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"Is it possible that tasing this women was a safer alternative for everyone involved rather than attempting to physically subdue her which could put unnecessary strain on her joints and bones as well as capture the police's attention when they do not know what lingers beyond the doorway. Tasers are desinged to subdue without danger, maybe they don't always work that way but cry me a river, 49 is still a respectable age and far from the point of being dibillitating."
Originally posted by Spreadthetruth
A tazer should be reserved in the same way a firearm should be.
Originally posted by Being_From_Earth
If they taze a sick old woman, and the public sees it, then the hardcore criminals think wtf?Who are we up against here these cops are ice cold.
And would be more inclined to think twice about things.
Some bizarre attempt to make the criminals see the Police as a tougher adversary.
Huey (v/o): That night I dreamt of a blind swordsman. He knows my every move, yet he cannot see. As my mind fights to make sense of the impossible, he is turning my sight into a liability. He has no just cause to want my life. There is no forethought, no logic in his actions. (blind samurai slashes Huey's leg, Huey falls) This isn't just any swordsman. This is the blind ... samurai.
Originally posted by Quazga
Originally posted by Unlimitedpossibilities
SOME police men and women make it very hard not to hate and despise ALL police men and women. No compassion and fear come to mind (possibly lazyness and some type of sadistic satisfaction) within these police men and womens' minds. If they had compassion and empathy, then maybe this event would have never occurred. I say all this with granting that the story is 100 percent true of course.
-Joe-
[edit on 19-7-2008 by Unlimitedpossibilities]
The problem is that "SOME" is getting more and more frequent, that it might as well be ALL.
This is not a rare thing. This is NOT something that just happens once in a while, by the rare kook. This IS HAPPENING more and more. Everyday there is another story of how police are over extending their authority over normal citizens.
I predict that within 25 years, we will witness in the US what is just starting to happen in Britain. Citizens everywhere will start rising up against the police. At first, it will be performed by some really disturbed folks. But then you will begin to see something like what happened to this lady, only the ending being that the cop got his butt handed to him, after normal law abiding citizens give him an old fashioned bully beat down.
This is starting to happen in England, and I believe it will start happening here in the US. Although, I'd give it 25 years.
The real sadness about this is that, the police serve a vital function in our society. Namely, protecting us from criminals, but more and more I see this level of ineptitude whereby the question becomes
"You were put here to protect us, but who protects us from YOU?"
If you had to have as much education to serve as a policeman as you do a doctor, this wouldn't happen.
[edit on 19-7-2008 by Quazga]
This was a joke right? You really think tazing sick old women will make crooks behave?
Originally posted by Sheeper
Originally posted by fatdad
can honestly say things like this make me happy when they get shot....
Wow, cops are subject to human failure just like anyone, so some cop is dirty or does something like this and that is justification for your enjoyment when some random cop gets shot and killed that may or may not have been one of the good guys. Because allthough it is sort of popular to hate on "pigs", a lot of them are the good guys and we need them more than we need politicians.
A lot of our innocent protectors get murdered in the line of duty every day and you are a very sick individual.
Originally posted by Quazga
reply to post by mystiq
it may instill a feeling of helplessness in you, but it instills the desire to kick someones butt in me.
Originally posted by Sleuth
I don't see the problem here. If the woman was uncooperative/combative, regardless of the fact she is blind, they used a level of force they thought appropriate. She's not small. From the photo I'm going to say she's at least 300 pounds.
Don't let the handicap factor blind you to the realities of the situation.
Originally posted by Quazga
Your indifference to humanity is disgusting!
There is NO reason to EVER taze a blind old woman!