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Cops Beat, Taser Man to Death, ‘They Just Weren’t Done Until He Was Dead’
The Daily Caller ^ | 15 May 2014 | Robby Soave

Posted on 05/15/2014 9:13:34 AM PDT by mandaladon

A Washington man is dead after police tasered him four times and beat him with their fists and a flashlight, according to eyewitnesses.

Neighbors report that what happened between 44-year-old Ron Hillstrom and University Place police was essentially murder.

“You beat this man to death last night for no reason and we caught you, period,” said one of Hillstrom’s neighbors, who saw the incident.

Police were called to the parking lot of Hillstrom’s apartment complex in the early morning hours. Hillstrom was having some sort of psychotic episode: He was pacing in a circle and muttering that people were after him. He was unarmed, but carrying a screwdriver.

A representative for the police department said that Hillstrom’s actions necessitated police force. He fought with officers and tried to bite them, according to Sheriff Ed Troyer’s statement to komonews.com.

That’s not how the neighbors described it.

“No, he did not charge the police, he was just doing what he was doing before the police came,” said a different eyewitness.

Not in dispute: The fact that officers tasered Hillstrom four times.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: abuseofpower; arrestrelateddeaths; cops; crime; donutwatch; lethalforce; taser
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To: Beagle8U

Does this make him crazy, or prescient?’...or even President.

I can thank the University Place School District for making me both a crazy birther and a prescient denier.


41 posted on 05/15/2014 9:52:42 AM PDT by TauntedTiger (Keep away from the fence!)
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To: null and void; bobby.223; Alaska Wolf; oh8eleven; Respond Code Three

Ping


42 posted on 05/15/2014 9:54:10 AM PDT by sport
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To: TauntedTiger

I was referring to walking in circles saying everyone was out to get him.


43 posted on 05/15/2014 9:54:41 AM PDT by Beagle8U (Unions are an Affirmative Action program for Slackers! .)
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To: oust the louse

They were found not guilty on all counts, kept their jobs, plus got a nice little paid vacation and all legal expenses paid for by us. I don’t know if they got promotions or not, but wouldn’t be surprised.


44 posted on 05/15/2014 9:54:44 AM PDT by LambSlave
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To: oust the louse
Wow I’ve never seen that video of the Albuquerque homeless man before. He never had a chance...Did those officers get what’s coming to them.? Maybe they saw this guy as a training exercise?

The lawsuits are starting. One or both of the cops that shot him could be considered "rouge" (fired from NMSP) and had a personal weapon at the scene. See this link:

http://www.abqjournal.com/395476/news/lawsuit-planned-in-boyds-shooting-death.html

I think the shooting is still under investigation within the APD, but it occurred just a few days before the DOJ released its report and is only briefly mentioned in it.

45 posted on 05/15/2014 9:56:24 AM PDT by CedarDave (CNN: The "Crisis News Channel" - all Flight 370 hysteria and global warming blather, all the time.)
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To: driftdiver

I thought there was a delay after you turn the taser off before muscle control returns. I thought they were incapacitated for several seconds?


46 posted on 05/15/2014 9:58:07 AM PDT by DannyTN
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To: mandaladon

I bet Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson are organizing a march now!

Oh... wait...


47 posted on 05/15/2014 10:00:38 AM PDT by bolobaby
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To: driftdiver

We handle animals (bears, wolves, etc.) better than this. My problem is what the “procedure” apparently allows. Just say “he moved toward me” and that’s justification for killing him. Sorry, doesn’t fly, it’s poor training and poor policy that we shouldn’t tolerate. I’m not “anti-cop” but the training never seems to emphasize “diffusing the situation” rather than escalate it. It’s always about the cop “immediately taking control of the situation”, they go from nothing to all out attack in a split second over anything. To me, that is the difference between war and civilian policing. I know many cops exercise restraint, I just don’t think that, as policy and procedure, diffusing the situation is considered enough.

I say this because I’ve seen the way cops behave in many other countries, so while I know ours have to deal with firearms, the general approach still seems too militarized. This stuff happens too often.


48 posted on 05/15/2014 10:04:07 AM PDT by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing consequences of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: mandaladon

screwdrivers are weapons if used as such. that’s why burglars love’em b/c they stab people with em pretty good.


49 posted on 05/15/2014 10:10:10 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: null and void

50 posted on 05/15/2014 10:11:20 AM PDT by Salamander (Black Ace Dog Handler)
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To: ifinnegan

agree. police’may have gone too far. but a screwdriver can kill you when stabbed with it. lots of break-in criminals have stabbed people with them. and i wouldn’t doubt in the hands of someone having a psychotic episode they wouldn’t use it as a weapon.


51 posted on 05/15/2014 10:12:29 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: null and void

If you run the JBT ping list, would you please add me.

I’ll bet this is a high volume ping list.


52 posted on 05/15/2014 10:13:28 AM PDT by Travis T. OJustice (I miss you, dad.)
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To: dragnet2

Your screen name is apropos.

I agree it is a double edged sword.


53 posted on 05/15/2014 10:22:07 AM PDT by ifinnegan
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54 posted on 05/15/2014 10:23:39 AM PDT by Jaxter ("Pro Aris et Focis")
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To: Travis T. OJustice
I’ll bet this is a high volume ping list.

*sigh* Yeah. Expect daily pings. I even post when the cops do everything right. Credit where credit due.

Although sometimes the Mods will pull a thread where there was no misconduct and the police behaved in an exemplary manner, due to harsh comments.

Like yesterday where a tree fell on a cop, and his very first act upon staggering to his feet was to verify that the driver of the car was OK.

55 posted on 05/15/2014 10:27:21 AM PDT by null and void (When was the last time you heard anyone say: "It's a free country"?)
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To: logic101.net

When I see these message threads on FR, I don’t feel fear, I feel anger.

We need a lot more citizen review boards and accountability from the police.


56 posted on 05/15/2014 10:32:58 AM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (I don't want to feel "safe." I want to feel FREE!)
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To: bamahead

Police-state ping


57 posted on 05/15/2014 10:58:08 AM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
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To: null and void
I even post when the cops do everything right. Credit where credit due.

Good, as it should be. Thank you.

58 posted on 05/15/2014 11:02:56 AM PDT by Travis T. OJustice (I miss you, dad.)
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To: Pride in the USA; Stillwaters

Tacoma, WA


59 posted on 05/15/2014 11:03:33 AM PDT by lonevoice (We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality)
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation

60 posted on 05/15/2014 11:11:37 AM PDT by null and void (When was the last time you heard anyone say: "It's a free country"?)
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