First things first, there's no way this is defensible:

[underlankers]

Even if you look at this at the most callous, detached levels possible, there's still the whole PR problem thing. Second, what the hell is with police and tasing people in the groin? I mean this happened to a transgendered woman and now to a teenager. Seriously, what's the matter with people? I should hope that here, at least, we can all agree that police tasing people in the groin is uh.....not a good idea. Right?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/14/police-officer-tases-teenager-outside-high-school_n_1149318.html