Of course it's Florida

Why is she naked?

Oh, because Florida. Duh.

 

Yeah, she's naked and psycho, but is there really any need to tase her? The cop is twice her size.

"Let's see: I could strong-arm her and cuff her, or I can shoot her with my Neat-o Electric Stun Gun. Oh boy!"

 

Cuz who doesn't wanna see a naked chick rolling on the floor?

 

Was the cop alone? I didn't see another one in the video.
She's been throwing bottles all over the place, including at him a moment ago. It's a restaurant, so it's conceivable she could grab a weapon (fork, knife, even a glass ketchup bottle) off a table. And she's obviously not in her right mind and clearly advancing on him despite warnings to stop. A strong-arm confrontation would have taken place in a confined space where either the officer or the suspect could have hit their head on a table and been seriously injured. And, if he tries to strong-arm her, there's no indication she's going to immediately comply.
The taser seems like the appropriate response to deal with that situation.

 

The cop could easily subdue her on his own at that point. Let's not kid ourselves.

How about a half-nelson for starters? I'm playing devil's advocate. But do we have to shoot everyone now?

 

I'm thinking that wrestling with a psycho/drunk naked woman could get, umm, out of hand. The taser may be overkill, but he won't be accused of anything sexual as a result. It also neatly sidesteps whatever she might have done to resist.

 

I'll admit that I kind of don't know what's worse either. Like trying to physically subdue her seems like an easy way to crack her rib or separate a shoulder. Using the taser doesn't seem wholly inappropriate to me in the situation, since they didn't have access to a tranquilizer blow dart from a 1980s movie.

 

"They're calling this woman "Mad Maxine" and don't ask about her bloomin' onion."

 

She's 53? A very solid 6.

 

Window Licker County, Florida doesn’t have a female officer on hand to offer backup?

Window Licker County, Florida doesn’t have any officers on hand to offer backup?

Lord knows I’m the last dude on the board to take the side of the police, but all it takes is Twitter video of the guy trying to restrain this woman, accidentally grabbing one of those bolted on tits and suddenly everyone will scream, “omg! He’s sexually assaulting her!!!!!!1!!!!11!!!”