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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIf this guy was African-American I think he would be dead, not tasered.
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/08/watch-florida-man-tasered-by-cop-after-aggressively-walking-towards-him-yelling-about-police-car-lights/snip:
The sheriff of Bradford County in Florida shared a dash cam video on his Facebook page showing an older white man being Tasered after stepping out of his SUV and aggressively approaching an officer complaining about the lights on his police cruiser, WJAX reports.
He looked like the angry "Sovereign Citizen" lunatic to me.
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If this guy was African-American I think he would be dead, not tasered. (Original Post)
kairos12
Aug 2015
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Agree and I don't see why he tasered him. Glad he didn't shoot him but why tase him?
uppityperson
Aug 2015
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Facility Inspector
(615 posts)1. If he was black
they would have lit him up.
uppityperson
(115,681 posts)2. Agree and I don't see why he tasered him. Glad he didn't shoot him but why tase him?
He walked up, then stood there and zap. I guess "turn them goddam lights off" is scary enough to deserve a tasing?
Did you notice the difference between the written story and the video? The written story makes it sound deserved. The video show IF the police cared to de-escalate, he could've talked to the man. It might've ended up with a tase, but the man was just standing there. I anticipate a reply to my comment along the line of "he could've walked out into traffic" but I doubt police would taze everyone standing next to a road.
Bonx
(2,079 posts)3. Like this kid ?