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Undercover officers use Taser on pallbearer
BreitBart/AP ^ | 11/19/2008 | n/a

Posted on 11/19/2008 12:57:40 PM PST by fishhound

WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina sheriff's official has apologized for plunging a funeral into chaos when undercover agents tried to arrest the dead man's son—and used a Taser on him in the process.

It happened as the coffin was being loaded into a hearse. The officers planned to quietly arrest pallbearer Gladwyn Taft Russ III, The Star-News of Wilmington reported Wednesday.

Relatives said two deputies dressed in coats and ties grabbed Russ and kneed him in his back before Tasering him. One deputy's gun fell out of its holster.

Russ' sister, Taffy Gause, said when she got out of the car a deputy "was waving a gun at me and my mom and yelling to get back or he was going to shoot." She said some mourners went home instead of going to the cemetery.

Russ, 42, had failed to surrender after being charged with threatening his ex-wife who lives in another state, officials said. Following his father's death Nov. 11, Russ agreed to surrender after the funeral.

When deputies approached Russ during the Saturday funeral, he "went wild" and spat on the officers, said New Hanover County sheriff's chief deputy Ed McMahon.

McMahon said the officers should have waited until after the cemetery service.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: barneyfife; cultureofcorruption; donutwatch; gort; guncontrol; jbts; lp; taser; thugwithabadge
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To: realdifferent1

The perp had failed to surrender after being charged, as he had previously promised to do.


21 posted on 11/19/2008 1:11:12 PM PST by Mojave (http://www.americanbacklash.com/)
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To: RegulatorCountry

Taffy? Gladwyn? Who thinks up these names?


22 posted on 11/19/2008 1:11:18 PM PST by raybbr (You think it's bad now - wait till the anchor babies start to vote!)
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To: AppyPappy

Who said he beat a woman? He is charged wuth making a threat.


23 posted on 11/19/2008 1:14:13 PM PST by Mark was here (The earth is bipolar.)
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To: Mojave
So that makes his treatment at the hands of the LEO's OK?

That seems to be your argument.

24 posted on 11/19/2008 1:15:02 PM PST by realdifferent1 ("If you saw Atlas,...what would you tell him to do?"... "To shrug.")
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To: fishhound

It’s a good thing the police did not accidently taser the dead man. You just never know what would have happened.


25 posted on 11/19/2008 1:15:21 PM PST by mlocher (USA is a sovereign nation)
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To: wastedyears
If they’re trying to arrest a guy DURING the funeral, when he did say he’d go in after it was over

He promised to turn himself in BEFORE the funeral took place.

Before the younger Russ was arrested, the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office was already a bit leery of the man because he had barricaded himself in his house Nov. 8 when they went to serve a warrant for reportedly threatening to kill his estranged wife, McMahon said. They backed off after he agreed to turn himself in that Monday – the day his father was supposed to have surgery. Nov. 10 came and went without the younger Russ surrendering, McMahon said.

26 posted on 11/19/2008 1:16:22 PM PST by Mojave (http://www.americanbacklash.com/)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Just like flush toilets and can recycling.


27 posted on 11/19/2008 1:17:01 PM PST by realdifferent1 ("If you saw Atlas,...what would you tell him to do?"... "To shrug.")
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To: Tijeras_Slim

We jest got that dang interweb thingy a couple o’years ago.


28 posted on 11/19/2008 1:17:09 PM PST by Constitution Day (Big Brotha Is Watching You)
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To: realdifferent1
So that makes his treatment at the hands of the LEO's OK?

They were too lenient with him.

29 posted on 11/19/2008 1:17:26 PM PST by Mojave (http://www.americanbacklash.com/)
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To: Mojave
The article says the guy agreed to turn himself in AFTER the service for his father.

Did you have some different info before you commented that it was okay for the cops to taser the guy while he is loading his father's coffin into the hearse?

30 posted on 11/19/2008 1:19:36 PM PST by San Jacinto
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To: AppyPappy

I don’t recall the article saying he BEAT HIS WIFE.. I saw where he threatend her but that could mean anything.. your aSSumtions make an @ss out of you


31 posted on 11/19/2008 1:20:28 PM PST by garykfd (American by Birth, Southern by the Grace of God!)
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To: garykfd

He may have threatened to lock he out of the bathroom..


32 posted on 11/19/2008 1:22:00 PM PST by garykfd (American by Birth, Southern by the Grace of God!)
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To: garykfd

He got tazed anyway. That’s all that matters.

If you get tazed at a funeral, you might be a redneck.


33 posted on 11/19/2008 1:23:20 PM PST by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: San Jacinto

He agreed to turn himself in BEFORE the date of the funeral after barricading himself in a house and resisting arrest.

http://www.blueridgenow.com/article/20081119/NEWS/811190270?Title=Sheriff_s_deputies_tase_pallbearer_at_father_s_funeral


34 posted on 11/19/2008 1:23:26 PM PST by Mojave (http://www.americanbacklash.com/)
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To: garykfd

Oh yeah. They are going on a manhunt for this dude in eastern NC just on a goof.


35 posted on 11/19/2008 1:25:18 PM PST by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: AppyPappy

Easy with the redneck stuff..


36 posted on 11/19/2008 1:28:00 PM PST by garykfd (American by Birth, Southern by the Grace of God!)
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To: realdifferent1

I would prefer that to a bunch of whiny hypocrites lying about what a nice person I was.
BTW, did the arrestee schedule his crime with the victim?


37 posted on 11/19/2008 1:29:08 PM PST by Steamburg ( Your wallet speaks the only language most politicians understand.)
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Dead to rights

Gladwyn Taft Russ III
38 posted on 11/19/2008 1:29:23 PM PST by evets (beer)
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To: Mojave
So the sheriff’s office planned to arrest him discreetly at the 2 p.m. funeral – a move that backfired in the emotionally charged environment. Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Ed McMahon chalked it up to bad timing.

Bad timing? Discreetly arrest him at a funeral??

They almost dropped the casket?

Excuse me, but BWHAHAHAHAHAHAH

39 posted on 11/19/2008 1:29:53 PM PST by dragnet2
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To: fishhound
Andy: "Now Barn, whudya have ta go an do that for?"

[Andy's hand extended]: "Gimme the bullet, Barn."

40 posted on 11/19/2008 1:30:12 PM PST by Miss Behave (Beloved daughter of Miss Creant, super sister of danged Miss Ology, and proud mother of Miss Hap.)
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