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Houston lineman shot with Taser, arrested
AZSTARNET ^
| 15 NOV 2006
| AZSTARNET
Posted on 11/15/2006 5:05:16 AM PST by radar101
HOUSTON — Houston Texans offensive lineman Fred Weary was shot with a Taser before being arrested Tuesday after a traffic stop. He was pulled over at 1 p.m. about six miles from Reliant Stadium and transported to jail. Houston Police officer Gabriel Ortiz said he "possibly faces charges of resisting arrest." Weary, 29, was being held at Houston's Central Jail on Tuesday night but had not been charged with a crime, and no bond had been set, a jail official said. "At this time, we're gathering all the information and getting all the facts," said Tony Wyllie, Texans' vice president of communications. Wyllie said the Texans were informed of the arrest by an anonymous tip and that their director of security and other team officials were working to find out what happened.
Position: G Height: 6-4 Weight: 308 Born: 09/30/1977 College: Tennessee NFL Experience: 5
TOPICS: Local News; Sports
KEYWORDS: billwhite; donutwatch; hpd; nfl; noneck; policestate
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posted on
11/15/2006 5:05:17 AM PST
by
radar101
To: radar101
I saw that thread title and wondered why they're zapping the telephone man.
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posted on
11/15/2006 5:08:29 AM PST
by
ErnBatavia
(recent nightmare: Googled up "Helen Thomas nude"....)
To: radar101
Nifong called HPD and asked to borrow a Taser.
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posted on
11/15/2006 5:09:01 AM PST
by
Doctor Raoul
(Difference between the CIA and the Free Clinic is that the Free Clinic knows how to stop a leak.)
To: radar101
Probably just a racist cop....who else would ever arrest a player in the NFL when we all know the players are role models for our youth. (please remove sarcasm tag)
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posted on
11/15/2006 5:09:32 AM PST
by
geezerwheezer
(get up boys, we're burnin' daylight!!!)
To: radar101
The taser was a bit excessive. After all, he was a Texan lineman. All the cops needed to do was use the bull rush or shoulder club/spin technique and he would have been subdued.
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posted on
11/15/2006 5:14:15 AM PST
by
edpc
(Violence is ALWAYS a solution. Maybe not the right one....but a solution nonetheless)
To: radar101; martin_fierro; dighton
Fred Weary . . . . "possibly faces charges of resisting arrest."
"No arrest for the Weary!"
To: radar101
That Tazer is about the only thing his body's blocked this season...... when can the cops take out the rest of the offensive line.....Hell they won't miss him anyway...... it's like he's never 'there' when he's on the field..
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posted on
11/15/2006 5:42:39 AM PST
by
Dick Vomer
(liberals suck......... but it depends on what your definition of the word "suck" is.)
To: radar101
That Tazer is about the only thing his body's blocked this season...... when can the cops take out the rest of the offensive line.....Hell they won't miss him anyway...... it's like he's never 'there' when he's on the field..
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posted on
11/15/2006 5:43:01 AM PST
by
Dick Vomer
(liberals suck......... but it depends on what your definition of the word "suck" is.)
To: radar101
Let's look at the facts...
Pulled over at 1pm.
No other charge than resisting arrest, no other facts released.
DWB.
He was probably going to pick up his kids from school.
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posted on
11/15/2006 6:15:10 AM PST
by
rwilson99
(95% of Al-Jazzera Viewers Agree... the world is less safe (for them) since 9/11)
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posted on
11/15/2006 7:14:46 AM PST
by
weegee
(Remember "Remember the Maine"? Well in the current war "Remember the Baby Milk Factory")
To: weegee
This is great...The Texans offensive line really needs this...
/extreme sarcasm
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posted on
11/15/2006 8:13:41 AM PST
by
stevie_d_64
(Houston Area Texans (I've always been hated))
To: radar101
Another model citizen courtesy of the University of Tennessee.
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posted on
11/15/2006 8:15:22 AM PST
by
dfwgator
To: Dick Vomer
If you want a championship Houston team, I guess your stuck with the Houston Dynamos, the other football team.
To: radar101
What the heck was the taser for. Come on, he plays for the Texans. ANYBODY should have been able to stop this guy with no problem!
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posted on
11/15/2006 10:03:14 AM PST
by
GulfBreeze
(I asked God about it and he doesn't believe in atheists either. So can you prove they exist?)
To: radar101
I'd check to see whether the officer had lost any money betting on the team. Maybe the news report is being sparse because they're trying to protect his privacy over some other charge, but the fact that their only charge so far is "possibly" resisting arrest makes me think that there's plenty of wrongdoing to go around on the whole situation. Maybe they suspected that he was planning to shop at K-Mart and just wanted to be proactive. Is shopping at K-Mart on Westheimer still a crime as it was a few years ago? I usually like to support the police, but I can no longer assume that they are always doing the right thing.
Bill
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posted on
11/15/2006 1:05:36 PM PST
by
WFTR
(Liberty isn't for cowards)
To: radar101
Thanks for posting this yet another abuse of taser. Weary claims he complied but was tasered anyway.
Tasers and no knock raids are on my Christmas list. I want them both banned nationwide.
To: radar101
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