Wednesday, 23 September 2009
T.A.S.E.R. Happy Police Zap an Unarmed, Legless Man in a Wheelchair
Watch the video, basically the guy went off when the police tried to take his child away from him. I would have too. Police wonder why people are so hostile to them... the aforementioned vid is a good example of why.
In my own area, we have 3 little towns where the police ticketing of motorists is beyond abusive. Hainesville, known for years as Lake County's top speed trap, was one of three Lake county towns where at least nine of 10 stopped motorists got a ticket in 2008, according to state data. The other two were Vernon Hills (94 percent) and Round Lake Heights (91 percent).
In Antioch, only 24.4 percent of drivers stopped by police end up with tickets. The statewide average is 61 percent, which is where Round Lake numbers fell at 61.9 percent.
I live right next to Round Lake Heights. Its a Crime-ridden, illegal mexican immigrant neighborhood, but the police are more interested in ticketing hard working people with a job than preventing crime. Granny going 5 over the limit is more of a legal concern than Juan and Julio selling dope, stealing cars or breaking into decent folks homes. RLH pissed me off back in 2002 over a ticket such that I didn't even drive thru their crappy little burg for 2 years. Just doing my part not to shop in a community that abuses its people.
Ya know...... I grew up in a small, small town in central Illinois. A little town of 300 folk with one community policeman. Everyone knew him, everyone liked him. He knew all us kids and he knew our parents. When we got in trouble he would take us to our parents, not to jail. When we were being stuck on stupid as kids tend to do from time to time he would admonish us, not cuff us, and send us on home. Sure enough when we got home mom and dad were waiting to give us our just desserts.
But, you know what.... if that officer were ever in need of help, everyone in town would have jumped to his aid... so the cops out there that want to taser disabled folks and show no mercy when writing that ticket... you need to ask yourself who will come to your aid should you walk down that dark alley with the bad guy waiting for you.... cuz the answer i have for the cops in the above 3 villages is good luck....
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The gamer's neighbors called police because they heard screams and loud noises coming from the man's residence. When police showed up they talked to the man who told them he was playing video games.
