17 year old male ran out on the field during the phillies game. The useless security guards who he should have never made it past, could not chase him down. So a Philadelphia police officer chased him from behind and tased the kid in a shocking display to all the fans of Philadelphia. This the first time a taser has been used on a fan that had ran on the field. Was this too much force? I believe the cop was too lazy to chase the kid down, second there’s thousands of kids in the crowd who had to see a cop pull a weapon and fire a weapon. I couldn’t imagine how my kids would have reacted to seeing the kid getting shot and falling face down in the grass. But then again we have off duty policemen shooting random people because his girlfriend got squirted with a watergun……thats the Philadelphia Police Department for you.
Im for tasing ppl regardess of the offense. We should use them more often. What kind of idiot runs on the field? Ppl are tired of Crazy Philly Fans taking things too far. maybe the cop didnt want to get vomited on.
you sound like the typical out of town reporter…..are you sure you’re from philly? If the cop and the security guards were in any sort of shape, they would have been able to chase his ass down.