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Son of a bitch could have caught up to her if he was in physical shape.
The Backlash Cometh
Feb 2012
#62
Why else would a big, tough guy like that feel the need to resort to nearly fatally injuring
sabrina 1
Feb 2012
#302
If she ran in front of your car while you're cruising at 60 mph, and you swerved to miss her
NickB79
Feb 2012
#346
So those thought to be at fault in an auto accident should be hanged from the nearest lamppost?
MrModerate
Feb 2012
#341
So you want a 267 Lb man tackling a 100 lb woman. Yeah, that's not a recipe for injury.
Kellerfeller
Feb 2012
#52
fucking ridiculous - yes she DESERVED to be met with force - She tried to escape a jail
SaintPete
Feb 2012
#194
I couldn't agree less with the false argument - comparing perfectly legal examples of stereotypical
24601
Feb 2012
#269
Your saying it doesn't make it so. Given your statements - it likely makes it less so.
24601
Feb 2012
#337
In the same way that a woman who doesn't wear underwear deserves to be raped?
The Backlash Cometh
Feb 2012
#82
Right, it involves involves using good judgment under the circumstances, which this cop didn't do.
SunSeeker
Feb 2012
#259
Welcome to DU. One thing, if you want to look like a Democrat you must show
rhett o rick
Feb 2012
#152
No, she didn't. To get the death penalty, you have to be charged with murder, then you are
sabrina 1
Feb 2012
#299
He could have just shot her in the ankle. She may have been hamstrung, but she'd be alive. nt
Snake Alchemist
Feb 2012
#145
I believe those were all after your post, "So you want a 267 Lb man tackling a 100 lb woman."
rhett o rick
Feb 2012
#308
"She is a criminal"? Oh really. So you've tried and convicted her and think she therefore
rhett o rick
Feb 2012
#328
You ever try to restrain someone who is trying run purposefully into a busy road?
Snake Alchemist
Feb 2012
#174
So it was OK for that campus cop to pepper spray all those UC Davis students?
SunSeeker
Feb 2012
#260
Less about irrationality more about sensory perception and pain tolerance. nt
Snake Alchemist
Feb 2012
#286
Exactly. It would have been a simple matter for the officer to just throw his baton at her legs or
Snake Alchemist
Feb 2012
#56
Perhaps I misread it but wasnt its the hitting her head on the pavement and not the taser
cstanleytech
Feb 2012
#9
Maybe the cop would have been better to just chase after her and grab her then?
Kurmudgeon
Feb 2012
#11
OH I agree he probably would have been better to chase her but I am talking about the claim
cstanleytech
Feb 2012
#12
And I agree if excessive force is used it should be punished but thats not
cstanleytech
Feb 2012
#27
No one here is "arguing then that guns with bullets are a better alternative."
rhett o rick
Feb 2012
#309
How far do you expect her to run? He could have walked after and brought her back. Her escape wasnt
rhett o rick
Feb 2012
#326
Why tackle her as an option other than grabbing her? Because of the risk of her resisting even more
cstanleytech
Feb 2012
#334
I already agreed that any good cop would have been able to wing her with a bullet so
Snake Alchemist
Feb 2012
#85
Close doesnt = the act is accomplished. If it did I would have won the powerball jackpot already.
cstanleytech
Feb 2012
#135
If he had tackled her, she would have had a chance to buffer the fall with her cuffed hands.
The Backlash Cometh
Feb 2012
#69
If she died that way, the response would have been "why didn't he use his taser, isn't that what
Snake Alchemist
Feb 2012
#77
Try reversing it though. What if it had been a 90 pound female police officer vs
cstanleytech
Feb 2012
#305
Hey you will get no argument from me that they need to secure them better.
cstanleytech
Feb 2012
#325
He probably could have walked following her for about a 100 feet and she would have stopped.
rhett o rick
Feb 2012
#164
She was being punished for daring to try to escape. Police dont like it when you
rhett o rick
Feb 2012
#307
2 hit and runs that day, driving while intoxicated, multiple previous convictions.
Snake Alchemist
Feb 2012
#311
Bullet or taser? And those were the only two alternatives? Right? Cop should
truth2power
Feb 2012
#15
I think a shot to the ankle or through the shoulder blade would have sufficed.
Snake Alchemist
Feb 2012
#146
You might qualify to be hired as a cop. Of course, he could have pretended that she was a donut and
AnotherMcIntosh
Feb 2012
#151
Given they were running out into a busy road, maybe we'd have one more dead cop and if lucky one
Snake Alchemist
Feb 2012
#155
Wonder it it would have been better if they were both cut down by a passing car.
Snake Alchemist
Feb 2012
#163
Excessive force is excessive force whether it is used on an innocent bystander or a felon.
AnotherMcIntosh
Feb 2012
#222
Actually, shooting her with a gun would seem to be more than shooting her with a taser.
AnotherMcIntosh
Feb 2012
#228
Yes but would the republicans in congress really agree to have her handcuffed to them?
cstanleytech
Feb 2012
#267
There really needs to be a re-education and/or re-evaluation of the type of people chosen as police.
Old and In the Way
Feb 2012
#7
A responsible police force tries to weed out the bullies and the trigger-happy from their recruits,
tclambert
Feb 2012
#19
Sounds like the parents of the woman could have used parenting classes.
Snake Alchemist
Feb 2012
#53
Exactly. It would have been a simple matter for the officer to just throw his baton at her legs or
Snake Alchemist
Feb 2012
#55
The use of excessive force was not an accident. Under the law, adults of normal intelligence
AnotherMcIntosh
Feb 2012
#141
This shows an incredible ignorance to what a taser does to the body.
The Backlash Cometh
Feb 2012
#71
Except she wasn't attacking. You harmed yourself with that argument.
The Backlash Cometh
Feb 2012
#97
"there should be an investigation to determine how she managed to slip away"
cstanleytech
Feb 2012
#182
There was no way she was going to get away. No possible way. Not handcuffed the way she was.
The Backlash Cometh
Feb 2012
#91
Well she didnt even die because of the taser itself but rather when she fell she hit her head
cstanleytech
Feb 2012
#248
An impressive display of lazyness which basically resulted in someones death
senorsquishy
Feb 2012
#121
thank you...and cops need to take responsibility for the choices they make
noiretextatique
Feb 2012
#158
If she had not run, the cops would not have had to use ANY force to contain her
SaintPete
Feb 2012
#189
If this country had the resources, we should assign one FBI agent to each Taser-carrying cop
AnotherMcIntosh
Feb 2012
#157
authoritarian types: capital punishment is not an "appropriate" form of arrest
noiretextatique
Feb 2012
#165
You are right, blowing someones brains out with a pistol isnt appropriate
cstanleytech
Feb 2012
#195
I'm still trying to figure out why we let politicians vote themselves raises
cstanleytech
Feb 2012
#197
All you have to say is you've met the man, talked philosophy, shared food
Dont call me Shirley
Feb 2012
#246
What a BULLY COWARD that cop is, shooting an unarmed handcuffed young girl in the back. COWARD!
Dont call me Shirley
Feb 2012
#223
You do realize that part of the reason police departments issue tasers is precisely to stop fleeing
cstanleytech
Feb 2012
#250
There is no maybe the fact is they did screw or she wouldnt have been able to run for it.
cstanleytech
Feb 2012
#357
And 100% of those who end up getting wounded with a gun need medical attention.
cstanleytech
Feb 2012
#359