Justices Decline Case Of Police Taser Use On Pregnant Woman
Source: CNN
By Bill Mears, CNN Supreme Court Producer
10:41 AM EDT, Tue May 29, 2012
Washington (CNN) -- A "defiant" pregnant woman who was subjected to three Taser stun gun shocks by law enforcement officers after refusing to sign a speeding ticket will not get her appeal addressed by the Supreme Court.
The justices without comment rejected separate petitions from both Malaika Brooks and the Seattle Police officers sued for excessive force.
The court also rejected a similar appeal from a separate plaintiff.
2005: Rick Sanchez zapped with stun gun
Hundreds of such Taser-related lawsuits have been working their way through lower state and federal courts, but the Supreme Court so far has refused to address the issue of what the officers call "a useful pain technique."
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/29/justice/scotus-taser-shocks/index.html
rfranklin
(13,200 posts)Scalia loves all those corporal punishments.
geardaddy
(25,317 posts)pnwmom
(109,445 posts)So I'm not sure what race would have to do with their decision.
geardaddy
(25,317 posts)pnwmom
(109,445 posts)AnotherMcIntosh
(11,064 posts)http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/29/justice/scotus-taser-shocks/index.html
pnwmom
(109,445 posts)and the Seattle police department agreed.
But they were off the hook in Federal court on the basis that you mentioned.
Trillo
(9,154 posts)the Stanley Milgram experiment.
Some of us thought it was a warning, others, an instruction manual.
Harmony Blue
(3,978 posts)but they can't avoid this issue. It is reaching a tipping point, and it only highlights how the U.S. police forces have become militarized.
lsewpershad
(2,620 posts)need a supreme court
again... pl enlighten me.
ashling
(25,771 posts)just not this court.
jtuck004
(15,882 posts)pnwmom
(109,445 posts)so this might work out in her favor.
NYC Liberal
(20,330 posts)Oh no! She called them a name!
So not only did the officers do nothing wrong, apparently they should be REWARDED for "grace under fire"?!
SemperEadem
(8,053 posts)if her boyfriend/husband beat her, then charges of endangering the fetus would have kicked in...
but cops tazering her because she refused to sign a fucking ticket is "grace under fire".
Ok.
dtom67
(634 posts)Tasers are dangerous because they are branded as " non-lethal ". I doubt that the officers in charge have any medical knowledge that would qualify them to make that judgement that a few " tases " would not hurt the fetus. They get no medals from me.
Besides, you should be able to refuse to sign a ticket even if it is only to acknowledge that you received a ticket. This country is full of people who would refuse to sign. Like it or not, there are gonna be people who think the signature is an admission of guilt no matter how many times you explain it to them. The officer should be able to write " refused to sign " on the report and see ya in court. Arrested for not signing??? Here in Michigan, My cousin's wife had to serve 90 days ( non-contiguous ) in county jail. It took her a year, because the jails are so crowded. Lets stop with the "frivolous" arrests.
Anyone that thinks that tasers are "OK" should have to watch as all of their immediate family are subjected to this lovely weapon.
{ FYI- My cousin's wife's arrest was not frivolous. It was fully justified }