Cops Taser 76-year-old tractor driver
Newsbot @ Thu Aug 06, 2009 9:27 am
Title: Cops Taser 76-year-old tractor driver
Category: Law & Order
Posted By: WDHIII
Date: 2009-08-06 07:38:11
GreenTiger @ Thu Aug 06, 2009 9:27 am
They do seem to tazer a lot, but I guess its better than shooting them.
Brenda @ Thu Aug 06, 2009 9:30 am
How many people live in the US and Canada combined? How often do you hear about it? I think its not that bad...
BeaverFever @ Thu Aug 06, 2009 9:40 am
$1:
They do seem to tazer a lot, but I guess its better than shooting them.
Obviously this man wasn't tasered as an alternative to shooting him, sound like the cops just got lazy. The problem with tasers is that they were brought in as an alternative to using deadly force with a sidearm but cops instead use them whenever they don't feel like chasing somebody or using physical force. Tasers should only be used when the only alternative is using lethal force.
PublicAnimalNo9 @ Thu Aug 06, 2009 9:42 am
Brenda:Tell that to the family of the Polish man the RCMP tasered to death simply cuz he couldn't speak English. There's no such thing as non-lethal weapon. The term itself is an oxy-moron. And while it's certainly a better alternative to putting a round or 3 into someone, I think too many cops like playing with their new toy. They can use it just like a gun to feel like big bad cowboys.
Frederick @ Thu Aug 06, 2009 9:49 am
I guess he wasn't giving them the straight story.
Robair @ Thu Aug 06, 2009 9:50 am
They tasered him to stop him from hitting a car with his tractor? 
Never been hit with one of those, but I would think that could cause you to lose control of a tractor??
raydan @ Thu Aug 06, 2009 9:51 am
He's 76, has a heart condition and survived.
I'm guessing that the shock probably did more good than bad and he'll start chasing young women around town. 
Brenda @ Thu Aug 06, 2009 9:55 am
PublicAnimalNo9 PublicAnimalNo9:
Brenda:Tell that to the family of the Polish man the RCMP tasered to death simply cuz he couldn't speak English. There's no such thing as non-lethal weapon. The term itself is an oxy-moron. And while it's certainly a better alternative to putting a round or 3 into someone, I think too many cops like playing with their new toy. They can use it just like a gun to feel like big bad cowboys.
It was not simply because he didn't speak English, and I take it you don't know my stance on that one
PublicAnimalNo9 @ Thu Aug 06, 2009 9:58 am
Brenda Brenda:
PublicAnimalNo9 PublicAnimalNo9:
Brenda:Tell that to the family of the Polish man the RCMP tasered to death simply cuz he couldn't speak English. There's no such thing as non-lethal weapon. The term itself is an oxy-moron. And while it's certainly a better alternative to putting a round or 3 into someone, I think too many cops like playing with their new toy. They can use it just like a gun to feel like big bad cowboys.
It was not simply because he didn't speak English, and I take it you don't know my stance on that one
I know the story behind it all lol and no, I don't know yer stance on that one
Choban @ Thu Aug 06, 2009 10:02 am
Fact is I can fathom any reasonable excuse for tasering a 76 year old man driving in a parade for not obeying orders (perhaps he has a hearing problem). While I agree that tasers are preferred to shooting people (in most cases, some they should just pop and save society the burden of their company) I think that as a whole they need to be retrained on their use and aware that they are not suitable replacements for actually dealing with people on a face to face level.
PublicAnimalNo9 @ Thu Aug 06, 2009 5:29 pm
Here here, well said ![[B-o]](./images/smilies/drinkup.gif "Drink up")
Mukluk @ Thu Aug 06, 2009 8:14 pm
Robair Robair:
They tasered him to stop him from hitting a car with his tractor?
Never been hit with one of those, but I would think that could cause you to lose control of a tractor??
Never been hit with one of those, but I would think that could cause you to lose control of a tractor??
rotfl
You know, I hadn't thought of that. I would love to see a pic of this "tractor" too, btw. Probably a riding lawn mower.
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digerdick @ Thu Aug 06, 2009 11:27 pm
tazering 76 year old man driving a tractor in a parade ==== Are comedy writer doing the scripts for these cops or are they really that stupid........
digerdick @ Fri Aug 07, 2009 7:50 am
A lot of the cops in the small rural towns in the states seem as if they are mentally stunted at about the grade 7 level....tazering a 76 year old man on a tractor in a parade would seem correct to a fat lazy power hungry elected billybob cop................................