Police tazer and mase deaf man because he "refused" to come out of the bathroom.
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[quote]Police in Mobile, Ala., used pepper spray and a Taser on a deaf, mentally disabled who they said wouldn't leave a store's bathroom.
The family of 37-year-old Antonio Love has filed a formal complaint over the incident on Friday.
Police tell the Press-Register of Mobile that officers shot pepper spray under the bathroom door after knocking several times. After forcing the door open, they used the stun gun on Love.
Police spokesman Christopher Levy says police didn't realize Love had a hearing impairment until after he was out of the bathroom. The officers' conduct is under investigation.
The newspaper says the officers attempted to book Love on charges including disorderly conduct, but a magistrate on duty wouldn't accept the charges.[/quote]
[url]http://www.suntimes.com/news/nation/1688422,w-police-taser-disabled-deaf-man-072809.article[/url]
What an asshole thing to do.
"When you've gotta go, you've gotta go sir" said the policeman.
You can't tell if someones deaf behind a door.
[QUOTE=Armotekma;16331627]You can't tell if someones deaf behind a door.[/QUOTE]
Yeah you just ask him.
oh wait a sec...
What was the problem exactly? I thought a taser was the non lethal alternative to a gun, not the lazy cops alternative to actually doing his or her job.
While on the topic of police brutality, this reminds me of the time a 100 strong contingent of SWAT raided their own mayors house by accident and killed his dogs and arrested him.
The mayor subsequently left the town, along with his wife.
Don't taze me bro!
[QUOTE=ThePunisher1;16331711]What was the problem exactly? I thought a taser was the non lethal alternative to a gun, not the lazy cops alternative to actually doing his or her job.[/QUOTE]
They tazed someone who was deaf because he wasn't compling with their verbal orders as you'd expect from a deaf person.
I mean god damn, even if he wasn't impaired, I sure as hell wouldn't answer to cops who just pepper sprayed me under the door while I was taking a craptastic shit.
*no answer*
Don't you backtalk a police officer, you can go to jail! :downs:
*still no answer*
What did you just call me? :black101:
*tazed*
Oh crap... :frown:
Now with smilies!
In before police hate.
A deaf man? They should be ashamed. What makes it worse is that they tazed and mased a guy because he refused to come out of the bathroom, that's like beating your child with a spiked bat because he didn't want to eat his vegetables...
[QUOTE=TAU!;16331814]A deaf man? They should be ashamed. What makes it worse is that they tazed and mased a guy because he refused to come out of the bathroom, that's like beating your child with a spiked bat because he didn't want to eat his vegetables...[/QUOTE]
Except a spiked bat is lethal.
ITT: Useless Police Strike again.
ROFL "mase"
How are they suppose to know he's deaf you idiots?
Wait, how did you get the Garry tag?!
[QUOTE=Warriorx4;16331831]Except a spiked bat is lethal.[/QUOTE]
And so is pepper spray in the eyes, and being shocked constantly.
[QUOTE=TAU!;16331882]And so is pepper spray in the eyes, and being shocked constantly.[/QUOTE]
But he wasn't shocked constantly. If you beat your child with a spiked bat I'd say he has more chance of dieing than a 37 year old getting tazed.
And if you don't get what I'm saying, I'm saying you did a bad comparison.
[QUOTE=Warriorx4;16331957]But he wasn't shocked constantly. If you beat your child with a spiked bat I'd say he has more chance of dieing than a 37 year old getting tazed.
And if you don't get what I'm saying, I'm saying you did a bad comparison.[/QUOTE]
It all depends wheer you get hit.
[QUOTE=radioactive;16332007]It all depends wheer you get hit.[/QUOTE]
Okay, you hit him in the leg a few times, he's pretty fucked right there since his leg is probably broken/bleeding profusely. Tazer, you get stunned. You're not bleeding nor is anything possibly broken.
[QUOTE=Warriorx4;16332043]Okay, you hit him in the leg a few times, he's pretty fucked right there since his leg is probably broken/bleeding profusely. Tazer, you get stunned. You're not bleeding nor is anything possibly broken.[/QUOTE]
How fucking big are the spikes on this bat anyhow?
[QUOTE=radioactive;16332064]How fucking big are the spikes on this bat anyhow?[/QUOTE]
Please stop arguing. My comparison was shit, really, but what I meant to say was "Excessive force is unnecessary".
How the fuck where they supposed to know that he was deaf?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!??!?
If you don't like the police, see how quickly the quality of life would go down if they weren't there.
[QUOTE=TAU!;16332096]Please stop arguing. My comparison was shit, really, but what I meant to say was "Excessive force is unnecessary".[/QUOTE]
Well a tazer isn't excessive.
[QUOTE=radioactive;16332064]How fucking big are the spikes on this bat anyhow?[/QUOTE]
:iiam:
[QUOTE=Kingy_who;16332107]How the fuck where they supposed to know that he was deaf?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!??!?
If you don't like the police, see how quickly the quality of life would go down if they weren't there.[/QUOTE]
The Police don't do a decent job, and vigilantes would quickly take into action.
Seriously, he's not supposed to be able to use that tag!
[QUOTE=Disgruntled;16332128]Seriously, he's not supposed to be able to use that tag![/QUOTE]
Don't derail the thread.
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