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mikey_the_redneck · 08-09-2009, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by oilers_fan

I don't think that is generally true. If the cops' life is at risk, they use their firearm, not a taser.

And no I'm not a cop for whoever asked.

So what is the taser for? Non compliance?

mikey_the_redneck · 08-09-2009, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Displaced Flames fan

Oh you've got to be kidding me. Really?

Yeah.......really. Tasing people who do not pose a dangerous threat to a police officer is citizen abuse, flat out. And if you look into the "this is bull" thread, you will see many examples of police abusing innocent people with their tasers because they are "non-lethal" (and even that is arguable) and don't leave a mark, so they can get away with it. Heck they dont even have a problem tasing kids and 72 year old grandmas. You don't physically punish someone for disagreeing with you or being non-compliant. They should go back to the old way which was night-stick, or the pistol as last resort. I dont see what was wrong with that.

FlamingLonghorn · 08-09-2009, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Finny61

Seems strange its a family get together after baptism, and the adults or at least one that we know of was completely hammered? I know a lot of families do not have religious belief but do baptisms anyways but this seems kind of out there.

Catholics love to drink...

metallicat · 08-09-2009, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by mikey_the_redneck

So what is the taser for? Non compliance?

Like I said, I'm not a cop. But here's an image of the RCMP use of force model. The taser, I think, is considered an intermediate weapon. And it's considered less lethal, not non-lethal.

Finny61 · 08-09-2009, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Traditional_Ale

Even if he was completely smashed it doesn't matter, its his own private property. He wasn't harming anyone.

And oilers_fan:

Are you in fact a cop or something? In training/school? Because your blind love and admiration for the police is kind of creepy, actually.

Get the lawyers but you can be a public nuisance and dealt with by the law accordingly. I'm not siding with the use of tasers I'm just saying the police had a right to show up and the guy being plastered seemed dumb with the family around. If it's forest lawn I get it but anywhere else it's out of sorts.

Kjesse · 08-09-2009, 06:44 PM

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Phanuthier · 08-09-2009, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Delgar

ROFL at this post. The police tasered him, therefore he must have deserved it. Because you spoke with a 21 year old officer a few weeks ago. And he was tasered and pepper sprayed in his training, and thus all police use the taser as a last resort.

I'd like to taser you for your dumb post. Lucky for me, I'm not a police officer and don't have a taser handy.

Yes, thats exactly what I said.

I'd like to taser you for this stupid post

(for those who are a little smarter then Delger, what I was saying is we probably arn't getting the whole story here. I've seen cops abuse their power before, but because they were tasered during training, the intention is that they know what it feels like and will think twice about using it and probably only use it when they only need to)

moon · 08-09-2009, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by GreenTeaFrapp

It is surprising that a grandfather and pregnant mom would get tasered at a baptism.

It isn't surprising that a couple of unruly, drunks disobeying the cops instructions while disrupting the public would get tasered.

Displaced Flames fan · 08-09-2009, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by mikey_the_redneck

Yeah.......really. Tasing people who do not pose a dangerous threat to a police officer is citizen abuse, flat out. And if you look into the "this is bull" thread, you will see many examples of police abusing innocent people with their tasers because they are "non-lethal" (and even that is arguable) and don't leave a mark, so they can get away with it. Heck they dont even have a problem tasing kids and 72 year old grandmas. You don't physically punish someone for disagreeing with you or being non-compliant. They should go back to the old way which was night-stick, or the pistol as last resort. I dont see what was wrong with that.

So you think a night stick (I'll leave the gun out of it for obvious reasons) to the head 7 or 8 times is less abuse than a taser?

mikey_the_redneck · 08-09-2009, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Displaced Flames fan

So you think a night stick (I'll leave the gun out of it for obvious reasons) to the head 7 or 8 times is less abuse than a taser?

No, but it will get alot more press. A night stick would leave evidence behind, and get the officers in trouble. The tazer is an easy way out for these guys, so they can usually get away with stuff like this. Although they did get caught here, I bet alot more goes on than what we hear, even on CP.

TurnedTheCorner · 08-09-2009, 10:44 PM

Yeah, you can't find media anywhere these days who will do a piece on a taxer being used. Or inquiries, or internal reviews or anything. It's all being swept under the rug. I bet for every time a taser is used in a questionable fashion, they're used hundreds of other times, and we don't ever hear about it. Stupid conspiracies.