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Sun Jul-27-08 12:49 PM
Response to Reply #69 |
| 73. Just who the fuck you think you're kidding?????? |
| -Police Taser 16 Year-Old... Lying On the Ground... With A Broken Back |
DeSwiss |
Jul-26-08 10:40 PM |
#0 |
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Cops really fucking suck. |
BlooInBloo |
Jul-26-08 10:42 PM |
#1 |
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Tasers MUST GO!!! n/t |
DeSwiss |
Jul-26-08 10:47 PM |
#5 |
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Yes they do |
madokie |
Jul-27-08 06:45 AM |
#46 |
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I know, I simply cannot understand what the heck is going on with the Taser situation. |
truedelphi |
Jul-27-08 02:04 PM |
#82 |
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correct-a diabetic episode can look like you are drunk-or a stroke |
Swagman |
Jul-27-08 09:15 PM |
#143 |
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If they don't have tasers, they'll just use their guns more |
Gman |
Jul-27-08 09:14 PM |
#141 |
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Not all cops are bad, neither are all Departments- |
Mother Of Four |
Jul-27-08 09:56 PM |
#148 |
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No doubt that there are some good cops |
Gman |
Jul-28-08 08:14 AM |
#160 |
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Sad but true. n/t |
truedelphi |
Jul-28-08 12:25 PM |
#167 |
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Even the 'good ones' will cover for the bad ones. We need to change the definitions and parameters |
greyhound1966 |
Jul-28-08 12:56 PM |
#168 |
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DH has never covered for another officer- |
Mother Of Four |
Jul-28-08 03:15 PM |
#171 |
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Well that's both good and sad to hear. My experience is from two |
greyhound1966 |
Jul-28-08 06:20 PM |
#177 |
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Maybe if they would start policing their own ranks |
awoke_in_2003 |
Jul-28-08 08:17 PM |
#181 |
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Please see my response to Greyhound- |
Mother Of Four |
Jul-28-08 09:04 PM |
#186 |
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I commend that |
awoke_in_2003 |
Jul-28-08 09:29 PM |
#189 |
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It does not work that way. |
ManiacJoe |
Jul-28-08 05:03 PM |
#176 |
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Totally agree |
norepubsin08 |
Jul-27-08 12:42 AM |
#32 |
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I couldn't agree more |
debunkthelies |
Jul-27-08 03:04 PM |
#98 |
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There are good cops and there are bad cops... |
TwoSparkles |
Jul-27-08 09:05 PM |
#138 |
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Good luck Sparkle... Pregnancy is not a deterent to some with tazers... |
1monster |
Jul-28-08 07:58 PM |
#179 |
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Add steroids to the mix, too |
awoke_in_2003 |
Jul-28-08 08:19 PM |
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I will ask it again- WHY aren't we BANNING these things? |
kgfnally |
Jul-27-08 01:12 AM |
#37 |
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They are torture devices sums it up |
madokie |
Jul-27-08 06:47 AM |
#48 |
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"They are torture devices" . . . you are correct . . .!!! |
defendandprotect |
Jul-27-08 08:41 PM |
#131 |
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The cops are clearly using them to mete out corporal punishment - but in our society |
truedelphi |
Jul-27-08 02:08 PM |
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Agree |
mrfrapp |
Jul-27-08 05:26 PM |
#115 |
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"BEING NON-RESPOSNIVE is not a crime" |
awoke_in_2003 |
Jul-28-08 08:22 PM |
#183 |
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My Grandfather was a state cop |
Jake3463 |
Jul-27-08 12:30 PM |
#67 |
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Most cops are fucking assholes. There are very few good ones. |
Webster Green |
Jul-27-08 03:34 PM |
#105 |
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I'm sure some of the people |
Jake3463 |
Jul-27-08 03:40 PM |
#107 |
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That's great . . . |
defendandprotect |
Jul-27-08 08:40 PM |
#130 |
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my grandfather was also a policeman but that was in the days before |
jwirr |
Jul-27-08 04:04 PM |
#110 |
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Especially cops walking a beat . . . in the cities --- |
defendandprotect |
Jul-27-08 08:43 PM |
#132 |
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Yeah, cops use to be different... |
awoke_in_2003 |
Jul-28-08 08:28 PM |
#185 |
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Sounds very much like my grandfather. |
jwirr |
Jul-29-08 10:46 AM |
#190 |
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blanket statements suck. but surely you understand that Powerlessness Corrupts, and |
crikkett |
Jul-27-08 07:22 PM |
#120 |
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Get involved. |
AtheistCrusader |
Jul-28-08 03:43 PM |
#172 |
