Well I understand not making everyone else in the town suffer if you sue but will your town truely be affected by the case? All I pay at the moment is state and federal tax, there is no "town" tax and I don't quite see how you would be hurting the town by sueing.

I usually don't post much at all, just an avid reader...but I had to say something, b/c this just hit me the wrong way.

Regardless of whether he was drunk/rowdy/etc..... and put his handgun/nunchuckus/whatever away.... There is NO reason for an American citizen to be treated like this without it being an absolute last resort.

Kops with tasers AND attitudes, there seems to be a lot of them, everywhere you go.

Here's a bright bulb for ya, I was at this local bar once, and this city cop just for no reason starting giving this guy an attitude, I mean..to the point of having his taser in his hand saying "get out of hand, I'll show you what happens..."

Well, Long story short, the guy hadn't done ANYTHING (I mean, really, ANYTHING) wrong... so when cop says that to him...he dead stops....calmly looks at cop and says (country accent /on) "buddy, if you plan on shooting me with anything, if you know what is good for you, it will be your pistol, b/c if you shoot me with that bug zapper of yours..you better pray I never wake up, b/c I will find your mom/dad/children/etc, and I will be the LAST thing all of you see.....you get the drift....

Cop didn't have much to say.

I have no problem with PEACE officers. But, I honestly am glad I am not the one in jack's situation, b/c I would be in a heck of a lot more trouble by now.

Good luck, man. If you are truly innocent (not for me to judge), then karma will take care of you one way or another.

Ehhh mate... S...t happens. Especially when you are dealing with the police. I live in different country but they are always same. Most of them are idiots that couldnt find normal job or are sick from power that was given to them. Only 5-10% in most countries are cops (or dogs, pigs, depends of the country how to call them) that actually do their job and do it good, rest of them... you know.
They are needed to catch pedophiles and other criminals but their main job is to protect system, just like in middle ages. Now they have tasers not halberds so thats only good thing.
I dont like them, but im not criminal, weed and sometimes something stupid maybe some bar fights thats all what i do against the "law".
Best police i ever saw is in Holland, pretty normal ppl. Maybe because they smoke too...
What they did to you is wrong but normal, usual... And you know what? Good that they kicked your a.. because you were one of them some time ago...
Good luck in court mate. And one more thing, i dont know how it is in america but you will never win with them, and if you win-they never forgive you. They will try to catch you on smallest things...

So you were drunk, armed, and making fun of the cops. This is the exact problem with losers that complain about brutality.

Originally posted by dirtonwater
So you were drunk, armed, and making fun of the cops. This is the exact problem with losers that complain about brutality.

Please pardon my ignorance, but he was on his OWN property. Exactly which law in your jurisdiction makes this illegal? Please, expound for us, and educate us all.

Which law in your jurisdiction makes it illegal to be drunk (if he even was) on HIS property, armed on HIS property, and making fun of the police.

Thank you.

It's pretty obvious to me at least that jackinthebox is not giving us all the details. From one question that he skirted around, someone in his house probably broke the window. Also, why in the world would the cops taze you over 10 times if you were just laying there not resisting at all? Did they just get a new tazer and want to test it out?

Come on man, tell us the whole story or dont tell it at all, because it is pretty clear to me that you are not giving both sides of the story.

Okay, just let me write down the report into my file.

There, done.


Oh wait - are you saying you want to do something about it?

Regarding "the window." If the police had bothered to investigate properly, they would have found that the occurrence lacked the element which would have constituted a criminal act.

Originally posted by jackinthebox
It's good advice to be as respectful as possible, and exactly what I did until they made it clear that one way or another this was not going to be my night.

Did they make this clear to you before or after you made wise cracks to them? You all did nothing whatsoever to attract any attention to yourselves by the cops? They came up to your porch, told you this wasn't gonna be your night, and THEN you made the remark? If this is the situation, it sounds like you have a pretty good case. If it's not, then it's not quite as cut and dry.