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Officer 1: "Hey look, that dude over there is lying perfectly still and motionless, but is uttering incoherently! What should we do?"
Officer 2: Wait, I learned this in the Academy. If they're lying still and not moving that means they are trying to kill you. Taser him!"
Officer 1: He's still not moving and it looks like he's hurt!
Officer 2: Ha! That's a cunning ploy on the perp's part. He's playing possum. Don't mind that his body is twisted into distorted shapes and that he's bleeding from every orifice. It's just a typical criminal ploy to kill us! Taser him again!
...19 tasers later...
Officer 1: Ok, it looks like he's crying now and begging for mercy. Do you think we should call an ambulance?"
Officer 2: Yes, I suppose so. We don't want him rolling into the road and getting hurt.
