This is ridiculous - If someone comes towards me aggressively whether it's a cop or not it is only instinctive behavior to back up. If someone is coming at you and you are law enforcement that "might" be a reason to taze but it should be a last possible resort

And since when are you confronted in a store by the police for a "suspected" stolen credit card. I think this story is not disclosing the truth of the matter which we can all figure out is - The credit card was not stolen. It takes a one minute phone call to verify something like that!

If it was stolen you can bet all your marbles that they would have known for sure by the time this story and video got to the press and aired and the very fact that they don't say whether the card was actually stolen or not makes me sick - the press is protecting the police and that is just pathetic.


[edit on 21-12-2007 by CyberTruth]

They instruct yoga and can't even remain calm.

It seems as If "To protect and Serve" has little meaning anymore to law enforcement.

The law enforcement officers I know have a "we/them" attitude and if you are one of "them" expect to bear the brunt of their force. Guilty until proven innocent.

It's a brave new world, welcome to the monkey house!

sad sad sad. she was using her own card. when will this crap stop. something like this happen to me once i put 10 dollars of gas in my car then went to pay with my card and they said i was not a good card. it was a debt card from my bank account and i knew it was good. i had just used it to buy a new computer. i knew i had a few hundred dollars left in the account. but it seems when i payed for the comp. the bank froze my account thinking i had stole my own card. so i got to go to jail for using my own money. this is why i don't us banks anymore. its all a scam.

I'm waiting for the inevitable "it's all her fault because she did not immediately throw herself on the ground and beg for mercy & forgiveness from the mighty LEO" posts that seem to pop up in all these threads.

Apparently it is now illegal to get ticked off because you're accused of something you didn't do - in this case credit card fraud.

It's illegal to dispute anything an LEO says, illegal to be angry, etc...

Originally posted by depth om
They instruct yoga and can't even remain calm.

Oh please. Just because she is a yoga instructor doesn't mean she gives up her rights to be human and feel emotions - everyone has their breaking point. She was innocent and was treated like a piece of garbage, I'd be very upset, too.
That's just a cheap shot that proves you think the cops are right, no matter what they do.

We are nothing than cattle to this so call new under the protection of the patriot act law enforcement.

Yes sound funny but is not, is very true that since 9/11 and the patriot act the police brutality is in the raising but you only get to know the cases that civil groups get particular and person interest in.

Sad but a tremendous damage has been done to this nation and its population by over zealous and corrupted politicians since 9/11 and we are now paying the price.

Hmmm....

Best Buy tasers people! I'm never shopping there again. Scary.

Each state needs to establish a no taser law. Contact your local Representative/congressmen and try to put an end to this madness.

I was once treated like a criminal at Best Buy..(before tasermania)
I tried to return a camera for my nephew.
His mom, had purchased a camera, at a different store, in another state.

I had no receipt, just the camera. The box had never been opened.
The manager would have NO part in the return.
I didn't want the money, I wanted to upgrade to a better camera so my nephew would not get discouraged in his attempt to become a good photographer. I was even going to buy the extended warranty.

the manager started talking to me as if I had stolen it, and refused to check with the other store. He flat out said, he would not do it.

I argued with him, about good business practices..And how, all it would take was a phone call, or a record check. He refused, he would not even try. And started glancing over at his security guard, who walked up behind me.
An attempt at intimidation, I suppose.

So, I asked him to check MY records of purchases. I used to spend a reasonable amount of money there. Again, he refused.
This was a completely re-sellable camera!

My last offer was, that I would continue to shop there, if he would at least check the other store. He would not. He stood his ground, he lost a customer permanently. I have never been back.

I took the camera to Circuit City. Told them my Best Buy experience.
Here is the funny part. The MANAGER of the store..Ripped the Best Buy stickers off of the camera. Gave me a refund for the camera, an in-store credit actually. I immediately purchased a camera that was 200 dollars more expensive, along with the extended warranty.
I ALWAYS shop at Circuit City now. And have actually become friends with the management there.

I've said this before, but everytime this kind of thing comes up, I find myself reminded of various parts of Clockwork Orange for some reason.

If you notice, the increase in brutality and the us vs them mentality has sort of followed along with the militarization of the police attitude, gear, and methods. The military is for killing people and destroying things. How can fostering that mindset in our "peace officers" be a good thing?

The sad truth is, I fear law enforcement and our own government much more than I fear any criminal or terrorist. The same type of cop who tazes people at the drop of a hat or at someone getting out of the car too slowly, is the same type of cop who will be right there behind the next Hitler.

I'm just waiting for someone's pacemaker to get fried or someone die from a unnessisary tazing. It will happen.