should that have been a difference when you use the taser? the legal standard for using the taser is active resistance. if a person is actively resisting arrest that would have met the legal standard? i agree a jury could disagree with this. i understand it s not a well established but i think there is an argument to be made that there was a reasonable action by the police officer. professor, got to make this clear. the police can t shoot somebody or use nondeadly force because they are running away from a crime. it has to be proportionate to the threat. in this case there was no threat from mr. black. all right. i am going to pause here. you guys are coming back a little bit later in the program. so we will see you again and continue this discussion. when we come back we will tell you a little bit more about the police officer thomas webster. turns out he had a violent past. he was an officer in dover, delaware, where he was seen on police dashcam video kicking a young a
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outside, yelling in front of cars, 19 years of age, name is tony robinson. apparently tony hit one of his friends. no weapons seen. police say robinson then ran into a home across the street. officer kenny followed heard a disturbance inside forced his way in and police say was attacked by the suspect and opened fire. shots fired. shots fired. 12-47, copy. shots fired. protesters have filled the streets of wisconsin every day since that shooting. madison s police chief who has met with robinson s family in person says his officers are trained to use the minimal amount of force necessary. we are trained to use that minimum amount of nondeadly force, which is required. so the fact that deadly force was used or employed in this instance must mean that there has to be other factors present such that it would rise to that level or that threshold. nbc s ron allen has more now from madison, wisconsin. ron. reporter: good afternoon, thomas. emotions are very raw out here. there s