(Police) Lieutenant Allegedly Uses Taser on Cow

[RamboLiberal]

Source: AP

ROGERS, Ark. (AP) — Police are conducting an internal investigation into an allegation that a lieutenant used his stun gun to shock a cow and shared a videotape of the incident with other department employees.

Police Chief Steve Helms said Tuesday the inquiry began after he received a complaint from the group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. A letter dated Feb. 11 from PETA representative Stephanie Bell complained that Lt. David Mitchell filmed himself using the electronic stun device on the cow.

Electronic stun guns are used as less-lethal weapons to subdue people who pose a threat to officers.

Bell said in the letter that Mitchell distributed the video as a joke among friends and co-workers and she notes that animal cruelty is a misdemeanor crime in Arkansas.


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Fire his ass - he doesn't deserve to be a cop - not with this streak of cruelty.

[BrklynLiberal]

1. Very scary what happens to some people when they are given and uniform and some power.

Hope this guy has to go around and clean up cow poop for years....

[saigon68]

6. Another Thug in uniform

He should join up and be sent to Fallujah

I hear they have barbecue parties there for inter lopers

[originalpckelly]

2. If it's cruel on a cow, what about a person?

:shrug:

[my2sense]

5. Exactly!

Thank you! Why is it that we accept this for humans and not animals. It's wrong to torture any living being.

[daleo]

13. If he would have shocked a jay-walker

An amazing number of people would say "the jay-walker deserved it".

[izquierdista]

3. Don't take away his toy.....

Put him in a pen with a bull and let him have some fun.

The bull, I mean.

[wpelb]

4. Taser v. cattle prod

What's the difference between using a taser and an electric cattle prod? In fact, didn't some redneck cops use cattle prods on black people back in the '50s and '60s to try to quell riots?

[Kali]

9. There must be some difference, I'm sure the taser is vastly

"improved" and much stronger as its purpose is to immobilize whereas a livestock prod (note name) was intended to get animals to move along.

[RL3AO]

7. Is it really worse than a prod?

Anyway, he still is a moron for doing this. Once again, a very small percentage of dumb power hungry cops hurts all cops.

[High Plains]

10. Yeah, that 85% makes the rest of 'em look bad.

[DemoTex]

8. City Atty. Lipscomb said there would be no point in pursuing a criminal investigation.

Well, if the investigation reveals that he did indeed tase the cow .. fire his sadistic ass!

[Squatch]

11. He tased his momma?

:shrug:

[0007]

12. This guy is a wanking joke, that's not funny. Like to see the video.

[Zhade]

14. Oh, he did it for fun. Great. Another monster in authority.

I say, let the cow taze his ass for a while, see how he likes it!

[Historic NY]

15. Taze him Bro.........with his own taser.

[parkia00]

16. I'm just waiting for the day....

when some cop decides to taser an electrical sub-station. I know it will happen. One day...