Cops Taze Disturbed, Unarmed Naked Man to Death for "Walking

[joeblow]

Cops Taze Disturbed, Unarmed Naked Man to Death for "Walking Toward Them'
By Steven D., Booman Tribune
Posted on December 5, 2009, Printed on December 5, 2009

http://www.alternet.org/blogs/healthwel ... rd_them%27

It's simply dreadful how these communist propaganda mouthpieces, like the Salt Lake City Tribune continue to attack our law enforcement officials from using tasers to protect themselves from unarmed naked people. So what if a bipolar guy who could have been taken into custody without the use of deadly force died after being shocked twice by the police because he was "walking toward them?" Mentally disturbed people should know better than to fail to obey a lawful police order immediately. Guy had it coming to him, is what I say.

    In June, [Brian Cardall] 32, was returning to Arizona after visiting Utah when he experienced a manic episode brought on by his bipolar disorder. He pulled his car to the side of the road, got out, removed his clothes, and began flagging down vehicles on State Road 59 outside Hurricane.

    Cardall's wife gave him medication, called the police, informed the dispatcher of her husband's psychotic condition and the fact that it would take a while for the medicine to take effect. But Cardall ran out of time.

    Just 42 seconds after Hurricane Chief of Police Lynn Excell and officer Ken Thompson arrived at the scene, Thompson claims, a confused Cardall, who refused to get on the ground as ordered, stepped toward the officers. Thompson fired his Taser, striking a naked and unarmed Cardall in the chest over the heart. When the Flagstaff resident attempted to rise, Thompson gave him a second jolt. Within minutes, Cardall was dead, one of about 350 Americans to die after a Taser deployment since 2001.

    Had the incident occurred 20 years ago, before Tasers came on the market, Cardall, who weighed just 156 pounds, would have been physically taken to the ground and handcuffed. He may have suffered bumps and bruises, cuts and scrapes. The police officers would have risked same. But nobody would have died.

Don't you hate it when certain "socialistic" newspaper editors carp about the "good old days" before tasers were invented and police were given the right to literally shock people into submission for any reason whatsoever?

Why should our law enforcement officials have to risk dirtying up their spiffy and no doubt freshly washed uniforms by wrestling unarmed naked people to the ground merely to put handcuffs on them? As another example, why should our police have to risk scrapes and bruises to subdue some ten year old kid who throws a hissy fit? Or have to listen to some mouthy 72 year old woman talk smack at them?

Hey, a few unnecessary deaths is a small price to pay for keeping our police officers looking neat and tidy, stress free, and not having to suffer the indignity of wrestling unarmed 156 pound naked guys.

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[Jenny Lake]

Truly sad. I wonder what happened to the wife?
A few years ago in my neighborhood, a known 'medicated' regular of the streets had the cops called on him for standing around and waving and yelling. He had a screwdriver in his hand. 3 or 4 cop cars showed up and after some minutes of deeply agitating this guy, they shot him to death. He had nine bullets in him. There was an inquiry --the cops exonerated from any wrongdoing, of course. Doesn't matter if it's tasers or guns, or clubs, gas, and anything else. The cops are not there to solve 'problems' as in giving help. How long will it take people to figure that out?

[Travis]

Truly sad. I wonder what happened to the wife?
A few years ago in my neighborhood, a known 'medicated' regular of the streets had the cops called on him for standing around and waving and yelling. He had a screwdriver in his hand. 3 or 4 cop cars showed up and after some minutes of deeply agitating this guy, they shot him to death. He had nine bullets in him. There was an inquiry --the cops exonerated from any wrongdoing, of course. Doesn't matter if it's tasers or guns, or clubs, gas, and anything else. The cops are not there to solve 'problems' as in giving help. How long will it take people to figure that out?

With the current mind set of the majority of the world's inhabitants never. I hate to quote N.W.A but I think they had a point when they said in regards to the police 'to serve and protect and break a niggas neck'

[maz]

Maybe a bit off-topic, but stripping off clothes and walking towards the police does not seem like the kind of behaviour that is generally associated with people who have bi-polar disorder.

[Jenny Lake]

maybe after years on meds you've got all new and different disorders....