Idaho man sodomized by police Taser plans to sue

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http://rawstory.com/08/news/2009/07/25/idaho-man-sodomized-by-police-taser-plans-to-sue/


A Boise, Idaho, police officer who pushed a Taser inside a man’s buttocks and threatened to “Taser his balls” violated use-of-force policy, but didn’t break the law, an ombudsman has found.

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When officers forced their way in, “three officers rushed in and within nine seconds, had the man face down on the floor and had deployed the Taser against the small of his back. Only after the first did they order his hands behind his back,” reports the Boise Weekly.
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the ombudsman credentials need to be checked

[FirstLight]

1. Tasers make cops think they can get away with more brutality

...if you wouldn't do it with a firearm, what makes a taser any different?

bastards

[AspenRose]

2. Oh my gosh

Audio transcript

Officer #3: Do you feel this?
Complainant: Yes, sir.
Officer #3: Do you feel that? That’s my -
Complainant: Okay
Officer #3: -Taser up your ass.
Complainant: Okay
Officer #3: So don’t move.
Complainant: I’m trying not to. I can’t breathe.
…
Officer #3: Now do you feel this in your balls?
Complainant: I do, sir. I’m not going to move. I’m not gonna move.
Officer #3 Now I’m gonna tase your balls if you move again.
A minute later, this exchange occurred:
Officer #3: Okay, I’m gonna take this Taser out of your asshole now. Are you going to fight with me?
Complainant: No, not at all, sir.

:scared:

[Lars39]

5. "But (the officer) didn't break the law."

:wtf:

[hootinholler]

10. One would think that is rape

At least sexual assault.

:shrug:

-Hoot

[ThomCat]

18. Exactly! That is definitely Sodomy or Sexual Assault.

x(

There is no way in hell that is not illegal.

That ombudsman needs to be fired. This idea that anything a cop does is justified because a cop did it has to end. Cops are not magical people, and their job is not magical permission to do anything they want.

This cop shoved an electrocution device up another person's ass. That cop needs to be in jail.

[fascisthunter]

3. this is why people distrust cops

also, tasers should be outlawed.

[WeDidIt]

4. Like I said, treatEVERY cop as if he/she is a bad cop

You cannot tell the difference by looking at them, so you cannot trust any of them.

[TexasObserver]

6. recommend

[redqueen]

7. If Wiley Willis can get away with what he did, I don't see anything happening to this one either.

They are pretty much above the law.

[lonestarnot]

8. WTF! Didn't break the law! WTF!

Is this more of the stupidly shit?

[tj2001]

9. "obscene, perverted and sadistic"

best description of what the asshole cop did (from comment on webpage)

... The complainant’s lawyer, Ron Coulter, said that the officer in question is still walking his beat. “I don’t think he should be back on the street, but then I’m not the chief of police,” Coulter told the Boise Weekly. “When you do things like he did I’m not sure that person’s even fit to wear a uniform

[sandnsea]

11. Jaw dropping

Why do people choose to live this way. That's what I don't understand.

[Sinistrous]

12. K&R

Can't add much to what has already been said above.

[Bluenorthwest]

13. Ah the police!

The most dishonorable lot of people in America. And people here wonder why they are not trusted.

[guitar man]

14. sad state of affairs

of course it isn't against the law. It's ok to torture now, all they want...apparently torture is an acceptable norm in our society now :(

[CakeGrrl]

15. If police want respect, they need to EARN it

If they can't keep from abusing the privilege of carrying weapons, they should be denied that privilege. And so should those who cover for them.

[ProfessorGAC]

20. Earn It! Fantastic Comment!

Respect should never be endowed. It needs to be earned on an individual basis.

This cop needs to have a job cleaning toilets. Nothing that involves human interaction.
GAC

[sonias]

16. Taser victim should definately sue them

And the officer who did this should be fired. That cop is a sadist and has no business being on the force. :grr:


Sonia

[Jester Messiah]

17. But don't you DARE call them stupid!

Ugh. What is it with cops and sodomy, anyhow?

[ProfessorGAC]

19. The Ombudsman's Credentials Need To Be REVOKED

This idiot obviously is more worried about keeping his job than he is about the law.
GAC

[BlooInBloo]

21. If only so many of us didn't love the terrorists.