Cop Tasers Fleeing Handcuffed Girl, Head injuries put her in vegetative state

[Brutal Peanut]

She shouldn't have tried to get away, it's true; and he was trying to stop her from resisting arrest. I think what happened was unfortunate, but I doubt he meant for any super serious injuries to occur. It's probably not likely that he set out to put her in the hospital. Hopefully the 'vegetative state' is a exaggeration and she makes a recovery.

But another part of me feels like if he was physically capable, he wouldn't have had to bust out the taser to subdue her. It kind of felt as if he was letting it do the job for him. I've seen far too many overweight policemen who can't really do the jobs they've been trained to do. Since being able to run seems to be part of it. Then again, they'd probably sue the department for discrimination if they tried to ask them to lose weight and re-take physical training courses.

I don't know, I feel conflicted. WAFFLER!

 

[Darthbawls77]

This is why children we dont run from the cops. I also think the cop is in the wrong but again dont run from the cops lol.

 

[ZeroMachine]

Braindead, thus dead.

You keep using that word, I do not think it means what you think it means.

I think I love you <3

I think its officially /thread now that a princess bride reference has been made

I agree.

I feel like it's basically the opposite of Godwin's law.

If you reference Nazis, you lose.

If you reference Princess Bride, you win, and everyone walks away happy.

If only the world were that simple...

Anyway, idiot drugged up girl with two hit and runs and then resisting arrest. Yeah, the cop SHOULD have just grabbed her. But it was still a reasonable response.

A damn fucking shame that she got so injured. But she was an idiot for doing all of the above stated. So I won't damn the cop.

Oh, and nobody quote saying "HURRDURR MURRDERR" to me. It wasn't murder. Saying it was murder is stupid and pathetic. You just hate authority. Admit it.

 

[Kopikatsu]

She shouldn't have tried to get away, it's true; and he was trying to stop her from resisting arrest. I think what happened was unfortunate, but I doubt he meant for any super serious injuries to occur. It's probably not likely that he set out to put her in the hospital. Hopefully the 'vegetative state' is a exaggeration and she makes a recovery.

But another part of me feels like if he was physically capable, he wouldn't have had to bust out the taser to subdue her. It kind of felt as if he was letting it do the job for him. I've seen far too many overweight policemen who can't really do the jobs they've been trained to do. Since being able to run seems to be part of it. Then again, they'd probably sue the department for discrimination if they tried to ask them to lose weight and re-take physical training courses.

I don't know, I feel conflicted. WAFFLER!

The alternative is basically tackling her to the ground. Since she's a slender woman, and he's a heavyset man...her injures would likely have been more severe if he hadn't used the taser.

 

[AngloDoom]

There's something terrifying about all the people who respond to these sorts of threads by saying "He/she ran from the police, of course they're going be killed/crippled."

I'm sure I'm not the only one who finds it a bit disturbing that people expect police to act like fucking Ring Wraiths.

The girl was in handcuffs, it's hard to run in handcuffs. Therefore, the officer is already at a significant advantage. It wouldn't have taken twenty seconds to run her down and grab her. This is just sad.

 

[Tuesday Night Fever]

Why are police officers like this allowed to keep their jobs?

And no, I'm not talking about the tazer incident. I'm talking about officers who are clearly no longer in physical condition to perform the duties of their chosen career.

I've got nothing particularly against people who are overweight... hell, I'm overweight... I just don't get why there aren't regulations requiring officers to be able to maintain a certain level of physical performance, given that their jobs can potentially require it for life-or-death situations.

We need to hold our police officers to a much higher standard. Officers who aren't in any condition to be out on patrol should really be restricted to desk jobs, required to get in shape, or canned.

 

[acer840]

If you run away from the police, expect to be stopped by force. I'm impressed that he went for the Taser instead of a 9mm. She chose to flee from the police, she has to accept the punnishment of fleeing. It is unfourtunate that the result of this is severe head injuries and possible permanent vegetable state, but I can't blame the cop for that, it's his job to stop her. An unfourtunate accident caused by a stupid, stupid decision.

 

[anthony87]

Will someone please explain to me why the drugged up coke head who resisted arrest after being arrested for a hit and run is coming off as the good guy here?

