So we lawyer folk have a phrase for rulings that can be extended into unintended or absurd consequences- “a slippery slope”. And not that they’re in the same jurisdiction, but it was a quick jump from a ruling permitting the police Tasering of an emotionally disturbed person who was already strapped involuntarily to a chair:
http://ny.findacase.com/research/wfrmDocViewer.aspx/xq/fac.20130321_0001113.NY.htm/qx
to a Grand Jury giving the “thumbs up” (no doubt with the guidance of the district attorney) to the police shooting and killing of a double amputee in a wheelchair wielding a pen:
Next thing you know, they’ll be allowing officials to administer lethal injections into individuals strapped involuntarily to a gurney. Oh, wait…
