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Originally posted by manontrial
ha ha haaaaa, GOOD!
If cops tased more people, especially in situations that don't really warrant it, then maybe more people will start developing a healthy fear of the police force.
Because regardless what a gutless, left-wing, politically-correct do-gooder will tell you, a police force is totally ineffective if it is not feared.
What do you think, say, a Russian citizen thinks when a cop sounds his siren behind them?
What about a Chinese or an Iranian citizen?
I bet 'your' life that they think "sh*t! A cop" and they do exactly as they're asked to without a single word of backchat.
So, if they fear the cops like this, and don't want dealing with a cop, guess what they do.
Go on, guess.
That's right, brains. They OBEY THE LAW.
I'm not saying those countries are crime free, but they don't have anywhere near the shocking crime rates of the western world.
Originally posted by manontrial
ha ha haaaaa, GOOD!
If cops tased more people, especially in situations that don't really warrant it, then maybe more people will start developing a healthy fear of the police force.
Because regardless what a gutless, left-wing, politically-correct do-gooder will tell you, a police force is totally ineffective if it is not feared.
What do you think, say, a Russian citizen thinks when a cop sounds his siren behind them?
What about a Chinese or an Iranian citizen?
I bet 'your' life that they think "sh*t! A cop" and they do exactly as they're asked to without a single word of backchat.
So, if they fear the cops like this, and don't want dealing with a cop, guess what they do.
Go on, guess.
That's right, brains. They OBEY THE LAW.
I'm not saying those countries are crime free, but they don't have anywhere near the shocking crime rates of the western world.
Originally posted by manontrial
ha ha haaaaa, GOOD!
If cops tased more people, especially in situations that don't really warrant it, then maybe more people will start developing a healthy fear of the police force.
Because regardless what a gutless, left-wing, politically-correct do-gooder will tell you, a police force is totally ineffective if it is not feared.
What do you think, say, a Russian citizen thinks when a cop sounds his siren behind them?
What about a Chinese or an Iranian citizen?
I bet 'your' life that they think "sh*t! A cop" and they do exactly as they're asked to without a single word of backchat.
So, if they fear the cops like this, and don't want dealing with a cop, guess what they do.
Go on, guess.
That's right, brains. They OBEY THE LAW.
I'm not saying those countries are crime free, but they don't have anywhere near the shocking crime rates of the western world.
The police also state that, ”The girl was cursing and inciting the crowd and when the officer went to arrest her for being disorderly, she twisted away from him. The officer then leaned her against the trunk of the car to place handcuffs on her, but she continued resisting and elbowed the officer in the chin.” The video seems to indicate otherwise.
Originally posted by korathin
reply to post by Starwise
I need to see the whole thing in order to have any kind of rational judgement. The clip as it stands is a waste of forum space. You might as well of added a Rick Roll at the end.
Originally posted by PsykoOps
There is a difference between police procedure of detaining someone and what this guy is doing. Holding someone in a chokehold like that is not what they're supposed to do. What this guy does is that he chokes the girl and just waits for the response that has to come sooner or later. Noone wants to die choking. That then gives him the excuse to pull the tazer.
Originally posted by Kingalbrect79
Now if the parents only taught children to respect law enforcement and comply, she wouldn't have gotten tazed.
Originally posted by PsykoOps
Well we have the video so there's still hope that he doesn't get away with it. However in the past LEO's have gotten away with a slap on the wrist compared to normal people for crimes so there's that side too.
Originally posted by Kingalbrect79
From what I can tell she was clearly resisting, the Officer defended himself after she elbowed him to the right side of the face and as he was firing the weapon she tried to raise her hands. She didn't get them above her head before the darts hit her.
To me it looks clearly like self defense against an unruly teenager.
Now if the parents only taught children to respect law enforcement and comply, she wouldn't have gotten tazed.
Nothing real shocking here, no pun intended.
King
HONEYMOON ISLAND --
A 37-year-old man was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries Saturday after being Tased by a Pinellas County Sheriff's Marine Unit deputy on the north end of Honeymoon Island.
According to Pinellas County Sheriff's detectives, James Clifton Barnes, 27, struggled with state Department of Environment Protection officer Joseph Tactuk, 21, as Tactuk was trying to arrest him around 12:30 p.m.
Detectives say Barnes was in handcuffs when Pinellas County Sheriff's deputy Kenneth Kubler, 48, arrived and called for Barnes to calm down. According to detectives, Barnes continued to struggle violently with the DEP officer, leading Kubler to deploy his electronic control device on Barnes.
Barnes was transported to Bayfront Medical center. Neither Tactuk, a DEP officer since 2010, nor Kubler, a 29-year veteran, were injured.
Officials have not said why Barnes was being arrested.