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When your grandfather was a cop |
awoke_in_2003 |
Jul-28-08 08:24 PM |
#184 |
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Not all of them |
Matteon |
Jul-27-08 03:07 PM |
#102 |
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Bullshit! |
Webster Green |
Jul-27-08 03:35 PM |
#106 |
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Most of them |
Jake3463 |
Jul-27-08 03:42 PM |
#108 |
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Disagree.. |
Webster Green |
Jul-27-08 04:26 PM |
#114 |
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Absolutely, We seriously couldn't do without them. |
pegleg |
Jul-27-08 08:20 PM |
#125 |
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The world right now is created by violence, carved out by it --- |
defendandprotect |
Jul-27-08 08:55 PM |
#136 |
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The world has always been violent and the current situation |
pegleg |
Jul-27-08 10:10 PM |
#150 |
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No . . . it hasn't always been violent. Men are taught to be violent . . . |
defendandprotect |
Jul-27-08 10:57 PM |
#155 |
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Yes the world always has been violent . However there is much |
pegleg |
Jul-27-08 11:43 PM |
#156 |
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Again . . . the world has NOT always been violent --- it has been made violent |
defendandprotect |
Jul-28-08 11:20 AM |
#165 |
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I am beginning to question what world you are talking about. |
pegleg |
Jul-28-08 12:03 PM |
#166 |
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Prove it. |
AtheistCrusader |
Jul-28-08 03:44 PM |
#173 |
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I'm stating an opinion. My own study is sufficient to rant on a message board.. |
Webster Green |
Jul-28-08 04:07 PM |
#174 |
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Though I hate the insult- |
Mother Of Four |
Jul-28-08 09:06 PM |
#187 |
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I was talking to a professional one afternoon. He was fuming. He had been honored by the Sheriff's |
1monster |
Jul-28-08 08:13 PM |
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Most cops do, not all. |
Fox Mulder |
Jul-27-08 09:55 PM |
#147 |
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unfuckingbelievable. |
redstate_democrat |
Jul-26-08 10:43 PM |
#2 |
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Tasered with a Broken back!? |
NutmegYankee |
Jul-26-08 10:46 PM |
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This kid can get rich quick if he is unable to walk |
Warpy |
Jul-26-08 10:46 PM |
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Instead of the post-facto "sue! sue! sue!" talk, maybe it would be nice to *prevent* the problem.... |
BlooInBloo |
Jul-26-08 10:50 PM |
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Yes, but it IS after the fact. |
deadmessengers |
Jul-26-08 11:04 PM |
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Yes, it is. Every single time. |
BlooInBloo |
Jul-26-08 11:05 PM |
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If you'd read the whole post |
Warpy |
Jul-26-08 11:07 PM |
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Classic case -- agitated person won't comply with lawful commands |
aikoaiko |
Jul-27-08 07:05 AM |
#49 |
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The kid had a fractured spine |
Warpy |
Jul-27-08 10:22 AM |
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Fractured spine does not mean one is necessarily paralyzed or incapacitated. |
aikoaiko |
Jul-27-08 05:37 PM |
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always a matter of time before someone comes to defend these pigs.... |
dionysus |
Jul-28-08 08:40 AM |
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It often takes a law suit to get the legislation to change the laws. nt |
jwirr |
Jul-27-08 04:08 PM |
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Post-facto Lawsuits Lead to |
javadu |
Jul-28-08 12:38 AM |
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Poor kid. |
cat_girl25 |
Jul-26-08 10:51 PM |
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I don't think they let black people live in Ozark. |
roody |
Jul-27-08 01:32 AM |
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You don't have to be black to get in trouble in Ozark. |
Jazzgirl |
Jul-27-08 08:49 AM |
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Down in this area it is poor whites more than poor blacks. |
pattmarty |
Jul-27-08 12:46 PM |
#72 |
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If stun guns are such a great invention to get |
Arctic Dave |
Jul-26-08 10:52 PM |
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Excellent point . . . 19 times --- tasered 19 times . . . !!! |
defendandprotect |
Jul-27-08 08:47 PM |
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What I think happned was |
MicaelS |
Jul-26-08 10:52 PM |
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Lies have been told.... |
DeSwiss |
Jul-26-08 11:00 PM |
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‘Shoot cops, kill cops,... further words are not a threat. if he held a gun and said that |
seabeyond |
Jul-27-08 12:07 AM |
