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CHIMO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 12:00 AM Original message |
'Nobody deserves to die that way,' dad says of teen hit with Taser |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 12:16 AM Response to Original message |
1. How MANY times will this happen before we just out and out BAN these things? |
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livingon (42 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 09:10 AM Response to Reply #1 |
9. The DHS is providing funds in the US for them to local law enforcement. They will never |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 10:53 AM Response to Reply #1 |
14. Police started using tasers as a safer way to arrest people resisting arrest. |
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somethingwicked911 (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 01:54 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Couldn't one be taught... |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 03:59 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. No. |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 04:00 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. I'd tazer him too if he had a knife in his hand. |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 09:14 PM Response to Reply #17 |
26. It's less risky using a taser...less risky for the police, too. They count, too. |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 03:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
19. Your right... they should have shot him instead. |
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UndertheOcean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
2. The thug had a knife on him , so he is fair game . Atleast his chances were better than |
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CHIMO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 12:37 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Had |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 09:22 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. A knife is considered deadly at 20 feet. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 10:25 AM Response to Reply #4 |
12. A bullet wound.... |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 03:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
20. And they still do have to justify their use of force. |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 04:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
24. Are you seriously claming the chance of dying from a Taser is simmilar to that of being shot? n/t |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 09:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
27. They have a job to do. We the public rely on them to do their job. When someone is... |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 04:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
23. agreed... sort of. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
3. No Tasers for municipal police in Saskatchewan due to safety concerns |
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geomon666 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 12:58 AM Response to Original message |
5. At least the cops are investigating it. |
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LibinMo (364 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 02:47 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Parents question why Ozark police used stun gun on injured son |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 03:17 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. There needs to be some felonious assault charges filed |
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Th1onein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 02:46 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. Here's the cop shop's phone number: (417) 699-4789 |
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MicaelS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 06:20 AM Response to Original message |
8. Tasers are being used as a tool of forcing compliance |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 09:24 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Old School Compliance |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
13. Any toxicology report released yet ? nt |
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kitty1 (772 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 11:47 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Yes, according to the toxicology report there was no intoxicants.. |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 12:38 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Crack head et el are super humans they say. |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
25. The use of these evil things must stop. |
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scrinmaster (563 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 10:23 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Yeah, beating people with batons is much, much safer. |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 10:43 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Shh, don't remind anyone how deadly batons are |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 10:45 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Tons better. |
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