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To: VeniVidiVici
Trooper in Palin probe tells his side

Speaking Thursday to CNN's Drew Griffin and Kathleen Johnston, Wooten gave his account of the Taser incident but denied ever drinking while driving.

He said that he was a new Taser instructor, and his stepson was asking him about the equipment. "I didn't shoot him with live, you know, actual live cartridge," Wooten said.

Instead, he said, he hooked his stepson up to a training aid "with little clips. And, you know, the Taser was activated for less than a second, which would be less than what you would get if you touched an electric fence. ... It was as safe as I could possibly make it."

He said his stepson was on the living room floor surrounded by pillows, that he "was bragging about it," and that the family laughed about it.

Asked whether it was a dumb decision, Wooten told CNN, "absolutely."

41 posted on 10/09/2008 6:47:19 PM PDT by Doe Eyes
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To: Doe Eyes

Admitted to using a Taser on a 10 year old

Known poacher.

Says that he didn’t drive in his squad car having drunk beer.

Who wouldn’t fire him? Why wasn’t he fired?


47 posted on 10/09/2008 7:12:10 PM PDT by sobieski
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