She tried fleeing from the police. Something bad happened. Now she has to deal with the consequences.

 

[jpoon]

Fucking douchebag cop, I hope he loses everything for that. Lazy ass could have easily caught her but chose the easy way out.

 

[ZeroMachine]

Maybe busting out the taser was unnecessary since, well, she was right there, but on the other hand she was running. So yeah. Unfortunate, but shit happens.

Plus, you have to give the cop credit for remembering he was a taser and not busting out the gun and shooting her in the chest 10 times. Thats an improvement over what we have seen recently.

standards

Hey, come on now. We are talking about American cops here. You cant just bring standards into it. Standards are an alien concept to the American police force and indeed the American population in general.

Ah, bigotry. It's good to see you're alive and well.

Asians are terrible drivers that are good at math, black people steal things, and Mexicans are all lazy, amiright?

/sarcasm over

I really, really dislike people like you.

 

[ZeroMachine]

Maybe busting out the taser was unnecessary since, well, she was right there, but on the other hand she was running. So yeah. Unfortunate, but shit happens.

Plus, you have to give the cop credit for remembering he was a taser and not busting out the gun and shooting her in the chest 10 times. Thats an improvement over what we have seen recently.

standards

Hey, come on now. We are talking about American cops here. You cant just bring standards into it. Standards are an alien concept to the American police force and indeed the American population in general.

I really, really dislike people like you.

Dawwww. Thats one of the nicest ways I have ever heard someone say "Fuck you asshole".

I love you too baby! Come here, let me give you a kiss. Unless your American. In that case....

(Seriously, I was joking. Dude, you have 5000 posts, you have seen me around. You know not to take everything I say super seriously, I hope.)

Well, sorry I don't keep track of everyone I see. Your post there showed no signs of sarcasm in it. It sounded serious and biting to me.

 

[Ickorus]

Technically he was in the right since she was outrunning him and would otherwise have gotten away but it just highlights the underlying problem, a lot of police officers are unfit.

Take the fat cop away and replace him with a fit one and she wouldn't have stood a chance of outrunning him; this mess could easily have been avoided if the police were required to stay in shape.

 

[Brutal Peanut]

She shouldn't have tried to get away, it's true; and he was trying to stop her from resisting arrest. I think what happened was unfortunate, but I doubt he meant for any super serious injuries to occur. It's probably not likely that he set out to put her in the hospital. Hopefully the 'vegetative state' is a exaggeration and she makes a recovery.

But another part of me feels like if he was physically capable, he wouldn't have had to bust out the taser to subdue her. It kind of felt as if he was letting it do the job for him. I've seen far too many overweight policemen who can't really do the jobs they've been trained to do. Since being able to run seems to be part of it. Then again, they'd probably sue the department for discrimination if they tried to ask them to lose weight and re-take physical training courses.

I don't know, I feel conflicted. WAFFLER!

The alternative is basically tackling her to the ground. Since she's a slender woman, and he's a heavyset man...her injures would likely have been more severe if he hadn't used the taser.

I'll be honest, even though he had an advantage; I don't think he would have caught up to her to tackle her - which is probably why he used the taser. He quickly realized that there was a noticeable gap. But that just leads back to my mention of his physical capabilities. A part of me feels that if he was more physically capable he would have not only have caught up with her in that short space, he may not of even had to bull-dog tackle her to the concrete. Not only that, she was offered the opportunity to run in the first place, which means he probably wasn't paying close enough attention to her as he should have.

I'm not saying he's inherently 'wrong', because he did what he thought he had to do to subdue a fleeing criminal, it just,...something feels weird. It seems to be filled with too many 'woulda, shoulda, couldas', if you know what I mean.

 

[The Unworthy Gentleman]

Why the fuck are they even officers? If they spent more time running instead of watching TV they wouldn't have needed the tasers in the first place and the girl would be fine. The guy is just unprofessional, put a bit of effort in man.

 

[Active Schizophrenic]

God, that is the most homophobic website I have ever seen. is it run by 16 year olds?

 

[Flames66]

I can't really feel too bad for her. It takes a special kind of stupid to run from the police AFTER you're already handcuffed.

All it takes is fear, looks like she was correct to be afraid.