Should this man be punished?

[Dango]

Considering that a policeman fired a taser from a moving vehicle at another moving vehicle, which is an extremely stupid move that by itself should not be tolerated, yes he should be punished.

 

[Dags90]

I have since watched the video, I still think he was in the wrong. It doesn't count as resisting arrest, because he was never actually physically confronted by the officer. He was pursued, but the officer never had the opportunity to try and place him under arrest, this is an important detail. I wouldn't call this police "brutality", but "excessive force" and improper taser training. Running from the police does not justify the use of a taser and is not resisting arrest.

Without evidence that he wasn't acting in good faith (i.e., had improper taser training) or that he had attempted to hide his misdoings (which remains to be seen) he shouldn't face criminal charges, however he should probably be relieved of duty without pension.

 

[wolf92]

Oh he should defiantly be punished
A tazer bolt to his nuts would be a nice start

 

[Blue_vision]

Sure, the guy may have been wrong for not stopping for the cop. But I can definitely see why they didn't. A cop pulling you over totally out of the blue late at night and going pretty bezerk in driving towards you to get you to pull over, in an area where you know that this cop very well could be a racist looking for something to arrest you on so he can cause your misery? Even if the cop isn't going to beat you up a bit before arresting you, and then say you were resisting, the possibility that he could (I've seen inland Florida,) is a pretty big incentive to not stop at all.

The cop's just an idiot for firing his tazer from a moving vehicle at a moving target who's right in front of him. That alone should get him a manslaughter charge, though him being a cop would probably just get him a slap on the wrist, maybe a month's off pay or something.
That's the thing that really pisses me off about cops. They have near-total invulnerability to the laws that they're supposed to enforce. Because of this, they end up attracting a lot of assholes and people with power issues who end up abusing things. There are plenty of good cops, but there needs to be a much better system of screening out the bad ones. If someone does something like this, they shouldn't get "disciplined." They should get thrown off the force, and then charged for murder.

 

[The87Italians]

At first I thought no because the kid didn't stop when he told him to, but then after tasing and killing him? He should be punished.

 

[Kortney]

I have no problems in believing that this kid had either just committed a crime or was most likely just about to - he saw the police and then tried to out run them in a desperate attempt to not be caught with a firearm.

If not, the kid if a downright moron and had it coming. If you are totally innocent, you don't run from the police. It's pretty simple really. Granted, this kid did not deserve to die over this, and it is sad but as I stated earlier the Police officer made a mistake and did not intend to hit him. Stuff like this happens in life. Yeah, it's incredibly sad but it doesn't mean the kid was innocent and it doesn't mean the police officer was corrupt.

This forum seems to get a hard on over disrespecting, mocking and acting spiteful towards coppers. It's tiring. You don't like the police? Then don't come running for help when you find yourself in trouble.

I fully respect the job the police do, and that's why I am more likely to take the side of a fully trained police officer over some piece of riffraff and his mam.

No, the Officer shouldn't be punished. If they can't prove the gun was planted - then nothing should come of it. He didn't mean to run over the kid.

No, but he did mean to fire his taser from a moving vehicle, an incredibly dangerous and life-threatening act, not only to the suspect but also to other members of the public, and unjustified due to the suspect not posing a threat, and in this instance it resulted in a death. Those are grounds for a manslaughter charge in my eyes, or whatever is the equivalent in US law.

Heh, I guess you and I think differently. I think that a kid cycling very quickly away with a handgun in his pocket and ignoring numerous orders by a police offer to stop, and continuing to do so for several minutes deserves to be tasered. I'm perfectly happy living in a community where that happens.

I love how everyone assumes the gun is planted because the kid was black and his mum said he wouldn't carry one. I don't know if you saw British news much in the last 2 years but there's been a string of black-on-black stabbings on London, a lot of the cases were characterised by the mums saying their kids were good boys, immediately followed by a string of 'gangsta' weapon posing pictures turning up off of their facebook. Incidentally these cases were I believe what caused Facebook to remove pictures of people with weapons.

Also, do American police carry an emergency planting gun in their cars at all times? I'm not too surprised it was printless since I'd avoid leaving prints or DNA too and if the cop really did have an unregistered weapon on his person during patrols or in his car wouldn't another cop have noticed if he did that as a matter of course?

Agree wholeheartedly. Thankyou. If I was out to commit a crime with a handgun, I wouldn't leave prints on it either. I think it's way more likely that the kid took the extra efforts to ensure he didn't leave his prints of the firearm than the police planting on his dead body.

But continue crying foul play everyone. The sad thing is, people like to believe this shit.

 

[V TheSystem V]

This is the type of thing that makes me hate the police. They are so corrupt it's untrue and will do whatever it takes to make sure they keep their jobs. They have too much power and use it to their advantage. They also don't know the laws themselves, it seems.

 

[Trotgar]

Yes, of course. He's killed a guy just because he "thought" that guy was breaking the law. And probably has also planted the evidence. Plus there's unfortunate implications because of the victim's skin color. Throw that "policeman" in prison, i say.

I agree. He killed a person without even any good suspicion.

Around 50% of the police force should be in prison.

For Russia and everything nearby, increase that to 99,9% - America dosen't get it nearly as bad.

Do you mean everything nearby Russia? Because here in Finland the policemen seem mostly very professional and kind. Of course there's bound to be corruption and all, but I'm pretty sure there are not many places in which corruption doesn't exist.

 

[senataur]

Honest answer....
Dunno.

I wonder how it was possible to have the momentum to run over the guy especially after he had been hit by the tazer. I could see however it might be possible to for bad communication between the 'shooter' and the driver and the driver to be caught by surprise by the victim falling in the wrong direction.

I would have to give the cops the benefit of the doubt.

I still fucking hate Tazers though. They are potentially lethal weapons that are sold as non-lethal and pulled out in too many inappropriate situations. They are too ineffective to use in life threatening situations, and too dangerous to be used non non-life threatening situations.

 

[wfpdk]

the real 9/10 of the law is the story you tell to the judge. of course he shouldn't be punished.

 

[chris89300]

Life sentence I say, that'll teach cops not to kill people who PAY them to go around ruining everyone's day.