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No Way!
Tasers are meant to be used as a last resort, next to lethal force. In other words, if he didn't have a taser, should he have used a gun? No. Besides, he was not out numbered. The man's wife was pregnant; do you expect her to come out and get in a fight with a cop? She was obviously frightened, shown by her immediate compliance with requests.
The police officer did not even warn the man that he would be tased (as is policy), which he later lied to the other cop about. Tasers can, and have killed people before, and are therefore not something to be used lightly.