Democratic Underground - Wrong - the taser was used on Rodeny King!

Reply #33: Wrong - the taser was used on Rodeny King! [View All]

merh

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Mon Jun-06-05 04:12 PM
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33. Wrong - the taser was used on Rodeny King!

Tasers were used in the Rodney King incident. Go read US v. Koon.

The officers again ordered King to assume the felony prone position. King got on his hands and knees but did not lie down. Officers Powell, Wind, Briseno and Solano tried to force King down, but King resisted and became combative, so the officers retreated. Koon then fired taser darts (designed to stun a combative suspect) into King.

http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=000&invol=U20014

And Koon was convicted of the federal crime of violating the civil rights of King under the color of the law! The court recognized that King was an aggressor and failed to comply, but the force used (including the TASER) was found to be excessive under the circumstances.

How about those facts! :hi:

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Reply #33: Wrong - the taser was used on Rodeny King! [View All]