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Trai_Dep
10/25/09

In reply to Tasers Now Come In Shotguns, Special Edition "Walls" Of Tase-tainment
Why is it that Teabaggers and whackjobs who greet the President with assault rifles get a pat on the head and intense, friendly mainstream media coverage, while college kids protesting IMF and warn of Wall Street speculation destroying the global economy a couple years before the Financial Apocalypse hit get Tasers and tear gas?
Is it the pleated pants? The pastels? The tucked-in shirts? The spectacle of jiggling folds of male gut-fat? #taser
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Poodle_Heart
10/24/09

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More on taser atrocities: Some specially egregious erosions of any notion of appropriate use of force

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[www.salon.com] #taser
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Snowspot
10/24/09

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Why not just skip all this foreplay and just start installing computer chips in people's brains that shock them when they do something unsavory. #taser
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Poodle_Heart
10/24/09

@Snowspot: Actually, the Tase Wall would be rolled out against people with chips *before* they do something unsavory. #taser
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Anrkist
10/24/09

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The older form of crowd control... Ain't it grand? #taser
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Poodle_Heart
10/24/09

@Anrkist: Dogs, too. #taser
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Knox_Harrington
10/25/09

@If_I_Had_a_Poodle: Yeah, I was thinking there is something inherently racist or fascist or, uhh, something that just makes my skin crawl about this Taser shit. Maybe it's the perverse pleasure cops and reporters seem to get when they do one of these stories. Whenever you see a "reporter" getting tased (tazed? tasered? whatever) you can just see a sparkle in the eyes of the cop or cop-type who is administering it. #taser
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seyswho
10/24/09

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Coming next: AK-47000 Volters #taser
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Poodle_Heart
10/24/09

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Wall of Tase is a great name for a band. #taser
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MrInBetween
10/24/09

@If_I_Had_a_Poodle: So is BA-BLAW! #taser
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Foster Kamer
10/24/09

@If_I_Had_a_Poodle: Right? They could be the next Industrial-Post-Prog-Rock thing.

SNFF post coming shortly, everyone. I came down with a case of the Finkes. #taser
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Airvault
10/24/09

@Foster Kamer: Hooray!! SNFF!! #taser
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Poodle_Heart
10/24/09

@Foster Kamer: Punk-Emo-Goth-Metal- Industrial-Post-Prog-Rock #taser
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Matt Cherette
10/24/09

@Foster Kamer: Finke had another case of the Finkes on Thursday! With no explanation, natch. #taser
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stevenstevo
10/23/09

In reply to 'You Taser Her, It's All Over the News!'
If I were a cop, I would taser away, all the time.

Ask me why I am arresting you. Tazer.

Tell me you "know your rights." Tazer.

Kick me. Tazer.

Call me "bro." Double tazer. #tasers
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random_play
10/23/09

@stevenstevo: Paddling the school canoe. You better believe that's a tazerin'. #tasers
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Bipolar-Cop
10/23/09

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Fact of the matter is that Tazer was intended to be a "less lethal" alternative for scenarios involving guys swinging bats and knives around, NOT as a compliance tool. I recall that when it was being introduced that was the selling point. "No longer will we have to shoot people threatening cops with weapons other than firearms."

My buddy who is a sheriff told me that most of these cases you see on youtube of people being tazed to get them out of a car, etc should be considered unlawful, despite how many departments review the case and call the shot "within departmental guidelines."

This is just a shitty slippery slope to a police state. Yeah, don't fight or resist cops, no duh. But how many times have we seen non-violent people zapped?

Ban them. I'd rather see a few drugged out knife wielders get shot than get zapped myself because I dared to question a cop. #tasers
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BettyCrocker
10/23/09

@Bipolar-Cop: How many times have we seen non-violent people zapped? Not a lot, methinks, but of course one is too many.

There are remedies to inappropriate zapping which include a Civilian Complaint Board, lawsuits, and media exposure of the incident (if that's available).

