You Could Get Tased...

If you try to break into a car and then wave a sword looking knife at the Po-Po. And if a ride on the lightning doesn't work, even Brit cops will shoot your keister. Four times.

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You Could Get Tased...

#Taser #Police .
...If you are blind and afraid in Dayton, Ohio. The story goes that the police showed up at this lady's home to serve/arrest her son. The problem is that she is 1) BLIND and 2) has been robbed before by thugs claiming to be the police.

The police claim that they didn't know the woman was blind when they tackled and tasered her.

Hello? One of the first things law enforcement agencies - by accepted procedure - are supposed to do is identify what persons are expected to be at a residence/address before trying to serve/arrest and individual. Come one, guys, this is basic police procedure. You should have known who the resident of record is and just a smidgen of investigative preparation would have avoided this situation. And if you aren't aware that thugs are committing home invasions using the "Police, Open Up" tactic you shouldn't be police officers.

You Could Get Tasered...

#taser .
...If you try to bite the nice officer who responds to your tantrum when you can't have it your way at Burger King. That's what happened when a man couldn't get his char-broiled burger his way and ended up charred himself with a ticket to ride the lightning courtesy of the Knoxville PD.

And then there is this guy in Florida who tasered and then cuffed himself with items he burgled from an unmarked Ocoee PD car. Then he called police to get him out of the cuffs...

The mind boggles.

You Could Get Tased...

...If you are mentally disabled, deaf, and spend an hour in Dollar General's restroom in Mobile, Alabama. Seems Antonio Love - a 37 year old man who has the mental capacity of a 10 year old - had severe tummy trouble and used up his allotted time in the loo. So the store clerks called Mobile's Finest* who proceeded to bust in the door with a tire iron when they received no answer to their knocks and identifying statements.

Of course, being deaf, Love couldn't hear those knocks and statements. The first he knew of anyone wanting in was when the door bashed him on the head leaving "a knot." Love pushed back on the door thinking "the devil was out there trying to get in to get him." While the door was partially open Mobile's Finest took the opportunity to douse Love with pepper spray. Love rushed to the sink and began using water to wash his face and eyes. Seeing their quarry distracted, and observing that an umbrella was in the room, Mobile's Finest then gave Love a Ride on the Lightning courtesy Mr. Taser.

Then they arrested Love for disorderly conduct - after he showed them a card in his wallet explaining his various disabilities, such as not being able to hear them knocking. Fortunately the magistrate is a person of reason and refused to issue a warrant.

Mobile Police spokesman Christopher Levy said he wishes "the confrontation had never occurred." I bet. Love's family is preparing to sue.

*I have nothing against the fine men and women of the Mobile, Alabama Police Department. As a former Alabama Constable in Mobile County I knew quite a few great people that worked in the department. But, c'mon, guys!

You Could Get Tased!

If you arm yourself with a box cutter, chase and catch a woman and pull her down by her hair, and then "squared up" to fight with the nice officers who tell you to get off that woman...
You Could Get Tasered!

If you "strike" two vehicles with your own, drive in a reckless manner (while leaving the scene of two accidents, no less), refuse to stop for the nice officers that observe you doing this, have POT (MJ, WEED, etc...) in the car with you and fight the nice officers after you force them to pull you out of the car...
You Could Get Tasered! Oh, yeah... If you continue to resist the nice officers you could have a trusty K9 police dog try to rip your arm off. And if Fido doesn't convince you to cooperate, expect the application of Pepper Spray.

Pawlowski was pulled from the vehicle by officers and continued to struggle despite officers repeatedly asking for his cooperation, Vanek said.A Taser was then used, he said. A K-9 unit arrived. Officers told the man that he would be bitten if he did not cooperate. He didn’t cooperate, so the K-9 bit Pawlowski’s right arm in an attempt to gain compliance.
However, due to Pawlowski’s heavy coat, police said, the K-9’s efforts appeared to have no influence.After a lengthy struggle, police said, Pawlowski was handcuffed. After refusing to get in the police cruiser willingly, police said, Pawlowski was sprayed with pepper spray and pushed in.

I'm wondering when the application of batons and a wood shower might be warranted. In my day Mr. Pawlowski would have become intimately acquainted with Mr. 4-D cell MagLite. I'm just sayin'...

Carl Eller, You Could Get Tased!

If you are a 6'6" 270 lb former NFL defensive lineman who was part of the Purple People eaters and you are drunk, blow through a stop sign at high speed, come within an inch or two of side swiping a police car who is at that stop sign, refuse to stop when the nice officers ask you, and then proceed to say you're gonna kill the nice officers when they ask you to hit the ground...

You Could Get Tasered!

TWICE!

But you won't even notice because, heck, you're a former NFL great, one of the baddest men alive, and you can simply swat the nice officers across the garage without trying...

Antaya said Eller didn't respond to repeated commands to get down on the floor or show his hands, which were covered by his coat. "I didn't know what I was dealing with," Antaya said, adding that Eller was already under arrest for fleeing police. "He was fairly large. I wasn't going to fight with him."

No, he was going to fight with you. Ever watch a cat toy with a mouse? And, uh, "fairly large?" That's like saying a skunk sort of smells.

