Three Taser-Related Deaths This Weekend

[Hissyspit]

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November 20, 2007 - CNN MORNING

[L0oniX]

1. I suppose the offenders who were killed were doing something that deserved death?

This is why I hate cops. Even someone who steals a car doesn't merit death. Who are we that we let these cops kill over material possessions. Do we really value possessions more than human life?

:wtf:

[liberalnurse]

2. People who "hate cops"

almost always have a history of being arrested, repeatedly for their crimes.

[L0oniX]

4. Oh really? Try protesting the WTO sometime.

"Blind obedience to authority is the enemy of the truth." -- Albert Einstein

[143tbone]

6. People who hate cops are people who have stood up

for their rights. People who hate cops are those that are ACTIVISTS who challenge the status quo. People who hate cops are people who are on the front lines and are regularly subjected to the workings of what has become a police state.
I, myself, never understood why people could hate cops. But that was then, and this is NOW.
Most cops these days in the cities are not your friend. Unless you are rich and powerful and can control their paychecks.

[liberalnurse]

7. Not one of the Tasered individuals

were preforming any Activism...........They were resisting arrest at some level. The Jacksonville fella died much later....wait for the drug screen.

[143tbone]

8. Police quite often claim a person is resisting arrest when in actuality

they are not. It happens all the time. These 3 people, who knows what the real story is but I doubt very much that they had to be tased. There's just a different breed of cops these days. Their training has not changed to reflect the lethal nature of the new "toys" they get to play with.

[jph wacheski]

3. When will we put a consequence on police taser use?

The police forces in America have been steadily militarizing, Have you seen them lately? All dressed in black with rubber gloves, respirators and armor all over,. storm-troopers?!? This trend must be stopped, It is being used to create a class-based system of hatred and oppression,. Tasers are not non-lethal as the number of deaths clearly show, less-lethal perhaps,. however some form of balance is needed,. zapping a person with that device should automatically trigger a chill-time for the cop and a lot of paper work,. their use needs to be limited to LIFE threatening situations, as its use could KILL!! ALL the videos I have seen of cops tasing kids has been when they are ALREADY DOWN and HANDCUFFED! They use it when people struggle against the 'compliance' holds they use on them,. as anyone can see these holds are extremely painful and struggling is natural,. so they then taser someone already down and NO (or little) threat to them,. they do it for kicks and to torture,. because there is NO consequence to them!!! They always call it a freak accident,. we are just following procedure,. its a way to kill a guy with out using their gun so they are automatically off the hook,. it is a matter of policy!

[L0oniX]

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