I'd like to see more zapping and less shooting, truly. #tasers
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rumpofsteelskin
10/23/09

@BettyCrocker: Sure like with this puppy which can blast three electrodes at three crazed knife wielding drug addicts at once! The Taser X3:
[www.taser.com]

Fucking drugged up knife wielders! Let's taze 'em up real gooood and keep our streets safe! #tasers
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BettyCrocker
10/23/09

@dontread: Beats gunfire, which has an annoying tendency to hit targets which are not aimed at, like children and kitty cats. #tasers
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rumpofsteelskin
10/23/09

@BettyCrocker: Well I should hope to god that the cops in this video never considered gunfire as an option! Just a little kick is all. . . . #tasers
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Bipolar-Cop
10/23/09

@BettyCrocker:
I hear you. However (call me a right wing nut-job) I'd rather a few children and kitties (and I LOOOVE kitties) get caught in the crossfire than live in a country where merely questioning authority gets you zapped and taken off to jail.

I am painting with a broad brush here; I know that we don't see every Tazer shot that occurs posted onto YouTube, but I do believe that enough abuse happens, even if from a minority of cops, that we should remove them from use. The fact that the screwed up ones we DO see are generally called lawful after internal review scares the crap out of me.

I know, its funny, I am basically saying "we can trust cops with lethal firearms but not with a shocking device", but that IS what I am saying.

Giving authorities an "instant compliance" tool in general leads to a horrible "my word is law because I can now reduce you to a quivering heap at will" attitude in some cops, an attitude that we should eliminate before it is too late and it becomes institutionalized. #tasers
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BettyCrocker
10/23/09

@Bipolar-Cop: All good points and made well.

Questioning a cop like "Why am I being arrested?" should not result in a zap - they're supposed to tell you in pretty short order, and 99% of the time it's obvious why you're being arrested. That's not what happened here.

I see the potential for taser abuse, and I think the law in this area will change, because it really is an assault weapon. #tasers
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johnny_carsick
10/23/09

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geez. between this and the bong water ruling, 10/22 was like Black Friday for hippies.

good thing their short-term memories only span the past five hours anyhow.... #tasers
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morninggloria
10/23/09

In reply to 'You Taser Her, It's All Over the News!'
Maybe the solution is department-wide dance lessons so the police can start j'ete-ing and stop j'terrorizing people.

This message brought to you by the Hot Cops. #tasers
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lionel-mandrake
10/23/09

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The kick is pretty clear.

The lesson? Cops suck (until you really need one) and don't ever, ever assault a police officer.

I may not think highly of the police, but I've never had a bad run-in with the cops, I think this is because I keep my liberal vitriol to myself. If I see cops doing something problematic, I make a note of the names on their badges or the plate number on their cruiser and file it away should I need the info later. What don't I do? Get into a screaming confrontation, because it's a virtual guarantee that your ass will get pounded, and you'll go to jail anyway. #tasers
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Jackie Olive
10/23/09

@lionel-mandrake: Also, you're probably white. #tasers
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bytememehard
10/23/09

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Actually, I'm surprised they didn't put a bullet in her, the usual course of action for resisting arrest while being black. #tasers
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JohanPaladin
10/23/09

In reply to 'You Taser Her, It's All Over the News!'
Isn't a "National Day of Action Against Police Brutality" just asking for trouble? #tasers
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OldSpinDoc
10/23/09

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"arrest the lady without shocking her"

Lady?! Using the term rather loosely, ain't we? #tasers
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BettyCrocker
10/23/09

@OldSpinDoc: Most women who are ladies are never arrested. Or if they are, it's for things like blocking bulldozers from ripping up community gardens. I don't know too many ladies who try to go all ghetto ninja on the cops. #tasers
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iplaudius
10/23/09

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She is actually one of those people with a sexual fetish for electric shocks. When truth comes out, she is going to get sued big time for sexual harassment. #tasers
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