Posted on 11/22/2007 7:37:13 AM PST by Excuse_My_Bellicosity
I wonder if Officer Friendly watched the tape in order to get his report correct. He lied thru this teeth when talking with the second officer that appeared.
Tasers were designed and sold on the premise that they would only be used in cases where otherwise a gun would be employed to take down a hostile perp, not a motorist arguing over a speeding ticket. Now, we're seeing that LEOs are getting more and more trigger happy with them, resulting in a recent uptick in taser-related deaths. Just last week, a Frederick County, Maryland deputy tasered a guy twice, killing him.
So what? The tape will prove his guilt or innocence, not his subsequent comment to the other officer.
In related news, injuries due to nightsticks have decreased.
The cops in my beloved home town of Indy are focused, seemingly exclusively, on traffic tickets. It’s ridiculous - but you can get more $$ from a soccer mom in a Lexus than from a crack head rapist.
His guilt or innocence of what? The resisting arrest charges have already been dismissed. All that remains is the ticket.
I’d say that the prosecutor—or whoever dismissed those charges saw a problem with making the case against the driver for anything other than the ticket.
http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695229509,00.html
We’ll have to wait for the civil suit, then. Just because the prosecutor declines to prosecute is not indicative of this officer’s actions.
Happy Thanksgiving
I don't think he intentionally lied. I believe he was doing that "cop talk" thingie. Cops love to tell adventure stories.
The suspect was clearly clocked before entering the 40mph limit zone.
Also a good example of how a shaved head power hungry dork shouldn’t act when his job is representing the tax payer.
Don’t tase me, bro!
It's amazing how "the Man" defines these things. "Resisting Arrest" in this case is defined as walking 5 feet away from an officer. Reminds me of the typical bullshit charges of Federal prosecutors such as "perjury" and "obstruction of justice" if you say you wore blue socks on the "date in question" and you really wore red socks--like Fitzgerald did with Lewis Libby. They slap those nonsense charges on when they have no case. And idiot minority juries will usually convict when the perps is a rich white guy.
Just heard on fox that two people were killed in the last ten days in jacksonville, Fla. That takes the total in the past year to about 59.
Note to cops, the Spanish bit is on the way!
Just another petty tyrant with a gun on a power trip. What’s new?
I’m always curious as to how many serial killers are murdering little girls and burying them along deserted highways while the cops ply their revenue enhancement trade. How much cocaine passed through this cop’s patrol sector? How many drug sales on school grounds? How many burglaries? Priorities are waaaay off. After all, the pols need the money to provide fat lazy govt jobs for their relatives.
Apparently there’s a lot of people who think this cop was unprofessional because he didn’t bring the guy breakfast in bed.
When the officer informed the guy he was under arrest, he immediately turned and walked toward his vehicle and jammed his hands in his pockets. When you do that, you can count on hitting the ground very hard. The taser sure beats getting smacked with the nightstick or getting tackled. Not smart and the officer was not in the wrong.
Guess you missed the part where it says it is not illegal to refuse to sign a ticket there. So what would be the grounds for the arrest?
$$$$$ wound
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