Officer shocked by Taser dart fired into suspect he was trying to handcuff

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/3109187

A Houston police officer got a lesson in electrical conductivity Tuesday night when he was shocked by a Taser dart fired into a suspect he was trying to handcuff.

The officer, whose identity was not released, was checked out at a local hospital after being jolted by the 50,000-volt charge about 8:15 p.m.

"He was just trying to handcuff the guy," Houston Police Department Officer Thomas Nixon said. "The electricity leapt from the suspect, right into the officer's arms."

[goodboy]

1. I'm shocked...HAHAHAHA

[DELUSIONAL]

2. Good. I hope it hurt . . . .

Next he will apply for early retirement due to lasting effects of this "harmless" weapon.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

3. Karma seems to be working faster these days.

:)

[rooboy]

4. Hmmm... is everybody else who gets tasered "checked out"...

at a local hospital? Interesting to note how the term "50,000-volt charge" gets used in an article as soon as it affects someone who's presumed innocent.

[NYC]

7. Excellent point.

Thank you for mentioning it.

[alcibiades_mystery]

5. Hoisted by his own petard

as it were.

[w4rma]

6. If the officer was hospitalized, then what about the guy who was actually

shot by *four* darts and also "jolted"?

[Pastiche423]

8. "...checked out at a local hospital"

Weinie!

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

9. Guess he knows how it feels now

[DoNotRefill]

10. most agencies....

require that officers be shocked with a taser before they are allowed to carry them as part of their training. I've taken hundreds of such hits, and am just fine.

/twitch, twitch....

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

12. huh uh

you had a heart attack..so THERE!

btw...you know I love you coppers except when you get all full of yourselves ;-) and you KNOW you can :D

[DoNotRefill]

13. yeah, that's true, we can be full of ourselves...

but who can't?

BTW, I'm no longer employed by an executive branch of government... (assuming Austin Powers voice) THIRD BRANCH, BABY!!!! ;)

[bhunt70]

11. while it is poetic in a sense...

there is no mention that this guy was doing anything other than his job. If his partner or whoever had a itchy trigger finger on the taser gun then I don't think his police buddy should pay by association.

[truthisfreedom]

14. you must realize the implication... he was simultaneously shocking the guy

and handcuffing him... that means he must have been administering continuous electrocution. can you imagine what that feels like?