Man hit with Taser sues police officers. Incident occurred after a traffic stop.

Columbia Tribune ^ | 07/23/2010 | Columbia Tribune

[The Magical Mischief Tour]

The Columbia Police Department conducted an internal affairs investigation last year and found that the officers acted properly,

Evidentially, unlawfully detaining someone, then assaulting them when they question you why is considered acting properly by Columbia MO PD...

[Eyes Unclouded]

Cops beating up some guy just because they want to? Say it isn’t so!

[HiTech RedNeck]

When this is over, it seems likely that Cadillac Derick will be Rolls Royce Derick.

[driftdiver]

Is there more to this story?

[Eagles6]

Wonder why the guy drove off after the initial stop?

[Eagles6]

"Trapp said the prosecutor couldn’t show Derrick knew why he was being detained."

Huh?

[The Magical Mischief Tour]

Is there more to this story?

Kid was arrested for questioning authority, charges were all dropped in court, civil suit for excessive force has been filed. What you see on the video is all there is to it...

[kbennkc]

When these devices were introduced and the public were conditioned to accept and pay for this additional equipment, they were touted as an alternative to deadly force. The manufacturers and agencies seeking the purchase rejected out of hand the possibility of their use like cattle prods or on the spot punishment for contempt of cop.

I see they have even discarded the initial admonition that if you taze someone, you had the duty to catch them, because they were going down hard.

The instructors at the friendly local P.O.S.T Academy are plaintiffs best witnesses.

[The Magical Mischief Tour]

Wonder why the guy drove off after the initial stop?

Its not uncommon for officers to ask people who stop on a busy roadway to move up into a parking lot or an adjacent street with less traffic. That will also come back to haunt the officers in court, it also shows they were not that concerned about the driver and the reason for the stop was not very serious... further brings into question the escalation of the situation by the officers so quickly, 23 seconds...

For reasons that failed muster in court and paved the way for all charges to be dropped.

[Krankor]

The guy should go to jail for being such a big baby. I realize it hurts like hell, but it’s over in a few seconds. Most people jiggle around for a bit, but this guy was way over the top. That woman should dump that wimp (of course, she should wait to see how much money he gets first).

[The Magical Mischief Tour]

Agreed, they are billed as less lethal, FBI says they are to be used just prior to firearms on the Use of Force Continuum.

And not as “Compliance Devices” as they are widely used today...

[The Magical Mischief Tour]

The guy should go to jail for being such a big baby.

And the cops should all get medals, no doubt...

[Wolfie]

Oh, I got a pretty good idea what set the cops off.

[The Magical Mischief Tour]

[microgood]

The guy should go to jail for being such a big baby.

I think he is a hero. He will probably be harrased further because he is suing, but you have to keep the pressure on authority to keep them in line.

The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.

[Eagles6]

"Its not uncommon for officers to ask people who stop on a busy roadway to move up into a parking lot or an adjacent street with less traffic."

Is that what happened? It's not referenced in this story. Poorly written.

[doc1019]

Wonder why the guy drove off after the initial stop?

I read the article several times ... where does it say he drove off after an "initial" stop?

[Razmataz]

If this situation is as it appears, those two police should be sued until
they have not one penny left. Neither one of those ‘big boys’ could
detain the young guy with using tazers? I would be looking for blood.
Maybe better... use that technique on them for about 23 seconds.

And we wonder why police are being hated more and more?

[HiTech RedNeck]

No, it DIDN’T happen. They shot Derick into convulsions right on a busy street. Krank-case should have it happen to her in the same kind of location.