San Jose police sink to new low, confiscate Occupier's *wheelchair battery*

[KamaAina]

Sorry, not The Onion. Just heard this from another fellow traveler here at the office.

:wtf: could they possibly be thinking? How's the guy supposed to vacate without his wheelchair battery?! :banghead:

I don't normally throw the term "pigs" around, but these really ARE pigs. :grr:

[CarmanK]

1. He must have been outrunning them?? Pathetic!

[FiveGoodMen]

2. Maybe it should be a crime to BE a police officer

Just saying...

[opihimoimoi]

3. This must be a miscue of a Mistake of an Error.....Damn...wheel chair Batteries? What Nx?

[Prometheus Bound]

4. Well, they are cops after all.

[Fumesucker]

5. The guy can thank his lucky stars he didn't have a pacemaker battery confiscated..

[Hell Hath No Fury]

6. SFPD is doing the same in SF --

They are demanding all lead batteries be removed from the Occupy camp because it poses a "hazardous waste risk". The real reasona are harrassment and cutting into Occupy's ability to communicate/broadcast.

[ThomCat]

9. Everyone in an electric wheelchair should contact a lawyer.

Immediately!

[backscatter712]

7. 99% of cops give the good ones a bad name... n/t

[ThomCat]

8. That would be blatantly illegal

They can't TOUCH that battery, or any part of that wheelchair without a court order.

Any pictures to show as proof?

That guy is going to need help getting home and getting a replacement battery ASAP. But he is going to have an open and shut case suing the city for Amazing damages in a civil rights case.

[Taverner]

10. San Jose is a police state, for those who aren't familiar with CA

I could tell you stories that would fill you with rage

Let me put it this way, entrapment is fully legal in SJ