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“It's a big concern for the officers . . . to keep him from getting hurt . . . " |
defendandprotect |
Jul-27-08 09:29 PM |
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I think this is probably it - maybe they told him to get off the overpass or |
Triana |
Jul-26-08 11:26 PM |
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I don't know |
norepubsin08 |
Jul-27-08 12:45 AM |
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The cops are being trained to be hyper-sensitive to everything . . . |
defendandprotect |
Jul-27-08 09:00 PM |
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yes--the big question is how he fell off the bridge in the first place. |
bbgrunt |
Jul-27-08 01:06 AM |
#35 |
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And was he doing anything illegal? |
jwirr |
Jul-27-08 04:14 PM |
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sounds right . . . and probably in the end they were trying to kill him . .. |
defendandprotect |
Jul-27-08 08:48 PM |
#134 |
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I hope the whole story about what happened to this young |
midnight |
Jul-26-08 11:03 PM |
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I do too.... |
DeSwiss |
Jul-26-08 11:08 PM |
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When Did We Become So Sick |
lligrd |
Jul-26-08 11:36 PM |
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Since forever. The assholes just need the green light based on the examples set by our |
burythehatchet |
Jul-27-08 12:10 AM |
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Our government started torturing people right after 9/11. |
sfexpat2000 |
Jul-27-08 01:37 AM |
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BECAUSE THEY ARE HEROS! |
rucognizant |
Jul-27-08 03:07 PM |
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I think your on the right track here |
blueatheart |
Jul-27-08 07:09 PM |
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Tasered 19 times? |
Hav |
Jul-26-08 11:05 PM |
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The first 18 or so.... |
DeSwiss |
Jul-26-08 11:10 PM |
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I think some of them are just sadistic and really get off on |
tblue37 |
Jul-27-08 04:58 AM |
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HOLY FUCKIN SHIT!!! Maybe they just liked watching him JERK. |
bertman |
Jul-26-08 11:21 PM |
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Frankenstien complex maybe? |
L0oniX |
Jul-27-08 03:00 PM |
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Taser International is profiting off of this. Everytime those tasers are used, they |
file83 |
Jul-26-08 11:23 PM |
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More and more why I just stay in my house! House Mouse here! |
Blue State Native |
Jul-26-08 11:40 PM |
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Me too n/t |
MicaelS |
Jul-27-08 08:50 AM |
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We need to start stacking up these tasering stories in the Research forum. |
sfexpat2000 |
Jul-26-08 11:41 PM |
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i was thinking the same thing. and then gather together and send in to local papers |
seabeyond |
Jul-26-08 11:52 PM |
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Yeah -- or even, to the cop unions. |
sfexpat2000 |
Jul-26-08 11:58 PM |
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I have been collecting them for quite some time now. My collection runs |
tblue37 |
Jul-27-08 05:00 AM |
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Wow. That's a lot of stories. I'm glad you've been doing that. |
sfexpat2000 |
Jul-27-08 12:02 PM |
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Excellent idea! |
OurVotesCount-Ohio |
Jul-27-08 10:14 AM |
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No, we just have to know how to navigate the forum properly. |
sfexpat2000 |
Jul-27-08 11:59 AM |
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Why don't we all........ |
rucognizant |
Jul-27-08 03:09 PM |
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That's a great idea . . .!!! And maybe call our own Senators/Reps and tell them |
defendandprotect |
Jul-27-08 09:06 PM |
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Do you have a link for that story? |
proud2Blib |
Jul-26-08 11:48 PM |
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The link is posted at the end of the story... |
DeSwiss |
Jul-26-08 11:50 PM |
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Oops see it now |
proud2Blib |
Jul-26-08 11:52 PM |
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Who's idea was it to give these idiot man-children tazers? |
D23MIURG23 |
Jul-27-08 12:38 AM |
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NOT "less than lethal"! Even the Taser company calls them |
tblue37 |
Jul-27-08 05:03 AM |
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I wasn't aware of that branding distinction. |
D23MIURG23 |
Jul-27-08 07:41 PM |
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A long time ago, I remember listening to Rep. Pat Schroeder . . . |
defendandprotect |
Jul-27-08 08:30 PM |
#127 |
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Anyone else think this was a botched suicide? |
MiltonF |
Jul-27-08 12:46 AM |
