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Man Tasered For Refusing To Lift Hand Off Quran (Florida)
Local 6 (Florida) ^ | September 21, 2007

Posted on 09/22/2007 3:11:12 PM PDT by Stoat

Man Tasered For Refusing To Lift Hand Off Quran

 

POSTED: 10:10 pm EDT September 21, 2007
UPDATED: 10:12 pm EDT September 21, 2007

 

OCALA, Fla. -- Four police officers are under investigation here after a man accused them of using a Taser on him three times when he wouldn't take his hand off a Quran hidden under his shirt, a police spokesman said Friday.

Jeffrey Shields, 49, of Ocala, filed a complaint with the Ocala Police Department alleging an officer used a Taser to force him to hold up his right hand, police spokesman Lou Biondi said. In a complaint filed Tuesday, Shields said he did not want to raise his right hand from under his shirt because he did not want to drop the Quran, but the officers said they could not tell what he was holding, Biondi said.

"The officers didn't have a clue what he had under there, regardless of what he was saying," he said. Officers were dispatched to the scene on Aug. 31 after authorities received tips that a man matching Shields' description was armed with a gun and stashing drugs inside a book, Biondi said. Neither drugs nor a gun was found after the incident.

Shields was shocked with the Taser for 15 seconds before he removed his hand from the book, Biondi said. He filed the complaint against four officers ---- Phil Hazel, Doug Russell, Bernard Smith and Jamie Buchbinder -- though no police records show Russell was on the scene when the Taser was deployed, Biondi said. All four will remain on duty while the incident is reviewed. "It is odd that he waited so long to file a complaint, 19 days or so," Biondi said. "Normally when people feel they've been wronged, it's something that happens almost immediately." A phone number for Shields could not be located.

Biondi said a police dashboard camera did not capture the incident. Shields was initially given a court notice for resisting arrest without violence, Biondi said, but charges were dropped at his Sept. 10 appearance.



TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Florida; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: donttasemebro; donutwatch; florida; islam; korananimals; leo; muhammadsmorons; police; stopislamization; taser; waronidiots; waronislamism; zot
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To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran

Exactly, he should be thanking the police they didn’t take this as a lethal threat.


61 posted on 09/22/2007 4:39:58 PM PDT by mnehring (Thompson/Hunter 08 -- Fred08.com - The adults have joined the race.)
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To: Stoat

The praying Imans, seatbelt extender request and now this.
I am sick of this crap.

Watch for another lawsuit.


62 posted on 09/22/2007 4:44:54 PM PDT by Jean S
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To: thefactor
what everyone would be saying if this was a bible!

The same thing that they are saying here. The guy was an idiot who just as easily been holding a gun. The cops didn't know it was a Quran, Bible, or a copy of the Victoria Secret's Catalog under his shirt, they just knew he didn't obey when they told him to put his hands up.

63 posted on 09/22/2007 4:45:15 PM PDT by mnehring (Thompson/Hunter 08 -- Fred08.com - The adults have joined the race.)
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To: thefactor

It’s probably the order to load the charges in the clip and the dots probably glow in the dark.


64 posted on 09/22/2007 4:45:49 PM PDT by txhurl (Yes there were WMDs)
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To: MindBender26
Model 23s rule.

A classic. I love mine.
65 posted on 09/22/2007 4:53:47 PM PDT by George W. Bush (Apres moi, le deluge.)
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To: apillar
A little off topic, but all these recent taser stories have got me wondering why some enterprising engineering student hasn't developed some sort of taser proof apparel.

Light chain mail would work by preventing skin penetration and shorting out the electricity. But, chain mail isn't the lightest, most comfortable thing to wear, and it probably makes a weird clinking sound as you move.

66 posted on 09/22/2007 5:10:25 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine (Is /sarc really needed?)
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To: George W. Bush

You know it will be there for you, 24/7, if ever you need it!


67 posted on 09/22/2007 5:24:30 PM PDT by MindBender26 (Having my own CAR-15 in Vietnam meant never having to say I was sorry......)
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To: Stoat
Jeffrey Shields

Okay, what's his REAL name?? If he's got a Koran under his shirt, his name isn't #*%! Jeffrey Shields!
68 posted on 09/22/2007 5:33:48 PM PDT by visualops (artlife.us)
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To: visualops
Jeffrey Shields

Okay, what's his REAL name?? If he's got a Koran under his shirt, his name isn't #*%! Jeffrey Shields!

I would guess it would be something like "Jeffrey Hussein-Achmed Shields". or some other similar middle name that involves clearing the throat and spitting in order to be able to pronounce it.

69 posted on 09/22/2007 5:40:14 PM PDT by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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To: Stoat

I think they deserve one another.


