Centro bus video shows Syracuse police tasering disabled man

[The Straight Story]

Centro bus video shows Syracuse police tasering disabled man

Syracuse, NY -- Syracuse police tasered a disabled man three months ago on a Centro bus because he wouldn't sit down or step off.

In a video of the May 3 incident, taken from a security camera above the driver's seat, Brad Hulett can be heard yelling "Ow! Owwww!" after two police officers lift his shirt and hit him with a Taser in the back.

Hulett then falls as the officers, Sgt. William Galvin Jr. and Officer William Coleman, drag him off the bus. Outside the bus, Galvin stands over him as Hulett lies on the pavement at Centro's downtown hub.

"You want it again?" Galvin yells at Hulett in the video. "You want it again?"

Galvin then grabs Hulett's right foot and drags him about 10 feet along the pavement.
The officers charged Hulett with resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.

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Hulett has lived through tough times. In 1991, when he was 12, he was struck by two trains in Salina, one right after the other. Doctors had to remove a portion of his brain to save his life. He has a large dent in the right side of his skull.

The brain damage caused weakness on his left side. Hulett's left hand is almost useless. It's in a permanently curled position. He's walked with a cane ever since the incident on the bus.

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Shortly after that, both officers get behind Hulett and lift the back of his shirt.

"I'm going to hit you with a Taser, OK? Ready?" Galvin says in the video. Then there's a clicking sound of the Taser striking Hulett, and his cries of pain.

http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2013/08/disabled_man_plans_to_sue_syracuse_police_over_tasering_for_standing_on_a_bus.html

[Ed Suspicious]

1. I'm really at a loss. Every day more video of this bullshit. What the hell are we supposed to do

about it? How can we convince cops that not all scenarios require violent coercion?

[SamKnause]

2. Cops

That barrel is filling up quickly.

[chillfactor]

3. and the slime at the bottom of the barrel..

is rising quickly.....

[SamKnause]

4. Cops 2

Agree.

[AnotherMcIntosh]

5. The cops, of course, justified zapping him by saying they were concerned for his safety.

The driver gave a written statment supporting that and said:

"I didn't think it would be safe to move the bus with this person standing."

In contrast, however, another passenger is seen in the video standing in the same spot as the bus is moving.

[reusrename]

6. I cannot believe what they did to that guy.

Did you see the video of him being booked with a broken hip and the cop making him stand up?

That's some sadistic stuff right there. I couldn't even watch the whole thing.

Honestly, someone should be in jail over this, and it ain't the guy riding the bus.

[MrScorpio]

7. The said they wanted him to sit because it was a "safety issue". Bullshit. It was a liability issue

I hope that this victim sues to pants off everyone and wins.

"Safety issue", my ass.

If they really cared about his safety, they wouldn't have sicced the cops on him to torture him with a taser.