Posted on 06/09/2010 10:36:58 AM PDT by llevrok
A Thurston County sheriff's deputy tased a man twice early this morning after he interrupted the man having sex with a woman outside a home in the 14000 block of Vail Cutoff Road, according to the sheriff's department.
Patrick Bergin, 21, of Yelm, was placed under arrest on suspicion of third-degree assault, Thurston County Chief Criminal Deputy James Chamberlain said.
According to Chamberlain:
The incident began around 2 a.m. when a deputy was responding to a complaint of loud music outside a residence on Vail Cutoff Road. As the patrol car approached the residence, its lights passed over a couple having sex on the lawn.
The couple began to put their clothes on, and the deputy approached them to ask for identification. The woman who was with Bergin screamed and tried to run away. Bergin approached the deputy, and ignored commands to sit down. Both the man and the woman appeared "highly intoxicated."
The deputy believed that Bergin was taking an aggressive stance, and believed that he would be assaulted, so he shot the barbs from his Taser at Bergin. Bergin ripped the barbs of the Taser from his chest, and continued to approach the deputy. As Bergin continued to approach the deputy, the deputy reloaded the Taser and shot it again. The Taser's barbs struck Bergin in the arm. Bergin was subdued and placed under arrest for third-degree assault.
Chamberlain said Tuesday that it is very unusual for a person to be able to rip the barbs from a Taser off of his or her body while receiving an electrical jolt
Kinky...
Do you remember the scene in History of the World Part I where the people are trying to guess the punishment for striking a soldier? ;-P
Lol, No, I don’t remember that movie, but I’ll check it out.
He received stimulation in more ways than one!
An incident like this occurred in the early 70s at the Marine base where I was stationed. At about 2 am the MPs came upon the Staff Sergeant manager of the club on the front lawn going to it with the female Corporal assistant manager. They were so drunk and into what they were doing that taps on the shoulder and repeated verbal admonitions did not phase them. The MPs finally shined their flashlight directly in their eyes and the sergeant jumped up and kept repeating to them “don’t tell my wife”. He was lucky that they didn’t have tasers at the time.
You win.
After twitching and convulsing after the first zap, the woman started screaming, “Oooo! Hit him again!”
Woman: “Taze him AGAIN, bro!”
Actually, I'm thinking I should buy a taser in case I run into a couple having sex in public. I could use it on gay pride parade day too.
Killjoy......
The dictionary is your friend. Assault is not the same as Battery. Assault can result from the reasonable assumption that one is about to be battered. No gibberish here.
That is one of the stupidest comments that I have seen on this site. I would epect that to be on DU. You sure you are on the right forum?
“expect” not epect. my bad.
Taser-interruptus.
Or video phones and the internet. lol
Legally, I guess that’s true. I always get hung up thinking in military terms!
Have a great day, FRiend.
Truthfully I would have no idea except that my son is a police officer and he recently explained the difference to me. Just to be safe I checked the dictionary. He was right. Man, I hate that.
“That is one of the stupidest comments that I have seen on this site. I would epect that to be on DU. You sure you are on the right forum?”
Absolutely. Cops have turned into Tazer-Happy scum. That’s right, I said it.
You can disagree, but that won’t make it not true.
“Truthfully I would have no idea except that my son is a police officer”
Nevermind. I see you have no objectivity. Sorry, it’s still true, but I understand why you’re defensive.
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