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Man Bursts Into Flames After Being Shot By A Taser Gun
Daily Mail ^
| 20th June 2007
| Daily Mail
Posted on 06/20/2007 11:25:09 AM PDT by DogByte6RER
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To: TalonDJ
Using a match requires them to get closer than is reasonably safe.
Shooting them just gives liberals another excuse to call for an end to "gun violence".
Tossing a road flare from a safe distance seems like the best choice to me.
To: HEY4QDEMS
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posted on
06/20/2007 4:10:52 PM PDT
by
Atlas Sneezed
(Your FRiendly FReeper Patent Attorney (...and another "Constitution-bot"))
To: montomike
I’d bet it was an emergency and the cop was afraid the guy would set himself alight, and kind of instinctively tasered him to stop him.
I doubt the cop had time to stop and think about whether tasering the guy would be a good idea. Hindsight being 20/20 and all.
To: DogByte6RER
Was this guy a flaming illegal immigrant?? You would have thought his “wetback” would have extinguished the flames.
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posted on
06/20/2007 9:49:44 PM PDT
by
antiunion person
(This is a great way to keep illegal immigration under control.)
To: DogByte6RER
They should went to live ammo.
To: Ajnin
Most OC sprays are nonflammible. All sprays sold to LEO’s have to be certified non flammible.
To: DogByte6RER
Just doing the combusting Americans won’t do.
67
posted on
06/22/2007 9:18:23 AM PDT
by
Safetgiver
(So simple, even a Muslim can do it.)
To: DogByte6RER
Some stun guns emit an electric spark when they deliver the jolt of electricity.All the ones I've ever seen used deliver a jolt of electricity!
It probably wasn't the smartest thing to zap him with one.
68
posted on
06/22/2007 9:19:41 AM PDT
by
NRA2BFree
("The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves!")
To: NRA2BFree
Oh well...that’s Texas justice for you.
You gotta give it to the Texans...
69
posted on
06/22/2007 10:18:22 AM PDT
by
DogByte6RER
("Loose lips sink ships")
To: DogByte6RER
If he wasn’t armed, what kind of wussies do we employ in our overpaid police forces today that would preclude them from just tacking the guy?
Too many females and too many vertically challenged males in blue apparently.
70
posted on
06/22/2007 10:20:29 AM PDT
by
ZULU
(Non nobis, non nobis Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. God, guts and guns made America great.)
To: Thunder90
The carrier for OC is alcohol. Many law enforcement agencies were warned about the potential for tasers igniting the carrier before this incident.
71
posted on
06/22/2007 1:10:18 PM PDT
by
Ajnin
(Neca Eos Omnes. Deus Suos Agnoset.)
To: DogByte6RER
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posted on
06/22/2007 5:01:15 PM PDT
by
NRA2BFree
("The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves!")
To: DogByte6RER
Oh well...that’s Texas justice for you. You gotta give it to the Texans...
Hey, I LOVE Texas justice. I wish it were the law of the land. :o)
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posted on
06/22/2007 5:03:14 PM PDT
by
NRA2BFree
("The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves!")
To: DogByte6RER
I don’t know how accurate your source for this story is, but I have my doubts. This sounds very suspiciously like an urban myth.
To: DogByte6RER
"We don't know what ignited the fire," police said. I sure hope they aren't detectives
75
posted on
06/22/2007 5:13:20 PM PDT
by
paul51
(11 September 2001 - Never forget)
To: DogByte6RER
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posted on
06/22/2007 5:20:50 PM PDT
by
Stultis
(I don't worry about the war turning into "Vietnam" in Iraq; I worry about it doing so in Congress.)
To: Ajnin
To: DogByte6RER
“Oooh, oooh that smell...” w/apologies to Skynerd!
78
posted on
06/23/2007 11:00:56 PM PDT
by
skepsel
To: untrained skeptic
In any case, I place full blame on the idiot who doused himself with gasoline and then resisted arrest. His actions were a threat of serious injury to everyone around him. His death is the result of his own actions, and officers should not be required to risk being set on fire in order to apprehend him. Right. As someone pointed out earlier, once he doused himself with gasoline, he became a danger to others, justifying the use of lethal force. Machts nichts whether that force was a taser or a service revolver.
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posted on
06/24/2007 12:46:32 AM PDT
by
LantzALot
(Yes, it’s my opinion. No, it’s not humble.)
To: Thunder90
Yeah, I just researched it. I think perhaps the problem was with older type OC.
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posted on
06/24/2007 1:06:22 AM PDT
by
Ajnin
(Neca Eos Omnes. Deus Suos Agnoset.)
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