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Caught On Camera: Teen Dies After Shot With Taser Gun
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| 7/18/08
Posted on 07/20/2008 1:16:07 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: Charlespg
I guess the cops should be the crap out of them with their batons ect.
To: Rammer
Failure to follow procedure is not wrong doing? If he weren’t wrong the cop would not have been punished.
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posted on
07/20/2008 2:22:12 PM PDT
by
csmusaret
(John McCain is the evil of two lessers)
To: Charlespg
“severely limit their use by cops”
Personally, I’d like to see every cop in the nation get up and walk out for good. It’s a crappy job for low pay and they put their lives on the line for citizens every day who then decide to second guess them or want to take any weapons they have away. Good luck defending yourself.—You deal with the suits from the “aggrieved” families of the thugs they raised and who are looking for a payday at your expense.
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posted on
07/20/2008 2:24:00 PM PDT
by
freeangel
( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like what you say))
To: Caipirabob
I'm beginning to think it's a better idea. Then there's no doubt on either side that death is certain. Could stop a lot of problems before they happen. I think the teen would have reacted differently to a .38 pointed at his head. Good answer
I am beginning to think that arming the cops with less then lethal gadgets while a good idea,also increases their potential for abuse
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posted on
07/20/2008 2:26:02 PM PDT
by
Charlespg
(Peace= When we trod the ruins of Mecca and Medina under our infidel boots.)
To: freeangel
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posted on
07/20/2008 2:27:26 PM PDT
by
Jagdgewehr
(A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.)
To: Charlespg
Agreed. Go back to truncheons and billy clubs.
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posted on
07/20/2008 2:28:20 PM PDT
by
Little Ray
(I'm a Conservative. But I can vote for John McCain. If I have to. I guess.)
To: Rammer
It still sounds like manslaughter to me.
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posted on
07/20/2008 2:28:57 PM PDT
by
Little Ray
(I'm a Conservative. But I can vote for John McCain. If I have to. I guess.)
To: rwfromkansas
He didn’t think the taser was working, as the suspect continued as though nothing had happened.
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posted on
07/20/2008 2:32:23 PM PDT
by
Rammer
To: freeplancer
The officer was responding to a belligerent and threatening suspect, not raising funds or conducting a traffic stop.
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posted on
07/20/2008 2:34:11 PM PDT
by
Rammer
To: freeangel
I watched the video, and it didn’t look like the taser had any effect on the guy at all. I probably would have tased him a second time, then written the taser off as broken, and whacked him with my nightstick.
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posted on
07/20/2008 2:34:27 PM PDT
by
nina0113
(If fences don't work, why does the White House have one?)
To: Rammer
There should be a Conservatism 101 course in which one of the first lessons taught is that the news media is NOT about sharing information, its about perpetuating an agenda.
I agree. And that applies to a lot more than just police stories. This cop may have abused the use of the tazer, but we certainly cannot trust the mainstream media to give us enough information to make that determination.
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posted on
07/20/2008 2:34:29 PM PDT
by
fr_freak
To: Slump Tester
It’s his fault that he didn’t follow procedure. He did not intend to kill the suspect.
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posted on
07/20/2008 2:35:41 PM PDT
by
Rammer
To: firewalk
Watch the video. It does contain the part in which the suspect is initially tasered. Notice the suspect calmly start walking away from the officer.
It’s as though the taser didn’t have any effect.
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posted on
07/20/2008 2:37:59 PM PDT
by
Rammer
To: csmusaret
Please see my full comment - I did indeed say that he was wrong to have not followed the procedure of only using the taser for 5 seconds.
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posted on
07/20/2008 2:39:13 PM PDT
by
Rammer
To: rwfromkansas
Why didnt he reach for his gun instead of basically putting a live electrical current to his heart for almost a minute?
He should have shot the guy in the arm, and it would have been over.
One of the rules of firearms is that you don't pull a gun on anything you don't intend to shoot, and you don't shoot anything you don't intend to kill. Once the officer's gun came out, death would be a very imminent possibility for someone. Also, shots to the arm can kill, probably with a higher probability than tazer blasts, although 37 seconds might serve to even those odds a bit.
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posted on
07/20/2008 2:39:37 PM PDT
by
fr_freak
To: LibWhacker
FR bookmark , for later , .. (( compiling my Election Year List ))
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posted on
07/20/2008 2:39:55 PM PDT
by
Dad yer funny
(FoxNews is morphing , and not for the better ,... internal struggle? Its hard to watch)
To: freeangel
severely limit their use by cops Personally, Id like to see every cop in the nation get up and walk out for good. Its a crappy job for low pay and they put their lives on the line for citizens every day who then decide to second guess them or want to take any weapons they have away. Good luck defending yourself. What a load of bullhocky, how many threads have there been about the police overuseing/misusings these things.
Police use taser on blind woman with cancer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2048470/posts
There are too many people here on free republic who think that having a badge is excuse for behavior that no free society should allow.
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posted on
07/20/2008 2:40:52 PM PDT
by
Charlespg
(Peace= When we trod the ruins of Mecca and Medina under our infidel boots.)
To: Little Ray
I’m not certain about this, but I believe that it would have to be shown in court that the officer believed that he indeed was applying the current.
According to his statements and an investigation by the department, since the suspect didn’t react in the usual manner, the officer may have truly believed that nothing was happening.
In that case, it would be an accidental death, not manslaughter.
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posted on
07/20/2008 2:41:46 PM PDT
by
Rammer
To: Charlespg
Like I said—I’d like to see every cop walk off the job —just to see what would happen to all the police bashers.
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posted on
07/20/2008 2:43:11 PM PDT
by
freeangel
( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like what you say))
To: freeangel
Personally, Id like to see every cop in the nation get up and walk out for good...Good luck defending yourself.
If we can go back to the days of open carry for everyone, I'd take that deal in a heartbeat.
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posted on
07/20/2008 2:44:42 PM PDT
by
fr_freak
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