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No. |
Maddy McCall |
Jul-27-08 06:47 AM |
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No, absolutely not n/t |
MicaelS |
Jul-27-08 08:37 AM |
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The article states that his injuries were consistant with a fall, not a jump. |
1monster |
Jul-27-08 01:00 PM |
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not even a little |
quakerboy |
Jul-27-08 02:56 PM |
#93 |
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no.... |
lame54 |
Jul-28-08 08:36 AM |
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cops are just enjoying tasers |
pansypoo53219 |
Jul-27-08 01:09 AM |
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it certainly is becoming apparent |
bbgrunt |
Jul-27-08 01:14 AM |
#38 |
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ridiculous |
LiberalPersona |
Jul-27-08 01:26 AM |
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I wander what the officers told him to do? Maybe "Get up?" |
MiniMe |
Jul-27-08 06:36 AM |
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We Are Being Conditioned To Live In Fear |
kpominville |
Jul-27-08 07:13 AM |
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Absolutly Correct |
Phred42 |
Jul-27-08 08:43 AM |
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Right . . . not long after the civil rights movements we had KKK police enforcement ... |
defendandprotect |
Jul-27-08 08:38 PM |
#129 |
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Ozark cops have always had a reputation as assholes. |
Jazzgirl |
Jul-27-08 08:46 AM |
#53 |
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Somebody needs to GO TO JAIL here. Forget suspension or anything else - STRAIGHT TO JAIL. |
kenny blankenship |
Jul-27-08 09:15 AM |
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The principle of impunity: cops murder and abuse authority because there is no punishment |
entanglement |
Jul-27-08 10:01 AM |
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Cops go to jail all the time |
Jake3463 |
Jul-27-08 12:32 PM |
#69 |
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Just who the fuck you think you're kidding?????? |
pattmarty |
Jul-27-08 12:49 PM |
#73 |
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Maybe they do ...on another planet. |
L0oniX |
Jul-27-08 03:12 PM |
#104 |
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bullshit.we have had story after story of down right assault and other crime and cops NOT |
seabeyond |
Jul-27-08 10:36 PM |
#152 |
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K&R Cops = terrorists |
Jesuswasntafascist |
Jul-27-08 10:27 AM |
#60 |
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and get shot at |
Jake3463 |
Jul-27-08 12:31 PM |
#68 |
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Batman would certainly be more likely to show up |
MindPilot |
Jul-27-08 01:40 PM |
#80 |
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I most live in a good neighboorhood than |
Jake3463 |
Jul-27-08 01:46 PM |
#81 |
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Highly unlikely I'll call the cops where I live, |
Jesuswasntafascist |
Jul-27-08 02:43 PM |
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They get all the information about you while the crooks go on to commit other crimes... |
L0oniX |
Jul-27-08 03:07 PM |
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If someone breaks into my home the only thing the cops are going to do is get all my info while ... |
L0oniX |
Jul-27-08 03:04 PM |
#97 |
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That is fucking INSANE! |
Mad_Dem_X |
Jul-27-08 10:27 AM |
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Tasering is akin to electrocution, which is used in torture |
bluesmail |
Jul-27-08 11:31 AM |
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"Teen dead after being shot by officers" |
Pavulon |
Jul-27-08 11:38 AM |
#63 |
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Parents question.. |
ravencalling |
Jul-27-08 12:08 PM |
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It's the coppers' "nonlethal" mindset. "Won't kill 'em, so it's ok to keep doing it, as in who they |
lonestarnot |
Jul-27-08 12:34 PM |
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16 yo does not comply, but at the same time is not an immediate |
rasputin1952 |
Jul-27-08 12:34 PM |
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Even if he walks again, spinal column injuries are forever. The kid will probably live in serious |
1monster |
Jul-27-08 01:17 PM |
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Yes...his life will be sheer misery, the only ting the police did |
rasputin1952 |
Jul-27-08 02:26 PM |
#86 |
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And it wasn't even a criminal call they answered! |
1monster |
Jul-27-08 02:55 PM |
#92 |
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Self edit and reposted below... |
rasputin1952 |
Jul-27-08 03:04 PM |
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Exactly...and what did this kid do to deserve this type of |
rasputin1952 |
Jul-27-08 03:07 PM |
#100 |
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I'm going to guess that they |
OhioBlues |
Jul-27-08 12:59 PM |
#74 |
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The broken heel by itself would've prevented him |
