A man with a broken back and broken off heel was evidently lying on the side of the highway next to the overpass he had been walking on not long before, when the police showed up and found him to be such a threat that they were forced to use their tasers as many as 19 times in self defense.

Ozark Police Capt. Thomas Rousset attempted to explain why the taser was used:

“He refused to comply with the officers and so the officers had to deploy their Tasers in order to subdue him. He is making incoherent statements; he’s also making statements such as, ‘Shoot cops, kill cops,’ things like that. So there was cause for concern to the officers.”

Ozark police say that while there remains unanswered questions in the case, the reason for the use of the Taser is not one of them.

If they’re that afraid of a man laying on the ground with a broken back how will they react to someone who’s dangerous??

Read the whole story and watch the Captain’s statement - delivered with a straight face no less - on The Raw Story.