So many officers are "acting appropriately" these days.

[caseymoz]

Source: AP

Ohio Police Say Officers Struggled with Man Inhaling from Aerosol Can

(AP) Police in Ohio say officers using a new Taser stun gun briefly set a homeless man on fire while trying to subdue him.

A police report in Lancaster (LANG'-kuh-stur), about 30 miles southeast of Columbus, says one officer had seen the man inhaling a chemical from an aerosol can Monday night. That officer and another then struggled with the suspect, and the Taser was used. A flame appeared on the man's chest, and officers patted it down.

Police Chief David Bailey says 31-year-old Daniel Wood was not seriously hurt.

The department's policy warns against using Tasers when flammable chemicals may be present. Bailey says officers acted appropriately.

Wood was charged with abusing harmful intoxicants and other counts. Court records do not list his attorney.

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/08/19/national/main...


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Yes, "acting appropriately" should me the new slang term for police "beating the shit out of somebody" or "setting a guy on fire with a Taser."

Never mind that if we were homeless and in some of these communities that don't allow the homeless to sleep, stand on the corner, walk through the neighborhood, or find a place to pitch their box for the night, we would probably be huffing something as well.

We know if a police chief says that a guy set on fire by police is OK, why, it must be true.

[rcrush]

1. Ok so the new penalty for doing whippets is being set on fire.

Gotcha! No more whippets for me!

[PM Martin]

2. The authoritarian boot lickers will be hear any minute

to defend this one.

[Xipe Totec]

3. Don't flame me, Bro'! n/t