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SamKnause

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27. 11 years young

Reply to The Straight Story (Original post)

Wed Jun 26, 2013, 02:40 AM

Jun 2013

I just turned 60, 1 hour and 40 minutes ago.

Everytime I read a story like this it truly sickens me.

I thought this country would be different in the 21st century.

We definitely are exceptional.

We are exceptionally passive and demure to continue to allow these atrocities to happen.

Our police forces are so poorly trained, and so richly endowed with a militaristic approach.

2.3 million of our fellow citizens in jails or prisons.

70% of those prisoners are in there for NON VIOLENT crimes.

Our wars have bankrupted this country, both monetarily and morally.

The War on Drugs
The Iraq War
The Afghanistan War
The Drone Attacks

There is a concerted effort to hire veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Is this wise ?

We are considered terrorists by our own government and must be constantly monitored.

Wall Street continues its rape of the wealth of this country.

Women's rights are under attack.

Voting rights are under attack.

Racism is on the rise.

A small group are trying to turn our Democratic Republic into a Southern Baptist Christian Theocracy.

I don't see a light at the end of the tunnel.

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Taser Used on Naked, 11 Year Old Autistic Girl Wandering Lost [View all] The Straight Story Jun 2013 OP

Good grief. femmocrat Jun 2013 #1

Damn it!!! police must be better trained to recognize autistic and MR kids who can't respond! JackN415 Jun 2013 #2

you don't tase naked 11 year olds whether austistic or not. HiPointDem Jun 2013 #7

Easy to say that behind a keyboard duffyduff Jun 2013 #49

so tazing an 11-year-old is just fine with you? really? chillfactor Jun 2013 #57

Dam cops can be brutally dumb sometimes. Rex Jun 2013 #3

Calling the police usually makes situations worse. ZombieHorde Jun 2013 #4

Yeah, just let the little girl wander around on the freeway and be roadkill duffyduff Jun 2013 #50

give it up already.. chillfactor Jun 2013 #58

assholes n/t warrprayer Jun 2013 #5

a naked 11-year old & they copuldn't just grab her? quite obviously not hiding a weapon, HiPointDem Jun 2013 #6

Not Necessary RedCappedBandit Jun 2013 #8

isn't this F****** lovely? THE GIRL will not be charged with a crime niyad Jun 2013 #9

Well isn't that nice of them? kestrel91316 Jun 2013 #11

made me sick when I read this. it never occured to them that this was a CHILD? I remember niyad Jun 2013 #14

I would like to know the name of that heroic trooper. Comrade Grumpy Jun 2013 #10

Amen! theHandpuppet Jun 2013 #35

How many times do we have to hear this story before.... kentuck Jun 2013 #12

Why do they have to taser or shoot someone simply because they don't repsond. Shouldn't they save liberal_at_heart Jun 2013 #13

How about risk your life and limb you fucking worthless pig? bobduca Jun 2013 #15

Sounds like P.D. protocol. To prevent cops from wrestling people Honeycombe8 Jun 2013 #16

Holy fuck. Bonobo Jun 2013 #17

You understand that the cops don't write the manuals? They are required to follow it. Honeycombe8 Jun 2013 #18

Complete BS. Bonobo Jun 2013 #21

And there is no company in teh US that takes away an employee's power of individual Honeycombe8 Jun 2013 #44

Dude, have you no common sense? Bonobo Jun 2013 #48

I call bullshit. Th1onein Jun 2013 #25

TASERS ARE NOT COMPLIANCE DEVICES. TheMadMonk Jun 2013 #31

You've read that p.d.'s manual? Hmmm. Forgive me for doubting that. Honeycombe8 Jun 2013 #42

You wouldn't happen to be a police officer, would you? Gravitycollapse Jun 2013 #43

No. I've read several reports on the MANUFACTURER'S HANDBOOK. TheMadMonk Jun 2013 #45

I live right down the road from Taser International. Gravitycollapse Jun 2013 #46

It would depend on how you phrase the question probably. TheMadMonk Jun 2013 #55

As I have mentioned before, back in the day I was a LEO (deputy) The Straight Story Jun 2013 #47

WHO CARES IF IT'S IN ANY MANUAL??!!?? tkmorris Jun 2013 #54

Guessing Snowden said the same thing The Straight Story Jun 2013 #56

There are simple non-harmful intervention moves, such as the Escort Basketweave, Zorra Jun 2013 #22

She's 11. If their policy calls for tasering a non-aggressive kid, they should change their policy. pnwmom Jun 2013 #24

Protocol is to tazer a naked, unarmed 12 year old girl in distress? Rex Jun 2013 #28

And does this afore-mentioned 'protocol' apply to children? PotatoChip Jun 2013 #34

LOL, I read this post and then said 'I wonder if some idiot will.... Logical Jun 2013 #52

"Officials also say she will not be charged with any crimes..." brentspeak Jun 2013 #19

Charging an 11 year autistic girl was Ilsa Jun 2013 #39

A cop with no common sense is a very dangerous person. n/t UtahLib Jun 2013 #20

Good thing she wasn't carrying skittles, she might've been shot uppityperson Jun 2013 #23

I literally feel like throwing up, after reading this article. Th1onein Jun 2013 #26

Ahh only if it was skittles and Arizona ice tea. avaistheone1 Jun 2013 #30

11 years young SamKnause Jun 2013 #27

Happy birthday, wish I could have offered it under better circumstances. And also... Poll_Blind Jun 2013 #32

Light SamKnause Jun 2013 #33

So basically the dude tazed that little naked napalmed girl running down the road in Vietnam. Poll_Blind Jun 2013 #29

And when that happens, JoeyT Jun 2013 #40

^ Truth. Poll_Blind Jun 2013 #41

And on that day, someone will defend it. Bonobo Jun 2013 #53

It's bad enough that we have to B Calm Jun 2013 #36

In such a situation, in the US, I would never call the cops. Democracyinkind Jun 2013 #37

Yeah, just let her get hit by a car duffyduff Jun 2013 #51

apparently you now nothing about autistic children chillfactor Jun 2013 #60

Because calling the cops is the only option, sheesh. Democracyinkind Jun 2013 #61

The taser is the convenient off switch tyrants have dreamed of for millennia. Orsino Jun 2013 #38

I found a video on the story with an eyewitness account Revanchist Jun 2013 #59