Nos genuflectitur ad non princeps sed Princeps Pacem!
Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)
"Upon information and belief, there were approximately 52 individuals that responded to the scene," according to the complaint.
I don't think the Founding Fathers had this in mind for American law enforcement. Of course, Maryland is one of the most fascist states. Look at what they did to Linda Tripp, and look at how BTK used the Maryland legal system to "get" Aaron Walker.
No wonder the country is broke, if we're paying 52 guys to beat diabetic seizure cases to death.
Good thing he didn't have a dog with him.
There has got to be something more to this story....did he run over a little kid or something? Crash into a school bus?
Just what in the hell would that many ‘public servants’ be responding to an interstate crash for? Something is not being told here.
Regardless, if the wife’s story is accurate and there were no other extenuating egregious injury to bystanders, any officer that carried a taser or carried a club or held him down and held pressure on him lifeless should be tried, convicted and executed in my book.
Years and years ago I was in court fighting a traffic ticket and listened to a case almost identical to this poor guy. He also had Diabetes and the cops assumed that he was drunk.
One of the very few times I’ve ever heard a judge tear into a cop - he browbeat him and shamed the crap out of him.
From an earlier article:
“But Baltimore County police say Johnson got into a rumble with officers Thursday after crashing his Toyota pickup truck near a busy highway interchange, and continued fighting after being doused with pepper spray and receiving an initial hit from a Taser.”
Does a guy in a diabetic reaction fight with a bunch of cops?
“Here in Maryland we don’t get a chance to hit diabetics very often so when we do we try to take full advantage of the opportunity as a training session”.
“It’s a shame the man died of diabetes, most of our officers contribute to the Diabetes Foundation. And the Die of Beating Foundation too.”
About a year of so ago there was a widely circulated video of from a motorcyclist who was dealt with very aggressively by a MD state trooper driving an unmarked car. The victim’s problems really began when he responded to being treated with a heavy hand by posting the video of the incident on YouTube.
It is obvious that Maryland public officials are running a Police State and they like it just fine.
Maryland, you have a big problem with your Government Class that will take a long time to solve.
This is not an isolated incident. Very common in this country. Vote against funding police at your local level. Too many cops. Too many laws. Broad discretionary powers. You Freepers who keep voting for things like seatbelt laws, testing laws are idiots.
(not speaking directly to kiryandil of course).
” approximately 52 individuals that responded to the scene,” “
We’ve come a long way from “One riot - one Ranger”....
Remember folks, the last thing you ever want to do is interfere or talk with police while they are killing someone.
Did you hear about this?
FWIW, the symptoms of a diabetic attack are very similiar to the symptoms of being under the influence of an intoxicating beverage.
Not every officer has been trained to recognize this or ask the right questions. Similiar to mistaking the actions of a autistic person running or engaging in echolalia.
As far as the use of force, again not all use of force policies are the same nationwide. Some say don’t use any chemical or electrical control devices on a person behind the wheel, some don’t limit the use. Some agencies are still using multiple electrical shocks via Taser to “subdue” the resistor, while Taser itself has come with new techniques of going hands on as soon as the first discharge is over. Not all agencies have adopted this.
52 officers responded because it most likely went out as an officer in need of aid, which will bring a host of police to the scene. I have been to many myself, and the excess officers disperse back to the regular assignments but we have a saying in the business, “It’s better to send them away than have to ask for more.”
In all likelihood the guy should have watched the Chris Rock video about how not to get your a** kicked by the police.
The stress on his undergoing a diabetic reaction implies his actual actions may have justified this reaction, but the cops should have cut him extra slack because he was sick.
AFAIK, diabetic reactions don’t make one violent or aggressive.
I hope she gets every penny. We get what we pay for.
If we don’t fix it, we should pay for it.
We need fewer cops, fewer laws and more armed citizens. That’s not ideal but the cops in this country long ago crossed the Mendoza line and are now just another street gang. They are out of control.
52 responded? There should be lots of videos
Thanks, officers, for making all the good, professional cops out there look like the enemy. I’ve met a few upstanding officers in my life, and they probably get so much sh*t from people because of thugs like you.
Go to hell, you sons of b*tches.
Maryland “Freak State” PING!
I saw a tunnel cop the other day come screaming off the exit of I-95 southbound. As I got onto 95 north, I could hear him coming behind me with light and sirens the whole way. He spent ten minutes in “hot pursuit” to stop some vagrant walking along the freeway shoulder. And he called for backup too.
These guys are insane.
When that’s done, she can prosecute the cops on the scene for violating his civil rights.
People will just get into evasion mode or armed defense posture when they encounter street gangs; be they cops or MS13.
Hard to tell the difference these days except for the equipment and the haircuts (the cops are better-equipped and have that buzz-cut).