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In reply to the discussion: New Hampshire police Taser Chinese woman who tried to buy too many iPhones. [View all]datasuspect
(26,591 posts)22. in a police state, yes
we put up with it, we get what we deserve.
if people got up off their asses, stopped getting distracted by consumer electronics and television, and FORCE the government to be afraid of the PEOPLE, we wouldn't have these problems.
law enforcement should always have the consent of those who are policed.
right now, it's all strong arm bullshit with the threat of arrest to keep everyone in compliance.
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New Hampshire police Taser Chinese woman who tried to buy too many iPhones. [View all]
still_one
Dec 2012
OP
so apple does not like selling too many phones to one person? How weird is that.
CBGLuthier
Dec 2012
#1
What bothers me is that police felt compelled to use a taser. There is something rotten here, and
still_one
Dec 2012
#3
Even if that is so, I find it quite difficult that they felt they needed mace to do it /nt
still_one
Dec 2012
#6
Have the police never heard of Google translate? It would have been easy to type it in and
DaniDubois
Dec 2012
#27
and that was my only point, macing her was not only unnecessary but maybe racial
still_one
Dec 2012
#8
Tasers were supposed to be alternatives to shooting criminal suspects, NOT for petty misdemeanors
GiaGiovanni
Dec 2012
#30
Looks like I won't be going back to New England's suburbian Grand Cayman anytime soon. (NT)
Heywood J
Dec 2012
#36