Drug dealer fails to outrun Taser

Provided by the Police Department of Wyandotte, Michigan, this footage shows a fleeing suspect who gets absolutely shut down by a Taser. Although the phrase is commonly used, a fact drilled into every cop from the Academy onwards is that there is no such thing as a "routine traffic stop." The officer shown here gets reminded of that when the subject of his stop takes off, being in possession of crack, heroin, and meth. After a short vehicle chase, the pursuit devolves into a foot chase, at which point the officer deploys his Taser. The suspect, who has a criminal history going back 20 years, turns into a plank mid-air and eats concrete.

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