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In reply to the discussion: Tasered woman now brain dead [View all]polly7
(20,582 posts)112. I can picture it.
Frantic, handcuffed woman hijacks passerby, throwing driver from vehicle to escape. She WAS critically injured by the actions of the cop. If she hadn't been tased and hit her head, she'd be in jail waiting to face the charges she was arrested for.
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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