Related, the BBC had an article today about a guy in Leeds who was tazed because he was a diabetic in a hypo coma and couldn't talk! This was shortly before De Menezes was shot - according to the article, the bloke said "When I heard about that Brazilian man in London I just thought, 'oh no, that could have been me'."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_yorkshire/7096456.stm

Don't get me wrong; it's better to shoot someone with a tazer than a bullet. But it's better still to use your brains and figure out whether the person in your sights is a threat or not.

Graham.