Comments on: Charges Against Tasered Woman Dropped

Ohio Woman Was Cuffed, Hit With Stun Gun Repeatedly; Officer Under Investigation

[barbaraf4]

Thanks to Bush who has changed this nation that cops/armed forces are use to put fear in the hearts of all. Posted by MichelleM99
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I agree 100%. Once upon a time, the police and armed forces were here to make sure OUR rights were being inforced. Now, they have unlimited authority and we have to tiptoe around saying "Yes, Sir, No, Sir".

I give you one example. Under TSA rules (you know, the rules that have only served to inconvenience everyone, which serve no purpose in the real world), you cannot wear a gel insert in your shoe. No exceptions, don''t even try. I wear an insert in my left shoe to help my plantar facsia. If I don''t wear my insert, I get shooting pains up the middle of my heel into my calf muscles. I am under doctor''s treatment. To fly to visit my daughter, I would have to put the inserts in my checked baggage and walk about a 100 miles at the airport, with my cane (which I never carry if I have my inserts).

So, it is not safe for me to have inserts in my shoe, but it is safe for me to carry a cane, a corkscrew, knitting needles, a cigar cutter and other items listed on the TSA site.

We do this without question, because to challenge it, you might end up strangling yourself on your handcuffs.

[usakousagi]

the taser (and pepper gas) should be used on all cops before they can use them on others.

if they can''''t take it ... they shouldn''''t be subjecting others to it.



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Posted by bobnjersey

... it is, at least in Georgia.

[michellem99-2009]

Thanks to Bush who has changed this nation that cops/armed forces are use to put fear in the hearts of all. read 1984, It may be a book..There has to be a stop to this madness. If people were/are raised right than we would not be in the boat we are in. They would be fewer laws. We would have parents that knew rright from wrong. Fewer shootings. We could go on.

[libra127]

The article doesn''t state what the charges against the woman were. A close reading of the article reveals that 1) she was in the back of the patrol car, 2) handcuffed, and 3) that is where she was tasered. As for trying to kick out the back window of the patrol car, I read it that she was trying to get away from the extremely painful tasering any way she could. The picture accompanying the article is misleading with regard to the facts stated in the article. It also sounds like the officer''s attorney advised him not to testify against her because he had no case against her. That and the fact the video shown at trial would bring out the officer''s bad behavior.

[bobnjersey]

the cop should be fired ... then sued for damages.

the taser (and pepper gas) should be used on all cops before they can use them on others.

if they can''t take it ... they shouldn''t be subjecting others to it.

[jamesj49]

She didn''t look handcuffed in the photo to me. And she kicked out the rear window of a patrol car for goodness sake! That kind of behavior is just begging to be subdued. The taser is the most "humane" way.

[jamesj49]

She didn''t look handcuffed in the photo to me. And she kicked out the rear window of a patrol car for goodness sake! That kind of behavior is just begging to be subdued. The taser is the most "humane" way.

[bb19631]

The woman was hysterical and out of her mind, I would have tased her also. I dont believe in tasing or bad cops, but this time it was warranted.

[peach652]

He didn''t "torture" her. He stopped her from kicking out the window of the patrol car. SHE is responsible for the situation she was in and for her behavior which lead to being stunned.

[toolmangler-2009]

I have a right to question authority figures, in fact I believe it is my duty. Never forget that Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely.
Posted by kjejj at 03:33 PM : Jan 03, 2008


you do have the right to question an authority figure but not until he has the situation under control. Lack of control makes power figures feel threatened. they have been awarded the power to make life or death decisions when they are in fear of their life. IMHO only a "dummy" would try to assert ''his'' rights when an authority figure is feeling threatened. there are two people involved in this struggle, you, ''the suspect'' and the authority figure (whatever) and in todays society ''you'' must take a subordinate role in a dispute between you and a authority figure that has the ''legal'' power to take control of the situation.

[michellem99-2009]

I am 53. THE BULLIES WERE PUT IN THEIR PLACE. THERE ARE GOOD/BAD COPS. I AM SCARED OF THEM FOR MY BLINDNESS AND C/P BUT I WILL DO MY BEST TO GIVE THEM THE DATA THEY WANT IF THEY ARE REAL COPS AND ON DUTY.Most cops are nice and humane. A few are not. RESPESCT is earnt dear. I have been treated nice by the cops. The crimmals they ask for what get.

[sgtrds]

Some people can pass (psych) tests, but can''''t handle positions of authority!

(is it just me, or does this story and these comments remind you of the scene from South Park where Eric Cartmen is a police officer.... "you will respect my authoritaaayy!")

Posted by USAyesterday at 04:04 PM : Jan 03, 2008

I was thinking the same thing. it''s true that a cop can start out good and then go bad once they get a real taste of the power of being a cop. that''s when peer pressure from good cops and their supervisors must come into play. We must teach them that this defending every other cop, even when they''re wrong, is not being part of the brotherhood, but in fact hurts all cops and the force.

[denn034]

Let me also say that police abuse is rare. Don''t let a few bad apples ruin it for the vast majority of good cops out there.

[denn034]

I smell a lawsuit coming on.

[shanev137]

ToolMangler - I don''t get a hard on from physically torturing people who pose no physical threat to me....so yes, I am better than them.

Most of these cases where cops are torturing people with their tasers seem to happen in little jerkwater red-neck towns. Sorry, it''s just a fact.

[stevex47]

Northeast ohio cops have other recent issues. Bobby Cutts Jr. Murdered his pregnant wife(alledgedly)...in front of his other young child this last summer. Then got an old girlfriend to help him dispose of the body.

[Krazcarl]

POLICE STATE we no longer have any freedom man tortures a woman and is mearly fired should have been beaten then strung up.

[usayesterday]

It''''s like that coworkers who you think is the coolest person around, but then he/she gets promoted to a management position... and he/she then becomes the biggest piece of ****** on the planet!

Posted by USAyesterday at 04:01 PM : Jan 03, 2008
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To sum up:

Some people can pass (psych) tests, but can''t handle positions of authority!

(is it just me, or does this story and these comments remind you of the scene from South Park where Eric Cartmen is a police officer.... "you will respect my authoritaaayy!")

[gheemaster38]

I agree with you Robert. While I am much younger(Sorry :) ) I have been stopped by the police as well. I before he comes to the car I will have my license insurance registration either on the dash or in the seat next to me spread out so he can observe my every move as I reach for the document and see waht I am reaching for. If it is night I turn the interior lights on. I have always been treated with respect from the law. Their job is dangerous enough without having to put up with unnecessary c r a p..

[usayesterday]

Some cops join the force because they think of it as a power trip. It''''s the responsibility of the police to screen these hot shots out before they damage the reputation of the whole force. We had a problem with that for years on the LAPD, but after psychological testing was updated (and enforced) the LAPD''''s reputation is slowly getting better. I support the cops more then most, but there is no denying that bad cops still slip through and need to be weeded out for the good of the public AND the good of the professional cops doing a great job.

Posted by SgtRDS at 03:38 PM : Jan 03, 2008
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That''s true Randal. The psych tests are crucial, and should always be updated and improved.

But sometimes, a perfectly good cop in the "rookie" stage can eventually grow a big head and become the bad cop that are sometimes shown on TV.

It''s like that coworkers who you think is the coolest person around, but then he/she gets promoted to a management position... and he/she then becomes the biggest piece of ****** on the planet!