In your 30 years as a peace officer (which does not describe this cop), did any of them brag about giving someone “a ride on the taser” like this officer did?
“did any of them brag about giving someone “a ride on the taser” like this officer did?”
Whats that got to do with failure to sign a citation and resisting arrest?
One reason that eyewitness accounts are somewhat unreliable is that everyone sees things from their own ‘point of view’.
Now, in this case, we have something better.
Video.
The full length video is available on YOUTUBE, and I am sure you have watched it numerous times. (correct me, if I am wrong).
BUT, even with the video, no two people seem to ‘see’ the same thing. Or even ‘hear’ the same thing.
PROOF.
You and others constantly refer to Officer Gardner bragging by saying “He took a ride on the taser”.
You EXPERTS have shot yourself in the foot.
Officer Gardner says “He took a ride with the taser”.
If you got that wrong, what else are you hearing and seeing the way you want, and not the reality of what happened?
I find it funny that you and others are hinging your case against the officer based on an exchange AFTER the incident had already occurred, using LINGO that is probably a standard with LEO’s when talking to each other.
YOU APPEAR to want Officer Gardner ‘run out of town on a rail’ because of what he said.
What ever happened to FREE SPEECH?
I guess only YOU are the judge of who can say what, and when, huh?