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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 09:28 PM Original message |
Police probe Tasering of 82-year-old woman |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'm quite sure they followed proper 'procedure'. |
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1620rock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 09:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. God yes, why an 82 year old woman could swing that hammer... |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
2. D U H |
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ManiacJoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
4. Not that breaking her wrist with a night stick would have been better, |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 09:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. She is lucky they didn't shoot her? When did we turn into that kind of country? |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 09:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. could've even tried telling her to put it down first. i dont know... |
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ManiacJoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 10:20 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. It is a given that they did that. |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 10:24 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. On what planet is that a "given"? |
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ManiacJoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 10:30 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Ours, for one. |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 10:40 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. So, you're claiming every single cop ALWAYS follows procedure; not one ever "breaks the rules". |
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ManiacJoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 10:59 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Some rules are just too easy to follow. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 11:04 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. i thought it was a given they would WAKE UP a man before tasering OR |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 11:06 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. After reading that, I don't think you know what the phrase "a given" means. nm |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 11:46 PM Response to Reply #19 |
33. It IS a given that they knew she was elderly, small, and mentally ill. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 11:00 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. you would think. but cops have been surprising me the last hand full of years |
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cuke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 11:05 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. You would think, but there's a long history of police abuse |
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Mutineer (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 09:58 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. whenever I read about them tasering someone, that's what I think first |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 10:00 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. they arent allow to shoot 82 yr old ladies, 14 yr old handcuffed girls |
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cuke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 11:07 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. You're kidding, right? |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 11:10 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. are you seriously suggesting cops are allowed to shoot a sleeping man on a couch? |
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cuke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 11:13 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Are you seriously suggesting they aren't? |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 11:23 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. a man sleeping on a couch does not give a policeman "reasonable" |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 11:59 PM Response to Reply #28 |
41. Of course they aren't. When they have their guns out, they are supposed |
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cuke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 12:27 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Untrue |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 12:30 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. How could a cop think his life is in danger with a 14 yr old in HANDCUFFS? |
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cuke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 12:39 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. I couldn't even begin to imagine |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 10:23 AM Response to Reply #26 |
51. kick |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 11:51 PM Response to Reply #24 |
36. Tasers aren't supposed to be used EXCEPT in situations where guns would be used. |
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cuke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 11:58 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. So you say |
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ManiacJoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 02:20 PM Response to Reply #36 |
52. That would be completely wrong. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 11:49 PM Response to Reply #12 |
34. Without tasers, they'd be relying on time and common sense, not their guns. |
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cuke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 11:53 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Not true |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 07:11 AM Response to Reply #34 |
45. yes n/t |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
5. She was probably cussing in her sleep and there were children nearby. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 09:47 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. you are funny. n/t |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
6. 82 yr old women, 14 yr old girls handcuffed, sleeping men on their couches |
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DemGa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
7. That cop put his life on the line!! |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
10. By the Chicago police department.... |
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NOLALady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
14. If I had hammer |
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cuke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
25. This is my nightmare |
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AuntPatsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 11:19 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Thats really true, my grandmother died of Alzheimer's, toward the end |
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cuke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 11:50 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Wow, you really said a lot there |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 11:53 PM Response to Reply #25 |
37. Both in handling these people, and in identifiying them in the first place. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
27. Well those sons a bitches! |
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Zookeeper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
29. It's like the police have a new toy with their tasers and... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 11:25 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. yes, it is like they have a new toy to play with. n/t |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 11:56 PM Response to Reply #29 |
39. Exactly. It's a new toy, and it's laziness. |
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Bassic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 09:01 AM Response to Reply #39 |
46. At this rate |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 09:18 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. turn cops into complete pansies...... good point. and i think |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 09:18 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. we understand cops use to have to be tasered in training. with lawsuits |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 09:19 AM Response to Reply #39 |
49. Yes, it was suppose to remove fears about gun usage |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
50. Don't tase me, sonny! |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
53. kick |
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