Comments on: Trooper Caught On Tape Tasering Motorist

Officials Speed Investigation Into Trooper's Behavior After Clip Appeared On YouTube

[closethippy1]

Posted by sadIndeed at 11:58 AM : Nov 24, 2007

It''s the ultimate conclusion in this sorry episode.

[redbarron73]

I hope everyone in this country enjoys living in a police state. In Tx., more & more police are being put on the streets in response to a high crime rate. This will have no effect on the crime rate, it will simply result in more honest citizens being harassed for trivial traffic violations. Since when have police ever prevented a crime from occurring. There are a lot of these little power hungry pricks on the force. I will personally continue to take responsibility for my own protection and take orders from no man, badge or not.

[redbarron73]

I still think that''s the same cop from the movie, "Meet the Fockers."

[laurenb81]

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If a police officer demanded i put my hands behind my back for NO REASON WHATSOEVER, i would not. I take sh*t from no one. I''ve been through a similar situation about a year ago. I was pulled over for ''speeding'' from the same cop I passed as he was pumping gas at 1 o''clock in the morning. He said I was speeding which I definitely was not and I told him just that. He let me go. He was ***********. I have rights. This man from Utah wasnt intenionally disobeying the law, he did nothing wrong. Speak up! Use your brain! Step outside the box! Dont be one of the ''follower'' herd because you are scared to acknowledge what is truly right!

[sadindeed]

From the video it appears that the police officer intended to arrest the man from the moment he told him to "hop out of the" vehicle. Unfortunately, he did not explain this to the man. He also did not explain the implications of not signing the ticket (which in Utah apparently means that you are subject to arrest), or that by signing he was not actually admitting guilt. It appears that the situation went from "I am not signing this," to "hop out of the car (with an unspoken ''I am going to arrest you'')," to being tasered and arrested. If the police officer had explained the situation carefully at the beginning, all of the subsequent events would have probably never happened. Sadly, it appears to me, that the police officer intended to purposefully escalate the situation, or, at least, the officer''s lack of common decency and respect to the motorist resulted in a confusing sequence of events that mostly arose from misunderstanding on the part of the motorist.

[laurenb81]

When I first watched this video I was filled with horror. Watching in action as a police officer abuses his power on an innocent family really brought to light how sick and twisted some people are. Not only to bring violence upon an innocent civilan, but to POINT A GUN at his PREGNANT wife while she is screaming and pleading for him to stop while her husband is lying on the ground!!! I myself am pregant, and if a police officer were to play that game with my husband I would have his badge. I also would have immediately explained everything to the cop that showed up near the end of the video, letting him know exactly what transpired. This officer deserves everything evil that comes his way...

[name_verify]

When a cop instructs you to put your hands behind your back and you dont, a judge is probably going to back up the cop, absent other evidence. If you want to be a ******* Liberal with an authority figure complex that gets humiliated in front of your family, thats your choice.

[ssm9451]

Go to ''tridellutah.com''. There are telephone numbers and a web site, to post or state your concerns regarding this incident.

[klingon69]

My uncle was the DEAN of Admissions at a very liberal NE University .. and he had a saying ... the more educated the more DUMB people got ... and he was a PHD''''d Doctor !! So put that in your pipe and smoke it !!

Get in the real world people ... or get zapped or shot its your right!!
Posted by Dowjones20k at 01:04 PM : Nov 23, 2007

So, does that mean he was really stupid?

[finalflights]

I listen to the reporting on CNN and watched the video on the internet. The young man had the right to disagree but not to put the officer in a potential dangerous situation. The officer only stopped him for a traffic violation and issued a ticket. He had no way to know if the couple could have been armed.
I believe that the officer did not use excessive force and was fully justified in his actions.