70 posted on 09/22/2007 5:42:41 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (life is like "a bad Saturday Night Live skit that is done in extremely bad taste.")
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To: thefactor
i can't imagine what everyone would be saying if this was a bible! they would be calling for the cop's heads on a platter! the original call had nothing to do with ethnicity so it could just have easily been a bible.

come on. gimme this much at least!

Hey, you didn't capitalize "Bible"! But that's not important right now.

He could have been holding the original signed copy of the Constitution itself inside his shirt - the cops would still be justified in their actions here, IMO.

71 posted on 09/22/2007 5:49:55 PM PDT by Ken H
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To: FARS; milford421; DAVEY CROCKETT; Calpernia

Ping.


72 posted on 09/22/2007 6:17:35 PM PDT by nw_arizona_granny (This is "Be an Angel Day", do something nice for someone today.)
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To: Stoat

Welcome to America, Muslim turd! Now learn the rules.


73 posted on 09/22/2007 6:26:33 PM PDT by Mad_Tom_Rackham (Elections have consequences.)
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To: Jeff Chandler

Captain: What happen ?
Mechanic: Somebody set up us the TAZE.
Operator: We get signal.
Captain: What !
Operator: Main screen turn on.
Captain: It’s you !!
CATS: How are you gentlemen !!
CATS: All your TAZE are belong to us.
CATS: You are on the way to destruction.
Captain: What you say !!
CATS: You have no chance to survive make your time.
CATS: Ha Ha Ha Ha ....
Operator: Captain !! *
Captain: Take off every ‘ZAP’, ‘ZAP’, ‘ZaaaaaaPPPPPtuhhheh !!
Captain: You know what you doing.
Captain: Move ‘ZAP’.
Captain: For great justice.


74 posted on 09/22/2007 6:32:15 PM PDT by Cvengr (The violence of evil is met with the violence of righteousness, justice, love and grace.)
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To: Stoat

Who carries their Koran under their shirt? The cops did the absolute right thing here.


75 posted on 09/22/2007 6:39:01 PM PDT by newzjunkey (Pope to politicians: "(Do) not to allow children to be considered as a form of illness.")
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To: Mad_Tom_Rackham
Welcome to America, Muslim turd! Now learn the rules.

It may well be that this is a home-grown one....our prison system turns them out by the thousands.  Having 'familiarity' with the prison system might explain this scum's disrespect for a police officer's commands as well.  If he's dumb enough to get thrown into prison to begin with, he's quite likely dumb enough to convert to islam as well as to commit other infractions while he's out.

Breathtakingly stupid people frequently live out their whole lives as breathtakingly stupid people, never learning obvious truths and always blaming others.

I do prehospital emergency medicine, and the vast majority of my 'clientele' are astonishingly stupid people who have injured themselves in amazingly dumb ways.  If it weren't for magically stupid people, I would likely be out of work as would about 80% of our police officers.  Darwinism is definitely out there, and people like me as well as our police officers prevent Darwinism from working it's magic on the gene pool.

Sorry about that.   :-)

76 posted on 09/22/2007 7:34:27 PM PDT by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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To: newzjunkey
Who carries their Koran under their shirt? The cops did the absolute right thing here.

I would only wish to suggest that they should have shot him multiple times and put him down instantly like a rabid dog..

He continued his noncompliance until he was tazed THREE TIMES....more than enough time to activate a detonator if that's what he had.  If this had been the case and it was a public area, we could be talking about dozens or scores of fatalities right now instead of a funny story about some idiot muzzie jerkoff who refused a police officer's lawful commands.

77 posted on 09/22/2007 7:40:49 PM PDT by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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To: Stoat

I hear ya. Thanks for your good works (even though you may be damaging the pool!). You can of course never know what becomes of those you have saved from their stupidity. Hopefully, some straighen out. :O)


78 posted on 09/22/2007 7:42:15 PM PDT by Mad_Tom_Rackham (Elections have consequences.)
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To: Mad_Tom_Rackham
I hear ya. Thanks for your good works (even though you may be damaging the pool!). You can of course never know what becomes of those you have saved from their stupidity.

Thank you very much for your kind words.  :-)

Hopefully, some straighen out. :O)

I would imagine that some do, but there are a few folks who actually sustain 'legitimate' injuries and illnesses (caused by something other than their own idiocy) and these are the ones that make the job worthwhile, meaningful and fun  :-)

79 posted on 09/22/2007 7:50:05 PM PDT by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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To: ovrtaxt

“Leave the gun and take the canoliese”


80 posted on 09/23/2007 2:30:47 AM PDT by mmanager (Fred is choosing the field for battle and he likes the view.)
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