Posted on 12/08/2005 5:51:48 AM PST by Mr. Brightside
Police: Officer Zaps Partner After Soda Dispute
POSTED: 7:19 am EST December 8, 2005
HAMTRAMCK, Mich. -- Authorities said a police officer in Michigan used a Taser stun gun on his partner during an argument about stopping for a soft drink.
The suspect was fired after the Nov. 3 incident and is charged with assault.
Ronald Dupuis, 32, could get up to 93 days in jail if convicted.
Authorities said Dupuis asked partner Prema Graham to stop at a store for a soft drink, but she refused and instead kept driving back to headquarters.
Authorities said the partners struggled over the steering wheel, and Dupuis hit Graham's leg with his department-issued Taser gun. She wasn't seriously hurt.
Dang. Sounds like something from an episode of Reno 911.
Do The Dew!
A shocking development!
If that officer gets that upset over a drink, who knows what he'd do in other circumstances. There's the door.
I'm glad they weren't fighting over a donut.
Hilarious. Now, if it had been donuts the cop wanted to stop for, deadly force would have been justified, I suppose. One round from his service weapon would do the job.
Bad cop! No donut!
It's a good thing that the beeber was only set to stune.
But the real question is: how do you pronounce "Hamtramck"?
You or me or the Little Ol' Lady down the block... that's another matter!
Ham-Tram-ick
The only mistake the cop made was zapping another cop. Its open Taser season on the rest of us.
"Give me a liter of cola."
"...all I wanted was a Pepsi, just one Pepsi, and she wouldn't give it to me..."
Pronounced "Ham-tram-ick."
Also, in Michigan we don't call it "soda."
We call it "pop."
Funny! I hadn't thought of ST in years.
That's what you get when you hire "bottom feeders". What else could you expect??
"But I was THIRSTY!"
What a Dupuis!
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