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Deaf, Disabled Senior Citizen on Bicycle Deemed Threat by Police, Tased to Death

Seeded on Fri Nov 25, 2011 3:15 AM EST
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Now can someone explain to me why Officer John Turner of Scotland Neck, North Carolina's police department felt the need to use a joy-buzzing compliance aid on an 61-year-old, disabled man with a hearing impairment who was riding down the street on a bicycle? Because that man is now dead.

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If, in the euphemistic police state in which we currently live, pepper-spray is a taco condiment, that would make tasing...what?

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Reply#1 - Fri Nov 25, 2011 3:16 AM EST
krishna-167929

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Reply#2 - Fri Nov 25, 2011 3:17 AM EST
Trying to find Work

6 foot 1 inch 230 pound rampaging gymgoer throwing around universal weight machines in an occupied gym versus a 61 year old deaf disabled man riding a bicycle down the street.

Which one would you tase?

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Reply#3 - Fri Nov 25, 2011 4:05 AM EST
Abby.

This was Turner's first month on the force.

Looks like he joined the force for all the wrong reasons.
Arsehole.

  • 2 votes
Reply#4 - Fri Nov 25, 2011 6:26 AM EST
redphish

I really hope he will be starting on a new career as a convict in the North Carolina penal system.

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#4.1 - Fri Nov 25, 2011 4:49 PM EST
Abby.

Seconded!

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#4.2 - Fri Nov 25, 2011 5:51 PM EST
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Rygar

All I can say is what the hell?!?!

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Reply#5 - Fri Nov 25, 2011 8:02 AM EST
mrsrachelm

From another article about this incident:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2065629/Police-killed-deaf-cyclist-stun-gun-failed-obey-instructions-stop.html

The state Office of the Medical Examiner hasn't yet determined a cause of death.

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Reply#6 - Fri Nov 25, 2011 9:34 AM EST
Shelby Davenport

Just because he/she is a police officer doesn't mean that they joined the force for the right reason.

I once knew someone who was desperate to become a cop.....because he wanted to be able to carry a gun!

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Reply#7 - Fri Nov 25, 2011 11:54 AM EST
J. W. Welch

It appears the cop was scared to death (no pun) of some older guy on a bike.

If the old guy didn't respond to the cop when he approached from behind in his car, why didn't he go around him where he could then be seen?

Dumb jerk.

  • 2 votes
Reply#8 - Fri Nov 25, 2011 12:43 PM EST
Digits

maybe one day people will quit pretending that tasering only happens to 'the bad guys.'

seeded to taserwatch.

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Reply#9 - Wed Dec 21, 2011 1:37 AM EST
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