Taser Wars: Police Commission Moves to Vote on Stun Gun Policy

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Residents lined up to speak before the Police Commission approved tasers last fall. Photo by Lydia Chávez/Mission Local

By Joe Eskenazi, Mission Local
At some point on Wednesday, the meeting’s going to careen off the rails. “S**t-show breaks out” isn’t a Police Commission agenda item, but it might as well be.

Various members of the public will recriminate one other and members of the government; members of the government will recriminate various members of the public and one other. Demonstrations will break out. That guy who shows up and sings during public comment will show up and sing during public comment. It’s going to be a God-damn mess.

Taser policy discussions are catnip for unruly, high-tension meetings. No surprise there.

Will we get any new policy out of it all? Maybe. Will it matter? Maybe not.

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