20 Year Old Man Paralyzed after Police Tasing

That is how it used to be handled in the US.

OP - What is the character of the young man in general? Is he an obnoxious, belligerent, dangerous type? Aggressive?

The information in my post is as factual as I can determine at this point based on what I heard from my family but I am not in direct communication with his parents, and what I say is not representative of them in anyway and is only my opinion. I probably shouldn't have posted at all, but I am human and was having an emotional reaction and in my helplessness, wanted to help in some way, however small.

i'm trying very hard not to play the blame game or demonize anyone. It's just a sorry situation. I feel for everyone involved and just continue to pray for them.

There is a lot of insight in your response. It does appear as if the taser is becoming a tool of convenience to expedite situations. Patience or lack thereof could make all the difference.

. . . not in my day, back when the Christians were in charge.

Back then the peace officers came with the paddy wagon, threw them in, hauled them off to the klinker, and locked them up until morning, and that was that, outside of probably a fine, but i donot even think they did that . . . Police service was all tax-paid.

Is that ok with you, asshole shill?

I'm sorry for your misfortune and hope you came out of it okay. Did the taser leave behind any permanent damage other than the scar? Does it still ever hurt or cause any problems?

It is a good thing BRIEF was such a law abiding kid that he never consumed alcohol underage.

Of course, when I got caught by the cops for booze, they simply took the alcohol (and kept it) or told us to pour it out while they watched, or (on 2 occasions) wrote it up.

No cop ever felt the need to shoot me or taze me or beat me.

But cops were a different breed.

If it was one of my relatives and the cops did that (if the facts show they were at fault) they would be found dead of natural causes. Of course that's why the Cops around here are generally decent. They tried hiring some thug white trash New York Cops around here a few years back and one of them started right in trash talking, intimidating and bullying and at that point got the dogshit beat out of his ass. The victim that stood up against the piece of trash got arrested but the DA after reviewing the case dropped charges and the trash got FIRED and is back in the big city where he can treat Law Abiding Citizens like scum and get away with it. Then they had another one of the fools in a nearby town (another BIG CITY NY TRASH cop) pulled the Governor, he had no idea who it was but he was out harassing people. the town had already gotten several complaints about the asshole just arbitrarily pulling people and writing tickets, for instance swerving and he'd call it Wreckless Driving but according to the actual Law you have to cross the line, legally I can swerve all the fuck I want as long as I don't cross the line but he would just make it up to write a ticket. So he wrote the Governor a Bogus Ticket.. LOL, and he was talking down and being rude and disrespectful too. As you can imagine he is not working in Law enforcement anywhere and as what he did was a crime, well you know what happened. lol We just do NOT tolerate filth around here and consequently, we don't have to.

. . . yes, they were so helpful and all what with that nice tazer machine . . .

That's The most awful thing I have heard yet. Horrifying like a gang of thugs, what criminals.

OP, I have read it takes up to a year for a paralyzed person to come to terms with their condition. Instead of giving up, I hope he decides to fight. No one can say positively he will never have any recovery. With his entire life upended it will also take time for him to readjust his goals, purpose, etc.

I will keep him and your family in my heart and thoughts. Let him know there are many strangers who care and are pulling for him.

My nephew was blinded by MRSA when he was 23. When I saw him at a holiday gathering after his recovery he said it was so strange that he had to become blind to find happiness. That doesn't mean he doesn't want to see again, but he's okay with it in the meantime. He even moved from Texas to the northeast on his own.

. . . no, dear, you, your parents, and i will pay for that. We the tax payers pay for it. The Po Lice get off scott free, and go out and dance in the streets.

Can somebody please taser Brief until he soils himself???

Ban tasing, its animistic, might as well break peoples fingers. Fucking sick.

. . . back in the old days we had a paddy wagon and drunk tank for that sort of thing. Back then wewere civilized.

This is the part that athiests don't get ...

"Only by the fear of God will men depart from evil."

Think about it.

God is THE LAW OF THE UNIVERSE.

What goes around comes around.

For every action there is a reaction.

When people finally "get it", they develop a "fear of God" which could also be called a fear of karmic retribution.


sigh.

Why do I bother.

Yea its not like they have a nice matt for you to land on while they hold your hand

Like they demonstrate in the office

HE IS PARALYZED BRIEF......WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU.

. . . now a days they have to wait to see if the incident winds up on Youtube, before they start telling their lies.

I've also had them pour out booze and let me go, but had I attacked them or acted the fool I'm sure I would have gotten body slammed...there are mellow drunks and their are mean drunks...

Nothing wrong with me, I didn't hop a wall while drunk...nor did I give a cop a reason to taze me...

hmmm, i'm double posting....edited to just reply once

Last Edited by LeConnea on 06/29/2011 04:25 PM

Whoever does gets to see my pretty Taurus .38 with hallow points...business end first of course...

The Police are completely liable for his injuries because they MOVED HIM AFTER he fell. It doesn't matter whether he was drunk or what. As soon as they got down to him and the kid was still lying on the ground, they should have immobilized him. That's STANDARD procedure for people who take a fall like that, especially if they aren't moving about after the fall.

That Police Department is going to be paying for this kids health care for the rest of his life.

In the end, once again, it's the taxpayers who will being paying for both the stupidity of the POLICE and foolish citizens.

^^
And there are stupid drunks.

If you act the same sober or drunk,
we know which category you inhabit.

. . . but but how could Government, who sells it to us, and Medical Mafia make all that money if we did that?

eww, horrible stuff

When you resist arrest do you prefer a thumping on the skull with a baton or pepper spray?

I'm in control of my emotions and decisions, therefore avoiding a problem...

DO YOU THINK YOU WILL GET SYMPATHY BRIEF....
WHEN YOUR LAYING HELPLESS......
YOU BETTER HOPE.......

Nope. Definitely will not be me. I don't get stupid drunk and fuk with armed men.


. . . not yet anyway . . .

I don't want your sympathy...last time I got drunk in public I fed the Lemars cotton candy...those fuckers love it, but the zoo keepers got pissed and threatened to kick us out, so I apologized and told them I didn't see the sign...I guess I could have flipped out and jumped over the Lion's pit and hurt myself or attacked them in a violent rage...