Flame On!!!
Posted on 02/23/2006 8:54:14 AM PST by stm
DAYTONA BEACH · Dennis Crouch had already slashed himself. And when he refused to drop his knife, Daytona Beach police Officer Betsy Cassidy decided she had no choice.
"Taser! Taser!" Cassidy shouted as she sent a two-pronged wire, packing 50,000 volts, at Crouch's chest. What happened next stunned everyone.
(Excerpt) Read more at sun-sentinel.com ...
Crouch said he had been drinking at the time....
Lucky it was only the lighter that ignited. Alcohol burns quite well.
I hope the guy gets some help for his problems. This really isn't funny.
Now I know I'll get flamed for these thoughts ...
If society hadn't relaxed physical requirements for LEO just to allow in women then it's would be almost exclusively a man's career (like it used to be). Now with the push for 50% women the need exists for "an equalizer tool". We can't just have woman shooting the men perps because they're larger so the taser has grown in popularity because it allowed more women on the beat.
Just reinstate the physical requirements and PC begone, then we can let the tazer go too.
"Sorry, Captain. He had red shirt and appeared to be expendable."
I wonder which one of them thought that Las Vegas was the solution.
In a related story...."Jesse Jackson boards a plane for central Florida"........
I hate it when my shirts erupt into flame.
Deep down it's not but on the surface it's funnier than crap!!!
I guess that he was too sexy for his shirt.
he obviously had thoughts of setting himself on fire if the slashing didn't work
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Hmmmm. Ooooookay, I'll bite.
How did you get the notes?
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Flame On!!!
If society hadn't relaxed physical requirements for LEO just to allow in women then it's would be almost exclusively a man's career (like it used to be). Now with the push for 50% women the need exists for "an equalizer tool". We can't just have woman shooting the men perps because they're larger so the taser has grown in popularity because it allowed more women on the beat.<<
I hope this is not a flame, but the taser and pepper spray are two tools that tend to incapacitate miscreants without resorting to damaging them.
It is not a bad thing to taze or spice a violent suspect. Man woman or dog, it is a very good option compared to shooting.
DK
Thanks. I FReep in Mac land, and I'd druther keep my wintel box off the internet.
"A Taser probe pierced the pocket of his khaki shirt -- and ignited the butane lighter inside. Cassidy's pocket exploded in flames."
He's lucky he didn't die. Welders have been killed from stray sparks causing Bic lighters to explode in their shirt pockets.
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