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In reply to the discussion: Report: Cops stun Tampa woman pregnant with sixteenth child [View all]dionysus
(26,467 posts)143. "They were retaliating for my busting a corruption racket, including cops and judges. "
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What does her being pregnant with her sixteenth child have to do with cops tasing her?
monmouth
May 2012
#1
And just to ruin their narrative, the children in the small photos below the article are all clean
monmouth
May 2012
#11
I feel bad for her kids, but I have a difficult time scraping up any sympathy for her.
Quantess
May 2012
#152
So if you're immature and have lots of kids, fair game to taze you? I'll keep that in mind.
HiPointDem
May 2012
#180
They can enter, any way they feel like, all they have to claim is, someone is in danger.
WingDinger
May 2012
#10
In this case they were talking to the kid about a crime he was believed to have committed
4th law of robotics
May 2012
#18
Are you willing to admit that while in your situation the "cops were out to get you"
4th law of robotics
May 2012
#25
That doesn't sound like someone who is trying to support his position.
Baitball Blogger
May 2012
#111
You're the one that made it appear she had to make a choice in order to be a good mother.
Baitball Blogger
May 2012
#182
The kid said he didnt do it. How much further can a cop go without ANY evidence?
WingDinger
May 2012
#146
You realize what the police use as alternatives to tazering when they are being attacked
4th law of robotics
May 2012
#205
" What a gun and shoot her? A billy club and beat her?", yes, exactly
4th law of robotics
May 2012
#208
From what I read two police officers entered the house after the women refused to let them in
think
May 2012
#211
Look, I suspect you'll never agree that the cops were in the right here
4th law of robotics
May 2012
#213
"They were retaliating for my busting a corruption racket, including cops and judges. "
dionysus
May 2012
#143
It turned in to a fiasco because she and her eldest daughter behaved incorrectly
4th law of robotics
May 2012
#39
Instead, an alleged rock throwing has put this family over the line, completely.
Baitball Blogger
May 2012
#72
Put them on a list, and on notice. Next time a rock is thrown, react. Oh, and require the reporter
WingDinger
May 2012
#153
It's true, all cops are liars whereas all civilians tell nothing but the truth
4th law of robotics
May 2012
#166
THe lady is CRAZY. Even more requirement to social support up. Bring social workers. Something.
WingDinger
May 2012
#171
Ah, so every police patrol to investigate vandalism should contain
4th law of robotics
May 2012
#176
cops are always tazering and shooting deranged people who attack them for no reason. funny.
HiPointDem
May 2012
#181
Cops ARE tazing PLENTY of deranged people, and punks who's attitudes they dont like.
WingDinger
May 2012
#183
Well, the authorities now have her where they can do anything they want to her.
Baitball Blogger
May 2012
#58
I wonder if that commenter would have acted differently if the woman were Michelle Duggar
tabbycat31
May 2012
#119
Naming the number stacks the conversational deck against her from the beginning. (nt)
Posteritatis
May 2012
#156
I think it's important she was pregnant, but not how many kids she has. I'd think they'd
HiPointDem
May 2012
#179
I doubt that tasing her is going to cause permanent physical harm to her or her fetus
FarCenter
May 2012
#33
Yet any other woman would have been applauded for protecting her children.
Baitball Blogger
May 2012
#44
They forced their way in because the kid hid and the mother refused to talk to them
4th law of robotics
May 2012
#49
How many suburban moms in nice neighborhoods would have responded the way this one did?
4th law of robotics
May 2012
#71
You're assuming of course that the mom is not taking care of her kids
4th law of robotics
May 2012
#125
I'm sorry FarCenter. I have to disagree that tasing cannot harm people.
Baitball Blogger
May 2012
#41
And you know what, that conclusion is the only one that I think is fair to make.
Baitball Blogger
May 2012
#63
Due to all sorts of hazards women have encountered over the last million years
FarCenter
May 2012
#60
"You were the one who claimed she should pick one child over the other."
4th law of robotics
May 2012
#110
"I think you should stop accusing me of lying. It's not very nice."
4th law of robotics
May 2012
#129
Again, you are relying on this absurd notion that she thought her son would literally *die*
4th law of robotics
May 2012
#157
If you can't see that falling back on that old canard is an admission of defeat then I suppose
4th law of robotics
May 2012
#167
You must have had some medical problem? Exercise is recommended during pregnancy.
FarCenter
May 2012
#75
Complications are not unexpected when women work up to the point of delivery.
Baitball Blogger
May 2012
#77
I think the intent of what she said is misrepresented in this video. It cuts off very quickly
HiPointDem
May 2012
#184
Generally one adds "allegedly" to crimes until the trial has been concluded...
Fumesucker
May 2012
#48
One of her kids was ALLEGEDLY throwing rock. She was likely the talk of the neighborhood, and could
WingDinger
May 2012
#37
You don't have to convince me about what dark intentions lie in the soul
Baitball Blogger
May 2012
#64
Breitbart ran articles hounding this woman when she was last in the news.
Starry Messenger
May 2012
#74
I cant protest, as if I get tazed, I am dead. So, my civil rights dont exist, if I want to survive.
WingDinger
May 2012
#155
If the story is true as relayed by the police...man, what a bunch of class in that bloodline.
flvegan
May 2012
#165
I looked at the backstory on this, & I don't understand why this woman's story was all over
HiPointDem
May 2012
#189
yeah, i was kind of being rhetorical. when you start noticing the propagandistic intent of
HiPointDem
May 2012
#199