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Police used Taser on pregnant driver (Seattle)
The Seattle P.I. ^
| May 10, 2005
| HECTOR CASTRO
Posted on 05/10/2005 1:51:41 AM PDT by Stoat
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To: Route101
Don't you find tasering a pregnant woman and arresting her for refusing to sign a speeding ticket a little bit too extreme and an abuse of power? Sure the woman was guilty for going 12 mph over the speed limit in a school zone. Sure her wrecklessness endangered the children that may have been around the area. But tasering her for refusing to sign the ticket is senseless. So what if she refused to get out of her car to be arrested. Does that really necessitate tasering her? The police could have subdued her by other peaceful and civil means, such as blocking her vehicle and wait the situation out. She's pregnant and has to to pee sooner or later. There's nothing like having an 8 lbs. baby pushing against your bladder.
421
posted on
05/11/2005 7:14:24 AM PDT
by
dit_xi
To: shellshocked
45,000 people die on our roads each year and you want to kill unborn children for speeding that cause 200 of those? You said...Calm down and stop being so melodramatic.....
Please take your own advice.
Are you related to Cultural Jihad, by chance?
Articulate where I said that and we can talk.
Until then you are on auto-ignore.
422
posted on
05/11/2005 7:21:41 AM PDT
by
Delta 21
(MKC USCG -ret)
To: Proud_texan
That was his ARREST report. Not a traffic citation. I wouldn't sign an arrest report either.
423
posted on
05/11/2005 7:40:02 AM PDT
by
Nov3
("This is the best election night in history." --DNC chair Terry McAuliffe Nov. 2,2004 8p.m.)
To: shellshocked; Delta 21
She wasn't tasered for speeding. She was tasered cause she resisted a lawful arrest.
It may or may not have been the best course of action, but there is only one person that is responsible for it going to that point. She is the one that actively resisted a LAWFUL arrest.
If she cared for that unborn child as much as you seem to, she wouldn't have put herself in the position by unnecessarily escalating the confrontation.
Cut the histrionics and hyperbole. Stick to the facts
424
posted on
05/11/2005 7:50:38 AM PDT
by
5Madman2
(DemocRATS are Vermin)
To: Delta 21
Post 424 is not directed at you-I just pinged you cause shellshocked seems to be on your a## on this one
425
posted on
05/11/2005 7:54:51 AM PDT
by
5Madman2
(DemocRATS are Vermin)
To: 5Madman2
Just another day on the intraweb.
...now where did I put my taser, hmmm?
426
posted on
05/11/2005 8:03:32 AM PDT
by
Delta 21
(MKC USCG -ret)
To: 5Madman2
"If she cared for that unborn child as much as you seem to, she wouldn't have put herself in the position by unnecessarily escalating the confrontation. "
That rings of the "If you have nothing to hide" response.
First, you missed the statements being made that she was "speeding" and that caused her to deserve whatever she got.
Second, even resisting lawful arrest does not require a taser. Get real. A pregnant woman cannot be restrained by a cop? If so, the cop has no justification for being a cop. It seems you are advocating extreme use of force. I hope like Hell you are not a cop.
427
posted on
05/11/2005 8:10:43 AM PDT
by
shellshocked
(They're undocumented Border Patrol agents, not vigilantes.)
To: 5Madman2
"I just pinged you cause shellshocked seems to be on your a## on this one"
Glad you girls could come to each other's aid. One of those chick posses' on Fr, eh?
428
posted on
05/11/2005 8:11:40 AM PDT
by
shellshocked
(They're undocumented Border Patrol agents, not vigilantes.)
To: Delta 21
"Until then you are on auto-ignore.
"
Beaten with logic, and run away.
At least we know that killing unborn children for speeding through a school zone is your idea of appropriate use of force.
Tasers on pregnant women. You should be ashamed of yourself.
429
posted on
05/11/2005 8:13:29 AM PDT
by
shellshocked
(They're undocumented Border Patrol agents, not vigilantes.)
To: shellshocked
Actually, I am a cop, and do not advocate extreme use of force.
Read my replies on this thread. You may find that I do not necessarily agree with how this went, but I will not depend on what an addle brained newspaper reporter has to say on it to form an opinion.
Sorry-pregnancy is not a disability. Being a woman is not a disability. It didn't stop her from resisting. How active that resistance was is anyones guess.
