OMFG. Undercover officers use Taser on pallbearer

[cali]

WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina sheriff's official has apologized for plunging a funeral into chaos when undercover agents tried to arrest the dead man's son—and used a Taser on him in the process.
It happened as the coffin was being loaded into a hearse. The officers planned to quietly arrest pallbearer Gladwyn Taft Russ III, The Star-News of Wilmington reported Wednesday.

Relatives said two deputies dressed in coats and ties grabbed Russ and kneed him in his back before Tasering him. One deputy's gun fell out of its holster.

Russ' sister, Taffy Gause, said when she got out of the car a deputy "was waving a gun at me and my mom and yelling to get back or he was going to shoot." She said some mourners went home instead of going to the cemetery.

Russ, 42, had failed to surrender after being charged with threatening his ex-wife who lives in another state, officials said. Following his father's death Nov. 11, Russ agreed to surrender after the funeral.

When deputies approached Russ during the Saturday funeral, he "went wild" and spat on the officers, said New Hanover County sheriff's chief deputy Ed McMahon.

McMahon said the officers should have waited until after the cemetery service.

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[Taverner]

1. Fucking Keystone Cops!

[KansDem]

5. No shit, evidenced by this sentence...

One deputy's gun fell out of its holster.

I could see it discharging and wrecking havoc on the attendees...

[Donnachaidh]

13. it sounds like an episode of Reno 911. nt/

[nichomachus]

2. "Should have waited until after the cemetery service..." Gee, d'ya think? n/t

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

3. I cannot help but wonder...

If there are some new hiring guideline for officers, that mandate the hiring of the candidates with the least amount of firing braincells and the highest levels of anabolic steroids in their bloodstream.

I have had cinder blocks that were smarter than some of these guys.

[Ian David]

6. In Rhode Island, having an IQ that is too high disqualifies you from being a cop.

I don't know if other departments have a similar policy.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

8. Having seen the Providence Carbinieri at work...

Nearly killing a drunk kid by each taking one arm and slamming his head repeatedly into a telephone pole, I can readily see that.

[kestrel91316]

9. Yeah, the sandwich I had for lunch was smarter.

[panader0]

4. The cops should consider that the son might have "gone wild"

because they were interrupting his father's funeral. I'm positive there were many better ways to handle that arrest.

[Ian David]

7. They should have waited until he was on the toilet. n/t

[WI_DEM]

10. Wow! Ed McMahon is a sheriff now--"Hiooooh"

[davidinalameda]

11. only a deputy

[Are_grits_groceries]

12. I'm stunned that they didn't Taser him when he was carrying the coffin. nt

[NV Whino]

14. Gladwyn and Taffy?

Are these people related to Sarah the Palin?

[NeedleCast]

15. I was going to ask the same thing

[dixiegrrrrl]

16. Tomorrow's headline: Dead man sues cops for ruining his funeral.

be even better if the deceased was a lawyer.