64 year old man refuses trip to hospital, gets tasered.

[XMil]

An old man falls down, and hurts his leg. As paramedics are leaving, cops show up, burst into the house and tell him he's going to the hospital. He says no, so they taser him, 3 times. God bless America.


Link with video:
Marin man claims excessive force after being Tased at home | abc7news.com

 

[shibumiseeker]

Gotta love immediate detention!

Lock you up for up to 72 hours because you may be a danger to yourself...

I HATED transporting those patients because the cops would never ride along in the ambulance, and if the patient said "let me out now" we had no legal recourse to not do just that, yet it'd mean the loss of my job...

 

[Lucas156]

Welcome to the new United States

 

[rmabrey]

Sounds like the police made up a story in an attempt to prove he was temporarily mentally incompetent.

This is assault or battery, whichever the courts hopefully decide

 

[XMil]

Gotta love immediate detention!

Lock you up for up to 72 hours because you may be a danger to yourself...

I HATED transporting those patients because the cops would never ride along in the ambulance, and if the patient said "let me out now" we had no legal recourse to not do just that, yet it'd mean the loss of my job...

That seems like a bad spot to be in.

 

[shibumiseeker]

That seems like a bad spot to be in.

Yep. Lose my job, or risk charges of criminal confinement...

Going solely by the media report it sounded like the officers responding didn't like their orders being challenged. Of course, we'll never really know what was going on, but I have a hard time understanding the need to taser someone who is not physically threatening the officers.

 

[nawainwright]

That'll show him, hi we're from the govt, we're here to help

 

[rmabrey]

After going over this again I would almost guess that the medics called the police. I can only assume they heard him say the if he had a gun he would shoot himself. Albeit they apparently need purple to understand sarcasm. Given the knowledge they had the police could force him to go to the hospital, however, tasing and arresting him was excessive

 

[hornadylnl]

"Stop resisting! Stop resisting! Stop resisting! Stop resisting! Stop resisting! Stop resisting!"

Somebody will be by to defend the police actions soon enough.

Seriously, how does anyone think that was justified?

 

[RichardR]

Yikes! is it just me or does there seem to be more & more of these types of stories? (excessive use/abuse of tasers).

 

[theweakerbrother]

Thank God this threat to society was tazed. Who knows how many children/puppies/minorities would have been murdered had this monster not been tazed?!

The only thing missing is a good night stick to his throat... maybe shoot his dog and then his wife.

 

[eldirector]

Yikes! is it just me or does there seem to be more & more of these types of stories? (excessive use/abuse of tasers).

That's the problem with "less lethal". JBT's don't have to use restraint. Tasers? Cook 'em now, take your paid leave, and be back on the job in a month. You can't get away with that with a firearm. Well, not as easily.

(BTW: I believe there is a HUGE difference between LEOs and JBTs)

 

[nawainwright]

oh how I miss the days when if you resisted arrest you were shot dead, then they didn't have to hear you complain

 

[femurphy77]

The guy was definitely taking an offensive stance, I could tell by his sitting on the couch leisurely in repose with one leg crossed that he was definitely ready to attack. . . . .a tall boy!

Everytime I see something like this I can hear Cartman in the background, "You will respect my authoritah"!!

 

[serpicostraight]

Yikes! is it just me or does there seem to be more & more of these types of stories? (excessive use/abuse of tasers).

there is no shortage of events like this by leo and they are becoming more common by the day. the few good ones left wont stand against the bad ones. that whole thin blue line thing. i realize the good ones are outnumbered but if they took a stand i bet the citizens would stand with them. at least the ones smart enough to see whats going on the rest will still keep licking thier boots and singing thier praises.

 

[Yeah]

I calculate that's the end of this thread.

 

[starbreather]

Who says you can't taser I.mean teach an old dog.....

 

[Ogre]

Hmmm, based on some other instances....
IBTL

 

[level.eleven]

"Stop resisting! Stop resisting! Stop resisting! Stop resisting! Stop resisting! Stop resisting!"

Somebody will be by to defend the police actions soon enough.

Seriously, how does anyone think that was justified?

The greater crime is that you can be arrested and the only charges filed against you are..........resisting arrest. A judge dismissed, sure. Unfortunately, no restitution was immediately rewarded to the poor mundane who was electrocuted in his own home and drug down to the jail.

 

[Joe Williams]

Not entirely certain those officers displayed sterling judgement.