I agree. Heil Hitler! He may be gone but his dream has been spread throughout the world. It’s even reached here. Perhaps I should become a cop and kill your kids infront of you. You dare not question it right?

NPO,
Studies about taser use would be a good thing, but as we both know that even if funding would be made immediately available, we’re looking at conclusions 3 to 5 years in the future. Meanwhile, this site alone has documented dozens of taser horror stories, where they have been misused and in many cases resulted in trauma and death. Action needs to be taken with this now and police need to be re-trained in its’ potential hazards and when use is appropriate. Stories such as this one show clearly inappropriate usage.

To me there are two separate, yet intertwined questions that arise from an incident such as this. The first is the legitimacy of the role of law enforcement in our society. In truth there has always been a tension between American LEO’s and the Bill of Rights, with the constitution waging a losing battle. The role of LEO’s in our country’s history has been intertwined with enforcing racism, ethnic discrimination and the oppression of the poor. At the same time they have been used to protect those with power and with money.

In modern society with the many modality’s for surveillance available the power to interfere with the average citizen has been multiplied exponentially. LEO’s have been portrayed as victims by politicians looking for advancement and have likewise identified with that victimization and made it into
their excuse for an “us vs. them” mentality. Finally, TV has
made the world into a frightening place and almost 50% of the shows deal with crime, even in an era where crime rates have fallen. The last straw was 9/11, bringing with it Patriot Acts and worse. The police are being inculcated and trained to view the average citizen as a threat, no matter how harmless they may appear and are trained to deal with even minor refusals to obey their directions as deadly threats.
Hence and incident, such as this.

However, the second factor at play is the most obvious. The taser has been oversold as a non-lethal weapon and so its’ use is becoming increasingly more frequent in situations that could be handled by more tried and true police procedure. I truly believe that few police are really away of the dangers this supposed “non-lethal” tactical tool hold in store for the potential victims. I think too, that given this mindset gives permission to those more sadistically inclined officers to punish any perceived infraction of their authority via the taser and thereby gain the immediate gratification.

It has video of the girl.

She looks like a real menace to society.

as suggested in a previous post is it the rule of law or fear? I think mespo said that.

Am I cynical? Yes. Are the police completely lawless now? Yes.

I TOTALLY agree, NPO.

Unfortunately, instead of using the taser as a LAST resort, as an ALTERNATIVE to pulling their firearm, it is used to demand instant compliance from anyone they encounter. If you don’t adhere to their command instantly, if you ask a question that they don’t want to answer, if you attempt to assert your constitutional rights, you will be considered hostile and tasered.

And what happened to peace officer? These folks, it seems, enjoying hurting the citizenry at the drop of a hat. A young girl who is clearly having emotional difficulty needs HELP not physical ABUSE.

“Son of an illegitimate person.” ?????

ROTFLMAO :>)

http://www.light-to-dark.com/blackwater_jesus_at_republican_mecca.html

Still, I agree with you and your readers that this was not an incident that required the use of a taser at all, much less one to the head.

If it would be considered acceptable for the circumstances to do that, then it would be civilly legal. If not, then they did something wrong, and should face legal consequences.

I agree.

in reading your post I am struck by the possibility that what you describe is beyond control because of the hundreds of thousands of faceless bureaucrats that will protect their livelihood at all costs. These people are the “real” government and pay lip service to elected officials, most of whom probably don’t know what is going on in the “back rooms” of power.

Any effort to straighten out government must include a reduction in these positions otherwise it will be in vain.

I wouldn’t be surprised if the NSA is behind it all, given the phone and e-mail surveillance that’s come to light. When it comes to the fore, “it will be worse than Watergate”, as John (Jon?) Dean has said in reference to the abuses during the Bush years. Given my Kafka-esque experiences, I would agree. Yep. “Worse than Watergate.”

These goons never leave any evidence, but are definitely up to something that many (and, hopefully, most) Americans would never condone. I don’t know the exact role of law enforcement, but some are involved — there’s no doubt about it. If one dares to speak up about these sadistic, Machiavellian practices, one is quickly dubbed “crazy” or delusional. Well, Martha Mitchell was thought to be “nuts” when she complained about widespread corruption in the Nixon White House. We know how that turned out…

These operations/practices are buried in the world of mental illness. Some of those who are being targeted and surveilled are definitely mentally ill, some have been pushed in that direction and others are stone-cold-sane — at least as sane as the next guy and certainly more stable that those conducting these cruel programs of harassment. If all this sounds like something that someone who is absolutely “nuts” might “dream up”, think again. This is why it works and continues. Who would ever believe it? Well, someone had better or we’re totally screwed in this country.

Bury the “warrantless surveillance(and worse)” of dissidents; whistleblowers; the mentally ill; perhaps those whose names were spit out by a faulty fusion center algorithm; those who oppose the war in Iraq and God-only-knows-who-else — bury it in what will be thought of as a “nutty conspiracy theory” and no one will ever believe it. It’s brilliantly cruel and decidedly unAmerican. It goes against the grain of the rule of law. It must be exposed and stopped.

These new paramilitary forces we have operating within the US borders posing as police officers are becoming increasingly dangerous to our rights as Americans. How many more people will it take to be killed or abused by tasers by rogue officers before Americans will have had enough?

A Congressional comittee should be estabilished to put a stop to all of this and protect ordinary citizens from being treated like prisoners in a maximum security prison

Is it the fault of the officers or the company that plays down the damage one of these things can do? It is good to have a non-lethal device for control of suspects/perps but this thing seems to get misused quite a bit. What are the actual statistics on lethality and serious injury from Taser usage?

Welcome to the end of your career and the never ending garnishment of your wages.

You moron.