Calif. cops use stun gun on wheelchair-bound amputee ... twice

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iDlMUEY_p8uPFi7oQjZVf6TqwRAgD9ARSS000

(AP) – 2 days ago

MERCED, Calif. — A California man whose legs are amputated says police used a stun gun on him twice and violently manhandled him even though he was unarmed.

Internal affairs investigators say they're looking into the complaint by 40-year-old Gregory Williams, who was arrested Sept. 11 on suspicion of domestic violence and resisting arrest.

Williams and witnesses say officers tasered the wheelchair-bound man twice, then left him handcuffed with his pants down on the sidewalk in broad daylight. Williams spent six days in jail before prosecutors said they lacked evidence to charge him.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

1. What the--!

Was the officer afraid he was going to run away?

[MNDemNY]

3. You just do not understand...

those double-amputees can be quite feisty. I'm sure the police men felt threatened. The police always know best. Too bad that stupid prosecutor could not follow through and do his job as well as the cops did.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

4. He should have used his whellchair

to run over the cops toes.

BTW - Was I the only who noted the linguisitic dissonance of describing a double-leg amputee as also being "unarmed"? I know that referes to the absence of weapons but it just seems peculiar. Paraphrasing: "The legless man was also unarmed."

weird

[SpiralHawk]

2. These goons gotta be Republicons

Sheesh, what perverted hate-and-fear tainted 'Family Values' the Republicons have infested upon our once noble nation.