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Officer Jones Stops a Car for Speeding (55 Mph in a 25

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Officer Jones stops a car for speeding (55 mph in a 25 mph school zone) . The driver of this vehicle becomes very argumentative and refuses to give the officer his driver's license. The police officer tells the driver that if he doesn't provide his driver's license then he will be placed under arrest. The driver refuses to comply with the police officer's orders and yells, "take me to jail then!!"


A) Officer Jones places the driver under arrest and when he attempts to place handcuffs on the driver, the driver resists arrest and begins to assault the officer by punching him. The officer uses his Taser to stop this assault and to get him handcuffed. This force is:
B) unreasonable.
C) reasonable.
D) deadly force.
E) deadly force but reasonable.

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