Yet another unwarranted police beating incident.

Kudos to the Richmond PD for terminating the rogue officer and referring the case to the Contra Costa County DA's office for prosecution.

Beating a suspect into submission with a taser gun is indicative of poor training and poor judgement on the part of the police officer.

Another police impropriety = another lawsuit...just ask the Town of Danville.

Don't police officers still carry billy clubs for this purpose?

Using a taser to pistol-whip a suspect into submission will most certainly raise a few questions in terms of professionalism and technique.

>> County DA charges police officer for allegedly beating arrestee with stun gun

"...indicative of poor training and poor judgement on the part of the police officer."

"Another police impropriety = another lawsuit...just ask the Town of Danville."

Sad but true.

Teaching our children to accept others and to refrain from bullying is a responsibility of both teachers and parents.

Who's responsibility is it to teach police officers the same concept?

It is interesting that there are no comments from the few people who support poor police behavior like this and OfficerHall and criticize the DA.

Fortunately the suspect was not killed during this questionable police action as there have been past incidents where an officer 'mistakenly' grabbed his/her service weapon thinking it was a taser resulting in another police-related shooting.

Still...the image of a rogue cop banging away on a suspect's head with taser weapon leaves something to be desired.

Picture the scenario...a poorly trained officer having failed to subdue a suspect with his taser, starts hitting him with it.

This is almost comical and fortunately no one was hurt.

"It is interesting that there are no comments from the few people who support poor police behavior like this and OfficerHall and criticize the DA."

^ I imagine that even the pro-police 'law and order' types are shaking their heads at this blatant display of unprofessionalism and inneptitude.

> Picture the scenario...a poorly trained officer having failed to subdue a suspect with his taser, starts hitting him with it.

This is almost comical and fortunately no one was hurt.

^ This is something one would expect to see in one of those 'Police Academy' movies.

The officer involved in this farce will face minimal punishment because the suspect was not seriously injured or killed.

His attorney will argue that the officer seriously believed that his life was in imminent danger and rather than resorting to the questionable use of his firearm, the officer opted to repeatedly bash the suspect over the head with a taser gun.

The 'pro-police/law & order' types will most likely consider this indescretion as a humanistic gesture.

The video account of this incident as seen on the local news was very brutal and the suspect was badly beaten by the officer.

The officer in question is African American and the suspect was Hispanic.

@Kevin,

Your idea - and lack of experience - regarding poor police behavior, appears to focus more on what a police officer does wrong, versus what a police officer does right.

@Mallory

You are spot on!

@Wes,

In this case, the officer was wrong, criminally wrong. There is no defense, or justification for his actions. If you think the officer will face minimal punishment, guess again. The officer in question appears to have committed assault under the color of authority. He also used his taser in a manner not taught, or allowed by the manufacturer - which could lead to a felony. In addition, Internal Affairs will nail him for conduct unbecoming of a police officer, violation of merit system rules, etc. Either way, his career is over.

By the way Wes, you were doing fine until you mentioned the “pro-police types.” Anti-cop, are we? Or possibly one dimensional? I’m pro-cop, but like every profession, you have bad apples. At least I can see both sides.