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equal opportunity tasering: take that grandma! (pg. 2)
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
| quote: | Originally posted by astroboy
Seriously though.. what a joke. He is way stronger than her. could shove her around easily. There was no need to taser the poor woman, cops are just using tasers and pepper spray when they're too lazy to tackle and arrest people the old fashioned way. It's going to take some pensioner to die of a heart attack before people start to question giving so much power to some of the dumbest members of society. |
maybe a pensioner dying will wake up all the dumb s in society that behave like retards. |
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| astroboy |
| quote: | Originally posted by notelfreak
what if she had a concealed weapon?
she was given ample time to comply and there are no exceptions to be made to rules for different age groups,minorities and such. It is not a police officer's job to apply the law differently depending on who is there. Plus it made for a hilarious video. |
I'm not saying there should be an exception. I'm saying the taser should only be used when every other method is impractical/ineffective. Like if there's a big guy, juiced up on PCP holding a machete. Police managed to do their job before they got tasers or pepper spray, and they are still trained in those methods. It seems these days they are looking for excuses to tase people, kinda like homer simpson using his gun to change the tv channel.
Secondly This isn't about "applying the law".. she should be arrested. I'm talking about how the cop discharges his duties in applying the law - which should change depending on circumstances. |
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| astroboy |
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
maybe a pensioner dying will wake up all the dumb s in society that behave like retards. |
Doubt it. Society always has and always will be composed of mostly retards. |
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| notelfreak |
| i hate the smell of hippie. |
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
| quote: | Originally posted by astroboy
Doubt it. Society always has and always will be composed of mostly retards. |
which is why we need them tased ;) |
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| astroboy |
| quote: | Originally posted by Theresa
She egged him on to do it. Just because you're old doesn't mean you shouldn't be respectful to others. |
So police (usually some of the least intelligent people around) now have the duty of teaching society manners and respect as well as enforcing the law?
| quote: | | Some crotchety old people don't know when to show some common decency and respect for those around them in general. You gonna ask for it, then serves you right. |
So next time an old person pushes in front of me I would be justified in inflicting pain to them?
| quote: | | Age shouldn't have anything to do with it. If she was 35 no one would be pissed off, but because she is in her 70's, suddenly she has some right to be a douche? |
No I'd still be pissed off if she was 35. If a cop can overpower the person easily without using pepper spray or a taser then s/he should, regardless of age or gender. Anything else is an abuse of power. Other than that I think cops need to have a higher tolerance for disrespect than most people (not lower). If someone can abuse me on the street and I am expected to shrug it off as a civilised member of society, then at the very least the same level of tolerance (if not higher) should be expected of the people we have endowed with the power to hurt, kill and deprive of freedom. |
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| Theresa |
| quote: | Originally posted by astroboy
I'm not saying there should be an exception. I'm saying the taser should only be used when every other method is impractical/ineffective. Like if there's a big guy, juiced up on PCP holding a machete. Police managed to do their job before they got tasers or pepper spray, and they are still trained in those methods. It seems these days they are looking for excuses to tase people, kinda like homer simpson using his gun to change the tv channel.
Secondly This isn't about "applying the law".. she should be arrested. I'm talking about how the cop discharges his duties in applying the law - which should change depending on circumstances. |
Obviously she wasn't co-operating. She was resisting and attempting to get back into her truck. I would believe that regular procedure would have been to tackle her to the ground and forcefully cuff her, which likely would have been far more dangerous to her physical safety than the taser.
Anyone at any age could have a heart attack in response to a taser... that's just the risk involved of being a moron. |
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| notelfreak |
and when we read about a cop that tried to wrestle down an elderly person and ended up catching a bullet in his head it will be ok too i suppose. If the perp had followed orders there would be no need for escalation in the first place.
amazing how you can put yourself in the shoes of people who risk their lives everyday and tell them what they should do, when your biggest job hazard is something between a paper cut and a french fry grease burn.
remember people, elderly people can't hurt anyone, even the multiple ones convicted every year for violent crimes. |
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
| quote: | Originally posted by astroboy
So police (usually some of the least intelligent people around) now have the duty of teaching society manners and respect as well as enforcing the law? |
you get a ticket, you accept it. dont like it? take it up with the issuing authority or the courts. if you like electricity, refuse to accept the ticket and act like a stupic cvnt. her, got what she deserved. |
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| Zharen |
| People seem to forget that she was breaking the law in the first place and speeding? I don't care how old you are, nothing gives you the right to endanger other people's lives on the roads. All the more dangerous when the person speeding is 72 years old. I'm glad she got tasered, she could have killed someone. |
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| astroboy |
| quote: | Originally posted by Theresa
Obviously she wasn't co-operating. She was resisting and attempting to get back into her truck. I would believe that regular procedure would have been to tackle her to the ground and forcefully cuff her, which likely would have been far more dangerous to her physical safety than the taser. |
I doubt it. It souldn't have involved very much force at all. Look how easily he shoved her. He could easily have pushed her against the car and got her hands behind her back.
| quote: | | Anyone at any age could have a heart attack in response to a taser... |
which is precisely why it should always be used as a last resort. |
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