Cobol - Taser incident of motorist was Re: OT:Thanksgiving

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Taser incident of motorist was Re: OT:Thanksgiving

Clark F Morris

2007-12-16, 9:55 pm

On Wed, 5 Dec 2007 02:24:13 +1300, "Pete Dashwood"
<dashwood@removethis.enternet.co.nz> wrote:

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>"HeyBub" <heybub@gmail.com> wrote in message
>news:13l9c6i48v6bt16@corp.supernews.com...
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>(If I was that driver I'd sue through Civil Courts. Ask yourself: "Who
>started yelling first? Did it improve the situation?". No excuse for
>tasering, no excuse for yelling and screaming. Are these guys not trained or
>just not capable? Calling for backup for a speeding offence, when not under
>even verbal attack? How capable is that? That cop CREATED a situation where
>there was none.)
>
>Just

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>It's no wonder there are problems in Austin.
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>That cop should never have got unwrapped. He should have let the guy produce
>the documents and if he didn't, warn him (without raising his voice) and,
>if they still weren't forthcoming, have him out of the car and arrest him.
>
>The whole thing reminded me of nothing more than the gun crazy robot in
>RoboCop.... "You have 15 seconds to comply...".
>
>This is not Community Policing by any stretch of the imagination. This is
>simple bullying.

The incident I read about which sound just like this happened in Utah,
not Texas according to the discussion on misc.transport.road.
>
>Pete.

Pete Dashwood

2007-12-17, 6:56 pm

"Clark F Morris" <cfmpublic@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:opnbm3heokdjbqleneq7h8sfmvbl5jqceg@
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> On Wed, 5 Dec 2007 02:24:13 +1300, "Pete Dashwood"
> <dashwood@removethis.enternet.co.nz> wrote:
>
>
> The incident I read about which sound just like this happened in Utah,
> not Texas according to the discussion on misc.transport.road.

I was responding to HeyBub's post, which involved the Austin Police
Department (APD). I shouldn't think their jurisdiction stretches to Utah
:-)

The

conclusion has to be that this is SOP for certain US police
departments...

Pete.
--
"I used to write COBOL...now I can do anything."

Charles Hottel

2007-12-17, 6:56 pm

"Pete Dashwood" <dashwood@removethis.enternet.co.nz> wrote in message
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> "Clark F Morris" <cfmpublic@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:opnbm3heokdjbqleneq7h8sfmvbl5jqceg@
4ax.com...
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> I was responding to HeyBub's post, which involved the Austin Police
> Department (APD). I shouldn't think their jurisdiction stretches to Utah
> :-)
>
> The

conclusion has to be that this is SOP for certain US police
> departments...
>
> Pete.
> --
> "I used to write COBOL...now I can do anything."
>
>

We recently had a death in our area. Apparenty the deputy and the man that
died had had some previous encounters, but at this point conclusions seem
premature. Also the man who died was deaf or hard of hearing in one ear.
Now he is dead because he did not remove his hands from his pockets when
commanded to do so. The grandmother of the man says she told the deputy
about the hearing problem during one of the previous encounters.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dy...7111801282.html

http://www.fredericknewspost.com/se...m?StoryID=68564

HeyBub

2007-12-17, 9:56 pm

Pete Dashwood wrote:
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> The

conclusion has to be that this is SOP for certain US police
> departments...
>

Sometimes it's forced on them. I'm in Houston. When Katrina struck, we were
innundated by (according to some estimates) as many as 200,000 THIEVES.

"Whatcha mean I can't be moseying in my 'hood with a malt and a toke?"

Most, fortunately, have killed each other or been sent to the Greybar Hotel.

I don't know if we could have handled 300,000.

Pete Dashwood

2007-12-18, 6:55 pm

"HeyBub" <heybub@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Pete Dashwood wrote:
>
> Sometimes it's forced on them. I'm in Houston. When Katrina struck, we
> were innundated by (according to some estimates) as many as 200,000
> THIEVES.
>
> "Whatcha mean I can't be moseying in my 'hood with a malt and a toke?"
>
> Most, fortunately, have killed each other or been sent to the Greybar
> Hotel.
>
> I don't know if we could have handled 300,000.
>
LOL!

Good response, Jerry :-) Glad to see you haven't lost your sense of
humour...

Pete.
--
"I used to write COBOL...now I can do anything."

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