The picture reminds me of one of those suicidal burning monks from the 1960s only these people did not volunteer for this roast.
Posted on 05/22/2022 12:35:17 PM PDT by Morgana
Newly released body camera footage reveals the sickening moment a deputy and a dirt bike rider were engulfed in flames after the officer fired a taser at a gas station.
Deputy David Crawford was heard screaming in pain and begging his fellow officers to 'put out' the fire on his legs as he desperately rolled around.
Meanwhile his victim, dirt bike rider Jean Barreto, 26, was 'cooked alive' in the fireball which left him with third-degree burns on approximately 75% of his body.
Both remain in hospital after the February 27 incident at the Wawa gas station in Florida. But Crawford will likely face misdemeanor charges of culpable negligence for igniting the explosion, Osceola County Sheriff Marco López said.
Police are also planning to charge Barreto with several charges, including resisting arrest, if he survives.
Osceola County Sheriff have released body cam footage of the incident this week under mounting pressure from the victim's family and the media.
The first is from Crawford's camera and shows him approaching the gas pumps where Barreto was filling his bike before tackling to the ground.
'Get off the bike! Get on the ground now,' Crawford can be heard yelling in the video as a fellow officer pulls out his Taser and fires it at him.
Footage shows gasoline pouring onto the ground after the officers failed to allow Barreto to put on his gas tank before they tackled him.
Crawford acknowledges the gas, saying: 'Kill the pump, kill the pump, there's gas' and his fellow officer drops the Taser.
But Crawford then picks it up, warning: 'You're about to get tasered again, dude,' the fires the Taser.
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The picture reminds me of one of those suicidal burning monks from the 1960s only these people did not volunteer for this roast.
“Any police department (or university faculty, or military unit, etc.) is only as good as the worst psycho they tolerate.” ~ H/T RedStateRocker
One can only hope the put out the dirt biker before the dirt bag.
Fundraiser for crawford? Um, no. Piss be upon him.
He also looks like a pinhead.
This deputy demonstrated a level of moronitude that I just can’t wrap my mind around. The stupid in this case is utterly unfathomable. Sort of like the Afghanistan pull out.
So the guys flees on a bike, resists the police when they try to arrest him and then because the police use a desperate attempt to subjugate him that backfires they are to blame. What ever happen to yield to police commands and then sort the fault out later if necessary?
Off the Pigs!
Failed to allow him to put the gas cap back on.
The tank was also full of fuel when they knocked him over spilling the gas everywhere.
Let’s taser him with all this gas and fumes everywhere.
Some bright cops.
Can you please put me on the JBT ping list?
also:
“Any police department (or university faculty, or military unit, etc.) is only as good as the worst psycho they tolerate.” ~ H/T RedStateRocker
that’s tagline worthy so I think I will update the tagline page
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Stupid police tricks
“Had some sympathy for the motorcycle guy....until I watched the chase video and saw a motorcycle menace“
Do you know why he was fleeing police? Was it a legitimate pursuit? Was the motorcyclist running for his life? Too bad he didn’t get away.. right?
Found the Fed!
They think everyone has a gun. And they are in fear of their lives. From the moment the front the front door shuts when they are leaving for work.
It was extremely poor writing. May they were talking about the gas cap.
I think the motorcycle riding victim who fled from the police and resisted arrest was also out of control.
Don’t you think you were going a little overboard? This was obviously a freak accident. Unfortunately, people can get hurt when they decide to flee the police and resist arrest.
I have been saying all along that most of the fuel involved from the blaze probably came from the gas tank of the bike. And that the gas pump did not explode. A little scientific common sense really. But many people just go Hollywood.
Welcome aboard!
I think there’s also a sign up that says if you flee from the police and then resist arrest, bad things might happen in the heat of the moment. Oh, please. You make it sound like everybody should know that a taser could cause a fire at a gas station. Sure, I bet you knew that before you read the story.
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