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Man's shirt erupts in flames after he is shot with Taser
The Sun-Sentinal (South FL) ^
| February 23 2006
| Erin Ailworth
Posted on 02/23/2006 8:54:14 AM PST by stm
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To: Brilliant
These Taser stories always hyperventilate about the Volts -- as if it were a meaningful metric. 50,000 Volts sounds more dangerous than 15 to 20 Watts -- the actual power of a Taser.
Why do we never hear news reports of the thousands of school children that are zotted with up to 25,000 Volts -- every day? (Static electricity from shuffling across a carpet.) It's not the same thing, obviously, but it does show how meaningless the Voltage is without also knowing the Amperage, duration, frequency, etc.
To: George from New England
Guns and tasers allow an officer of either sex to stop a violent person without getting so close as to risk injury from a knife or fist or whatever, wielded by the target. No reason a male officer should choose physical contact with a violent person, when his personal safety is at greater risk that way. Our first priority needs to be to protect our law enforcement officers from any harm, not to protect violent thugs and drug addicts from "excessive" force.
To: stm
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. Why couldn't she just let him finish the job?
To: stm
To: null and void
♫ ♫ ♫ Like this, of course. ♫ ♫ ♫
Just view the source code, duck soup.
;^)
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posted on
02/23/2006 9:41:19 AM PST
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SAJ
To: SAJ
♫ ♫ ♫ Like this, of course. ♫ ♫ ♫
hmmmmm...
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02/23/2006 9:44:28 AM PST
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null and void
(Imagine what they would be doing if it wasn't a religion of peace!!!)
To: SAJ
♫ ♫ ♫ Like this, of course. ♫ ♫ ♫
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posted on
02/23/2006 9:46:27 AM PST
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null and void
(Imagine what they would be doing if it wasn't a religion of peace!!!)
To: null and void
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posted on
02/23/2006 9:50:22 AM PST
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null and void
(Imagine what they would be doing if it wasn't a religion of peace!!!)
To: TheSpottedOwl
You're right - the story really is kind of sad.
But the FReeper response comments - I'm afraid they have me in stitches. ;-)
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02/23/2006 9:50:54 AM PST
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Allegra
(Save the Mediterranean Fruitfly!)
To: Allegra
And we aren't even coming close to the hilarity of the friend who called 911!
To: null and void
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posted on
02/23/2006 9:56:50 AM PST
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null and void
(Imagine what they would be doing if it wasn't a religion of peace!!!)
To: stm
Lady policeman bump! Go get him gals!!!
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02/23/2006 9:57:31 AM PST
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dennisw
("What one man can do another can do" - The Edge)
To: null and void
Yah, y'need the < div > tag.
;^)
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02/23/2006 10:07:03 AM PST
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SAJ
To: SAJ
Got it!
Super!
You've opened a whole new world to me, Thanks!!!!
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02/23/2006 10:09:38 AM PST
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null and void
(Imagine what they would be doing if it wasn't a religion of peace!!!)
To: Allegra
Over here it brings satire and humor. On the DU they would be screaming police brutality and man's inhumanity to man. It's that man's constitutional right to burn, damnit!!!!
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02/23/2006 10:10:21 AM PST
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stm
(It's possible to fix most things, but you can't fix stupid)
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02/23/2006 10:33:41 AM PST
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PatrickHenry
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