mmm413 |
Jul-27-08 01:04 PM |
#76 |
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I thought this was some kind of sick joke, then I remembered this was |
KCabotDullesMarxIII |
Jul-27-08 01:06 PM |
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Take their tazers away, this is too much power to abuse for police to control. |
Uncle Joe |
Jul-27-08 01:11 PM |
#78 |
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The kid is a sacrifice. |
OmelasExpat |
Jul-27-08 02:13 PM |
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Tasers have replaced common sense |
Nasprin |
Jul-27-08 02:26 PM |
#85 |
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Okay, I defend law enforcement all the time here and I am in the minority |
Rex |
Jul-27-08 02:30 PM |
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Simple |
mrfrapp |
Jul-27-08 05:48 PM |
#118 |
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probably tased him over the edge of the overpass...nt |
LeftHander |
Jul-27-08 02:31 PM |
#88 |
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There is an epidemic of police brutality happening as of late. |
20score |
Jul-27-08 02:33 PM |
#89 |
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This is what happens when killers come home from war and join the police force.... |
L0oniX |
Jul-27-08 03:09 PM |
#103 |
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The situation with police as "servants" of the people is hilarious . . . |
defendandprotect |
Jul-27-08 09:11 PM |
#140 |
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This one is easy to figure out. The cops pushed him off the overpass... |
Joanne98 |
Jul-27-08 02:52 PM |
#91 |
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Police brutality ...the fun part of law enforcement. |
L0oniX |
Jul-27-08 02:57 PM |
#94 |
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So they tasered him so he would not get back into the traffic lane |
jwirr |
Jul-27-08 03:57 PM |
#109 |
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I find this story hard to believe |
ejbr |
Jul-27-08 04:14 PM |
#112 |
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I was told of another story... |
BleedinHeart |
Jul-28-08 08:04 AM |
#159 |
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Exactly, fuck the thin blue line n/t |
ejbr |
Jul-28-08 09:10 AM |
#164 |
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This is sickening |
malaise |
Jul-27-08 05:30 PM |
#116 |
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the people of that county need to be picketing them... |
themartyred |
Jul-27-08 07:32 PM |
#121 |
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Cops & tazers |
JEB |
Jul-27-08 07:36 PM |
#122 |
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When you see some of the crap they have to deal with - |
pegleg |
Jul-27-08 08:35 PM |
#128 |
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Remember who's creating the "chaos" . . . the elites --- |
defendandprotect |
Jul-27-08 09:14 PM |
#142 |
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You just simply can't make blanket statements like that and be anywhere |
pegleg |
Jul-27-08 10:06 PM |
#149 |
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Here's reality .. . my state has been under Federal supervision . . . |
defendandprotect |
Jul-27-08 10:51 PM |
#154 |
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Fuck this... |
Stump |
Jul-27-08 08:11 PM |
#124 |
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You've got every right to feel the way you do. |
pegleg |
Jul-27-08 08:54 PM |
#135 |
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Someones having a temper tantrum... |
jasonc |
Jul-27-08 09:22 PM |
#144 |
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Sorry to see you go...but |
jonmiller74 |
Jul-27-08 09:32 PM |
#146 |
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The UN Committee Against Torture has stated that taser use is torture. |
Lars39 |
Jul-27-08 10:19 PM |
#151 |
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Buck Up |
ProfessorGAC |
Jul-28-08 08:44 AM |
#163 |
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So, how many times have you testified against other cops at inquests? |
greyhound1966 |
Jul-28-08 01:03 PM |
#170 |
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Heres a question for you...... |
Twist_U_Up |
Jul-28-08 04:59 PM |
#175 |
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BAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW! |
sudopod |
Jul-28-08 09:21 PM |
#188 |
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Could it be more unbelievable . . . !!! What kind of a threat could this kid possibly |
defendandprotect |
Jul-27-08 08:27 PM |
#126 |
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This is disgusting |
BecauseBushSaysSo |
Jul-27-08 10:47 PM |
#153 |
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That's the problem, in some parts of the country you have to do that because the police are so |
sasquatch |
Jul-28-08 12:20 AM |
#157 |
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Cops are not all that interested in coming to the aid of people who need them |
truedelphi |
Jul-28-08 01:03 PM |
#169 |
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Has the kid talked yet? You taser someone 19 times, your TRYING to kill them. |
Evoman |
Jul-28-08 06:27 PM |
#178 |