If you have anything rational to say, I will be happy to discuss this further. If not-goodbye
430
posted on
05/11/2005 8:22:03 AM PDT
by
5Madman2
(DemocRATS are Vermin)
To: shellshocked
I see the histrionics and name calling continue
Calling the above logic shows you are not worth talking to
Have a Nice Day
431
posted on
05/11/2005 8:25:37 AM PDT
by
5Madman2
(DemocRATS are Vermin)
To: shellshocked
I see the histrionics and name calling continue
Calling the above logic shows you are not worth talking to
Have a Nice Day
432
posted on
05/11/2005 8:26:47 AM PDT
by
5Madman2
(DemocRATS are Vermin)
To: judgeandjury
it won't even make it to a jury. the city will pay off and settle the case.
To: MEGoody
>>What I'm suggesting is that those who have studied the traffic patterns, etc. and set the speed limits are much more qualified to determine what the save speed is than you are.
The problem is that those who do the studying are engineers, and those who set the limits are politicians. They are not one in the same.
>>To suggest that it is perfectly okay to speed through a school zone is moronic.
To suggest that violating the number set by a politician on a sign is inherently unsafe is moronic.
434
posted on
05/11/2005 11:57:24 AM PDT
by
Atlas Sneezed
(Your FRiendly FReeper Patent Attorney)
To: Delta 21
Your post says that people who "don't follow school zone rules cause 200 deaths per year."
How many deaths occur by those who follow the rules?
How can you say that the disobedience of speed limits is the cause.
If 50% of drivers disobey, and 50% of drivers cause deaths, what does that say about disobedience?
435
posted on
05/11/2005 1:00:25 PM PDT
by
Atlas Sneezed
(Your FRiendly FReeper Patent Attorney)
To: All
UPDATE TO ALL: NAACP "may" file a complaintKIROTV.com - News - Police Use Taser Gun On Pregnant Woman
Police Use Taser Gun On Pregnant Woman
POSTED: 7:43 am PDT May 11, 2005
UPDATED: 8:03 am PDT May 11, 2005
SEATTLE -- The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People says it may file a complaint over the use by Seattle police of a Taser gun on a pregnant woman, KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reported.
The woman, Malaika Brooks, was convicted in municipal court on Monday of refusing to obey an officer. The jury could not reach a verdict on a charge of resisting arrest.
Brooks, 33 said she was on Seattle's Beacon Avenue, dropping her son off at school when a Seattle police officer pulled her over for allegedly driving 32 in a 20-mph zone. Brooks, eight months pregnant, said she pulled over but refused to sign the ticket. "Basically, I wasn't gonna sign the ticket cause I felt I wasn't speeding," she said. The officer called for backup, and a police supervisor authorized an arrest if Brooks continued to refuse to sign the ticket.
"He opened the door, twisted my arm behind my back and then officer Jones just started tasing me," she said. Brooks said she worried about the effect of the Taser gun on her unborn baby. She delivered a healthy baby girl on Jan. 31. Seattle police defended their use of the Taser gun, saying officers were justified and that a person's pregnancy, age or physical disability do not preclude the use of a Taser gun.
Copyright 2005 by KIROTV.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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(Giving credit where it's due...I found this update because it was linked at Orbusmax)
Orbusmax Northwest News - 'Around The World In 80K'
436
posted on
05/11/2005 1:29:33 PM PDT
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: Beelzebubba
I see you didnt click the link and read the story......
...seems to be a lot of that goin around.
437
posted on
05/11/2005 5:55:43 PM PDT
by
Delta 21
(MKC USCG -ret)
To: Stoat
THANK YOU, OFFICER
By Michelle Malkin · May 11, 2005 03:39 PM
When was the last time you thanked a cop? And wouldn't it be nice if, for just a brief moment, the mainstream media would hold a ceasefire in its incessant cop-bashing crusades?
http://www.michellemalkin.com/
438
posted on
05/11/2005 6:04:33 PM PDT
by
TheForceOfOne
(Laura is wonderful so get off her back pinheads!)
To: Delta 21
I see you didnt click the link and read the story......
WHat evidence do you have of that?
There is nothing in my story to answer my pertinent questions that you also duck.
It was a moronic story about a gung-ho TV station hyping its outreach effort to be faux law-enforcement. PR hype for ratings dollars.
439
posted on
05/12/2005 7:33:35 AM PDT
by
Atlas Sneezed
(Your FRiendly FReeper Patent Attorney)
To: Beelzebubba
"To suggest that violating the number set by a politician on a sign is inherently unsafe is moronic."Nevertheless, the speed limit is the law. If you choose to violate it, don't whine when you get gigged for it.
And I hope you can live with yourself if you run over a kid.
440
posted on
05/13/2005 10:28:02 AM PDT
by
MEGoody
(Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
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