http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/crime-scene/post/one-protester-tased-arrested-at-occupy-dc/2012/01/29/gIQAxqRKaQ_blog.html

I was walking through the park when this happened yesterday, so got to see it all go down. My verdict: 

(1) The guy was definitely a little crazy – screaming & yelling in his pajamas and no shoes (on a chilly day) and stomping around tearing off the the police warning messages on the tents. He definitely needed to be calmed down.

(2) The cops were definitely a little heavy-handed and too quick on the Taser trigger. They had just started to try to cuff him and bring him down (during which he was fighting it) when they tased him in the back (with a cop already on each of his arms).

Pretty exciting Sunday walk in the park for me.

Bonus – I got asked by another spectator “so, you’re obviously an undercover, right?”