Idiot cops fail to subdue man doused in gasoline. Use Tazer. FLAME ON!

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http://www.courttv.com/news/2007/0620/taser_ap.html

SAN ANGELO, Texas (AP) — Authorities investigated Tuesday whether a Taser stun gun that police used to subdue a man ignited gasoline he had poured over himself.

Juan Flores Lopez, 47, died Tuesday at a Lubbock hospital.

Police initially used pepper spray when they tried to take Lopez into custody Monday evening. Then they used the Taser. Some stun guns emit an electric spark when they deliver the jolt of electricity.

The Texas Rangers were also investigating whether a lighter that was on the porch could have contributed to the fire, Lt. Bob Bullock said.

"We don't know what ignited the fire," police Lt. Curtis Milbourn said.

[matcom]

1. BRILLIANT!

:rofl:

[johnnie]

2. Yeeeeeeeeeeee

Haaaaaawwwwwwwwww

[Tyler Durden]

3. Oh. My. God.

Even a TEXAS cop can't be THAT stupid...can they?

[supernova]

4. "We don't know what ignited the fire,"

OOOOOooooooookkkaayyy.


I wouldn't trust this guy to retrieve my mail from the mailbox, let alone keep the peace in my neighborhood.

[Squatch]

10. And some people say that only cops should have guns.

[LaurenG]

5. Hum, I didn't read the article but I'll guess that they did subdue him after that.

:sarcasm:

[Critters2]

14. Yep, he staopped fighting. That'll show him!! nt

[texas1928]

6. I hope and pray it is not one of my friends on the police force.

I know a lot of San Angelo Cops.

[NV Whino]

7. If he is one of your friends...

run as fast as you can in the other direction.

[InternalDialogue]

8. "No one could have anticipated that an electrical charge would have ignited that gasoline."

Condi, is that you?

[Inchworm]

9. Idiot cops fail...

nuff said.

:hi:

[LSK]

11. sounds like an episode for CSI

[Downtown Hound]

12. "The Texas Rangers were also investigating whether a lighter that was on the

porch could have contributed to the fire."

It must have been one of those automatic, self-igniting lighters that go off at random.

:eyes:

[mitchum]

13. No...no..no...it was the victim's dog...Sparky (n/t)

[redqueen]

15. Sweet Jesus...

idiocracy is fiction

idiocracy is fiction

idiocracy is fiction



nope, not working

[DS1]

16. "We don't know what ignited the fire," police Lt. Curtis Milbourn said

as he stepped into his Crown Vic with an internal combustion engine which uses something called 'spark plugs'

[sasquatch]

17. Now that's Texas sized stupidity

[benEzra]

18. DUH!

Somebody on the scene was NOT engaging their brain...

"We don't know what ignited the fire"--methinks it's pretty darn obvious...

Gasoline vapors, meet electric arc. Electric arc, meet gasoline vapors.

Sparks ignite gasoline really, really well, just like in your car--that's why it's called a "spark" plug...

[Orsino]

19. Non-lethal weaponry. n/t

[KG]

20. see, the taser didn't kill him, it was the fire.

so get that sucker recharged, and get back out there!