Tased in the Chest for 23 Seconds, Dead for 8 Minutes - AKA Price Of Non-Compliance

[loveunderlaw]

Tased in the Chest for 23 Seconds, Dead for 8 Minutes, Now Facing a Lifetime of Recovery

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IMO unless you're being told to do something illegal, you shouldn't give the LEO's grief, do your best to comply with their requests & not be an idiot & you won't get tazed. Seems like this kid was some sort of a Leftist fool aching for a confrontation, he got what he was looking for. I've never had to deal with stuff like that because I know enough to be polite & not try to be cute with the LEO's either.

These kids need to be taught if you think you're going to bicker with the LEO's or attempt to fight them, you're always going to come out on the losing end. Besides that's what court is for, the side of the road is never a good place to debate the LEO's IMO, Take it to court if you don't like it, that's the proper venue IMO to hash things out. More people are just going to wind up hurt if they give the LEO's a disrespectful snarky attitude. I doubt even the founders would've supported the Masters kids actions...

[allodial]

The problem is that the police already know that being forced to get out of your house or car by a stranger without any logical reason is going to alarm or raise flags with most anyone. There isn't an excuse for murdering someone because you feel like you should be simply obeyed for exercise of arbitrary power. If the behavior of one employed as a police officer is questionable then his or her motives and lawfulness may also be just as questionable.

In that particular case, the one employed as a police officer allegedly smelled 'weed' and the MASTERS failed to get out of his car or to roll down the window after being told to get out of the car. The smell of weed apparently was a key factor, the failure of MASTERS to comply with the officer is another.

Officer's Report (PDF)

P.S. In St. Louis City, Missouri, a civilian board for police oversight was established despite opposition from police.

[David Merrill]

Good idea. I wonder when we might find pretend judges no longer overseeing pretend judges?

[allodial]

Good idea. I wonder when we might find pretend judges no longer overseeing pretend judges?

While giving actors and artists awards for their performances is not a bad idea, when artists effectively award themselves it always seemed rather masturbatory to me. Likewise: crooks overseeing crooks and patting each other on the back.