The family of 56-year-old Emily Delafield said it would take the Green Cove Springs Police Department to court.
Posted on 09/19/2007 8:44:43 AM PDT by Cagey
The family of 56-year-old Emily Delafield said it would take the Green Cove Springs Police Department to court.
If she was so harmless, why did they call the police? Why didn’t they just disarm her? You don’t need the police to do that.
So they were supposed to shoot her, or what???
That's not going to make it easy for the PD to prevail in this case.
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Too many officers are falling into the “when the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail” problem with regard to Tasers. It’s some LEOs’ Magic Bullet solution to nearly every difficult arrest.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Wow-this looks like a script for Reno 911.
You don’t need to taser a woman in a wheelchair that isn’t carrying a firearm ten times. Someone has an itchy trigger finger, it seems.
They could have grabbed her arms from behind on a backswing and disarmed her.
The police in this country really need to be reined in. There’s just too many stories like this coming to the forefront.
It’s going to come down to every patrolman will have a cameraman as a partner. Cheaper in the long run.
Call cops because a family member is threatening you with deadly weapons. Cops subdue perp. Perp dies. Family members will sue the police. Only in America.
Sounds like the female police officer used aggressive force. The male officer had it right. I hope he’s the one that used his taser first.
The female officer should be kicked out and jailed.
Shocking!
Incredible. Even policemen must understand that electric shocks may put a strain on the cardiac system. If she was in a wheelchair, why didn’t they just stay out of her way?
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
She must have asked Hillary Clinton a question.
I cannot believe anyone would argue otherwise.
There’s no reason she should have been shocked 10 times. Absolutely not
Add to that she was wheelchair bound. Once would have been enough.
Seems to me that a baton is still a very useful thing to carry for such situations. I don’t think cops use them as often now that they carry tasers.
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