Shocking revelation

I was watching the evening news tonight and heard a follow up story concerning the death of David Moss, Jr.. For those of you out of the area, or too lazy to click the link, Mr. Moss was killed when he was restrained by a taser gun wielding OPD officer. According to the police report, Moss, Jr., who according to his father has a history of drinking and drug use, was making animal sounds and acting abnormally. The House sends its prayers to the Moss family and the family of the officer(s) involved.
I have a problem with both sides of the taser issue:
The OPD:
When taser's first came out, OPD, according to the KM3 news story I was watching (just a clarification, KETV had a better link to the story than KM3, so that's why I linked that one...I didn't actually watch KETV), they were to be rated the same as handcuffs. How are electricity and handcuffs similar? I don't hook the House up to handcuffs so that everything can run! I understand its not a large amount of electricity, but it's electricity none the less. It's not as powerful as a bullet, but it's not nearly as harmless as handcuffs. It takes no rocket scientist to figure that out. According to KM3, the status of the taser was changed after the CBS affiliate ran an investigative report (just keep telling yourself that) so that now the taser is classified just below a gun. I trust you to keep law and order, and it took you that long to figure out the power of these things? What was going to be the advantage if they weren't productive? Brilliant!
The ACLU:
Tim Butz, executive director of the Nebraska ACLU, was on talking about how bad these tasers are, how you could kill someone who has a pacemaker or some other condition. Nice work. While I understand that tasers can be deadly, there is a great way to avoid getting shocked by one: Don't be a dumbass. Instead of telling the public that you are trying to convince the police to discontinue taser use, why don't you join the police in convincing the public to obey laws? No, the police aren't always correct, but 9 times out of 10, if the police get you, you shouldn't have been in that place or doing whatever you were doing. I rarely feel sorry for someone who is arrested. While I don't know what Mr. Moss was doing at the time he was arrested, if he was behaving the way the police say he was, he was obviously doing something he shouldn't have been. The doesn't mean he should've died, but if he was conducting himself appropriately he wouldn't have been in that position. The police need every legal option available to keep up with the idiots in today's society. I think we would all agree that they don't have the time to stop and ask someone who is threatening them if they have a pacemaker. If you don't want to get shocked by a taser, don't conduct yourself in a manner that will get you shocked by one. Brilliant!