Antaya said he shot Eller with his Taser, but that didn't faze him. The officer then tried to tackle Eller, but said, "It didn't happen" and Eller lifted him up off the ground.

Antaya again tried to stun Eller with the Taser gun, but it didn't work: "At that point, he said he was going to kick my ass." He said a punch to Eller's face had no effect and Eller then threw him across the garage.

Porras also was trying to subdue Eller to little effect, Antaya said. The two radioed for backup and kept on fighting but were swatted and pushed down by Eller, who at one point told the officers he was going to kill them, Antaya said.

Eller punched Antaya in the face, knocked him out, twisted his leg extremely hard and bent back his thumb to the point the officer thought it would break, Antaya testified.

When another officer showed up, Eller eventually relented. "I believe he said, 'All right, I'm done' and he just quit fighting," Antaya said.

Man, that Taser should have stayed in the holster. You just made him mad.

Mr. Eller, please get some counseling, and would you please mind NOT killing our nice officers? We spend a lot to train and equip them, and we think of them fondly. Thanks in advance...

Holy Cow. You know, if I'm a peace officer confronting a 6'6" 270 lb minor deity, I think I'm going to wait for backup -- lots of backup -- before getting physical over a drunk driving beef. The car was in the garage, the driver was now NOT driving and was out of the vehicle -- TOWERING over me and my partner. Heck, call in the National Guard! I'm waiting well out of reach of that behemoth...

Taser Used by Police the RIGHT Way, Everyone Lived

Macon County Sheriff's Deputies saved a life and avoided killing or seriously injuring the intoxicated, knife wielding aggressor.

“I saw Johnny Hopkins Jr. with a knife in his left hand held to the throat of … [the homeowner],” wrote Farmer in the police report.

The report states he immediately drew his service weapon and Willis pulled and activated her taser. A female who was also in the room was able to get to the door and open it for the officers.

“In this type of situation, lethal force was justified,” Farmer said regarding the preparation of using his handgun. “We had tasers available, however, and we were able to react quickly, so that was not necessary.”

Hopkins did not respond to repeated demands to drop his weapon.

“I drew on him instantly through the window and shined my flashlight at him. When I warned him, he did back up, but he did not drop the knife,” Hopkins said.

Because of scattered items in the room, deputies only entered partway so as to keep a clear line of site of the victim and Hopkins.

When he and Willis were able to enter the home, he said Willis waited for his go-ahead before deploying her taser.

“Willis was to my right, and she said, ‘Just say when,’” Farmer said.

He gave the go-ahead and Willis deployed her taser striking Hopkins just left of the stomach and in his right shoulder.

“It was enough of a stun to make him drop the knife, but he still continued to resist,” Farmer said. It was at this point he and Willis “assisted” him to the ground.

Note: The Taser stun forced the subject to drop the knife, but did not incapacitate him. The deputies then "assisted" the subject to the ground without further Taser use. Despite being heavily intoxicated -- a factor Taser insists is to blame for Taser related deaths along with drug use and mental problems -- the subject is alive and not seriously harmed. In the other cases presented in this and other forums multiple Taser hits were used by police and subjects died.

Can we add 2 + 2 yet?

Teamwork, training, and the proper use of the tools at their disposal allowed these two deputies to difuse a lethal situation with no harm to anyone.

“[The homeowner] told us he believed [Hopkins] was going to kill him if we had not shown up,” Farmer said.

Farmer credits teamwork as the reason that no one was hurt in this situation. He said that officers are trained to the point of working step-in-step with one another.

“As far as teamwork, we don’t even need to talk to know what the other one is going to do. That’s how tightly we work together,” he said, crediting Willis for her quick response on the scene. “I trust these guys with my back in any given situation.”

He said he was glad the situation ended as well as it did, because the scene he walked in on could have ended very badly.

“We call that a success if we can walk away without anyone getting hurt and every officer able to go home to their family,” he said.

Job Well Done!

[UPDATE] Another case in Wisconsin: Police used the Taser ONCE, knife wielding, intoxicated subject is not incapcitated, officers then "assist" the subject to the ground. One Taser hit, no one died.

And another subject with a knife gets tasered in Omaha... What is it with all these idiots holding knives to other people's throats? It's almost enough for another edition of You Could Get Tasered!

If You Do This, You'll Get Tased (2)...

If you:
-drive around in Texas without a rear license plate,
-make the nice officer ask three times for your license and proof of insurance,
-get out of the car and start arguing with the officer instead of producing said license and proof of insurance...

You Could Get Tasered!



I'm surprised this guy's mouth didn't earn him a second hit... I grew up in and around Texas. There are signs all over the place admonishing people to Not Mess With Texas. Do not, under any circumstances, mess with Texas peace officers.
Previously:
If You Do This, You'll Get Tasered...

If You Do This, You'll Get Tased...

Following the example of Jeff Foxworthy's comedy routine You could be a redneck, Pax will be starting a series of jokes to be published as the mood dictates of You Could Get Tasered...

Today's runaway winner is the following:

If the police respond to your house on a disturbance call and you run out of the door naked and covered in blood, and then start kicking the nice officers...

...You Could Get Tasered! (see the video at the bottom of the item)



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