Comments on: N.C. Cops Taser Man At Dad's Funeral

Police Apologize For Botched Arrest As Son Loaded Coffin Into Hearse

[rushlimpdrug]

Cops, tazers, and funerals, what a combination!

Donuts anybody?

[cdfoxtrot5]

I guess cops really are a$$holes.

[docadams3]

Russ brought this on himself. He should have turned himself in. No sympathy for the family. They were probably protecting him. I hope he spends some time in jail.

[spredbury]

COPS in this country are out of control. They have no respect for anyone and consider themselves to be GOD ALL MIGHTY and accountable to no one. I have come to hate and fear all cops and will go out of my way to avoid coming in contact with any of them for any reason. COPS and their out of control actions scare me more than the worst criminal. We have no defense against these self absorbed thugs since they have the power and no one is holding them accountable.

[joethedumber]

Cops will taze you for looking at them funny.

[aldon61]

This guy is no angel and probably would have resisted arrest anyway, but the judgement of the arresting officers is highly suspect. If they had waited until later and had to taser him, the public would have been more forgiving. Stupid move guys!

[cdfoxtrot5]

As I''ve said previously, it''s about time that federal rules were enacted to regulate when police can and cannot use tasers. They were introduced as a alternative to using deadly force IN LIFE AND DEATH SITUATIONS. Seems like police all over the country are using them on a routine basis, anytime anyone gives them the slightest bit of resistance. And sometimes they use them even when there''s no resistance, like the recent situation in NY where some mentally ill person was naked at a building site. He got tasered, fell down and died. It is time that so-called "lawmakers" got on this before more innocent people die unnecessarily.

[azmka]

If he was wanted for hurting/killing someone that would be one thing but to taser him on one of the saddest days of his life for verbal threats is going way too far.

[docpeter1953]

I absolutely LOVE people who dispise violence so much, that their solution to it is to kill everyone!!!

Posted by DaVicar1 at 02:52 PM : Nov 19, 2008
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Thanks for the compliment. I hate everyone equally, some a little more equally than others, but that is for personal reasons.

[irreverent1-2009]

I have no sympathy for a guy who threatens violence against women and considering his rap sheet I don''t have a problem taking him down anytime and anyplace. If he can''t take what he likes to dish out he shouldn''t have slithered out of the hole he came from.

[dnlady]

this has to be about the most stupid scene for an arrest i''ve ever heard of. I mean really, who would have thought this man was going to go down quiet anyway.;/

[lily1972]

W.T.F

[excoachken]

And just when I thought Barney and Andy had retired.

[gramto8]

I absolutely LOVE people who dispise violence so much, that their solution to it is to kill everyone!!!

Posted by DaVicar1 at 02:52 PM : Nov 19, 2008

That is kind of like pro-life people that continue to send our troops overseas to get killed in an unjust and unnecessary war, isn''t it?

[summarex]

Like all government enforcers, these lowlifes deserve a quick walk to the far end of a firing squad.

[rrozsa-2009]

''The officers planned to quietly arrest Gladwyn Taft Russ III, but it turned into a scuffle.''

''In addition to the charges for allegedly threatening his ex-wife, Russ was previously convicted of resisting an officer, contempt of court and larceny. In the past, Russ also was charged with felony malicious conduct by a prisoner, assault on a government official, resisting an officer and disorderly conduct, the newspaper reported.''

''New Hanover County sheriff''s chief deputy Ed McMahon said the officers'' move backfired in the emotional environment.''

What exactly made these idiots think he was going to be arrested quietly?

[dbstevens]

This is a tough one to have an opinion on, because you don''t really know all the facts. On the one hand, if this is how the cops handled this, it''s no wonder he resisted arrest previously! On the other hand, you have to try to understand that all the cops get exposed to is the worst of the worst. I know how disusted I get just reading stupidity in these forums...I can''t imagine how most cops must feel coming face to face with scum all day long. That doesn''t condone abusive behavior on the part of the cops, but it does explain it. They''re human doo, and I don''t believe that cops have enough outlets for the terrible view of humanity they must develop on the job. Basic human psychology explains why we''re hearing so many stories of cops who are fed-up and enraged and mean. It can''t be allowed to continue, but there are two sides to every story.

In this case, I can''t imagine any circumstances that would have prohibited the cops from waiting till AFTER this funeral was over and everyone was leaving. This was stupid.

[tonic12345]

the most tragic among us deserve the most love

[idnnsg]

"The cops have a tough job these days..."

If they can''t handle the job, they should quit or be fired. That''s how it works with EVERY OTHER job! With the amount of power we give cops, it is even MORE IMPORTANT that they handle their job responsibly than it is for anyone else.

Cops today are needlessly pumped up on paranoia. They are no longer just the "thin blue line" between civilization and chaos (and that was already a cra.zy exaggeration!), they now believe that they are part of Homeland Security, protecting us all from "terrorists". As a result, cops are needlessly agressive and vile. A cop''s job is to "protect and serve", NOT to harass and intimidate and torture and murder.

No sympathy for bad cops!

[jackp32]

I like what they did. This guy is a dirt bag. Kudos to the police.