Comments on: Police too quick to TASER?

By: Eli

Eli — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 17:47:50 +0000

I can almost see where this action of tasering maybe justifiable against the woman who was told she is under arrest but refused to comply, but go to http://www.liveleak.com and tell me if the one in the police station with the drunk woman handcuffed and posed no threats is justifiable.
In my opinion all three should be fired and never hold a government job again.

By: MMJ

MMJ — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 01:57:58 +0000

It’s okay, the police are great. There is no crime in peoria! they know what theyre doing! they are all upstanding citizens! Nevermind the guy that killed someone on the river! Nevermind the crooked one that got popped on the SouthSide! Never question waht police do! Ahh! What are you people doing! The absentee police chief may be reading this from Milwaukee!

By: ben

ben — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:57:09 +0000

So if I say “Get out of the car or I’ll shoot you in the head,” you don’t comply, and I shoot you in the head, you ‘deserved the punishment meted out’? I think not.

Your problem is that you assume the police are always in the right.

By: vaspersthegrate

vaspersthegrate — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 15:49:17 +0000

We are supposed to obey the police when they ask us to step out of a car. In today’s world of pampering and deviant diversity, people think they are “entitled” to doing anything they want.

Yes, if you are warned about doing XYZ, and you do it anyway, like a spoiled child who has never been told “no”, you do deserve the punishment meted out. Absolutely.

If nobody obeyed the police, what good would they be? They have a job to do, and I am firmly on their side in such matters.

By: observe1

observe1 — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 05:08:49 +0000

1. the car had what appeared to be a bullet hole in the windshield.
2. the police gave her numerous directives, she refused to comply.
3. that is the biggest pair of thong panties I have even seen, and that is the real crime.

By: ben

ben — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 02:45:45 +0000

I’m not taking a stance either way about whether or not this woman should have been tased. I do, however, need to call out a ridiculous argument that a few people have made here.

Basically, it goes like “If a person is warned that bad things will happen if they do ABC, they do ABC, and the bad things happen, the person has nothing to complain about!” This is complete and utter bull puckey. Ignoring warnings about being tased does not justify the tasing. Particularly disturbing is Em’s comment that a ‘citizen’s’ duty is to obey the police. It is such thinking that has cameras on every streetcorner in London and government-sponsored but unauthorized wiretapping on our side of the pond.

I’m just glad this incident was captured on film (what an antiquated saying!), as should every encounter between police and civilians. Because of that (and many-to-many publishing), we can clearly see that this woman wasn’t much of victim. It’s too bad that every person the cops tase isn’t such a witch.

By: Anonymous Cop

Anonymous Cop — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 23:40:24 +0000

And by the way, Tasers have an internal chip which are downloaded after every use telling when, how many times and for how long the Taser was applied. Makes it very difficult for officers to abuse them. That information then remains with that Taser until the life of the battery is ended. You could actually go back 2-3 years to see the exact time/date and usage of a Taser if any claims of abuse are made.