Chuck E Cheese: Man Tasered, Arrested for not providing proof of purchase

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Man Tasered, Arrested for not providing evidence of salad purchase at Chuck E Cheese

Dad Accused Of Chuck E. Cheese Salad Theft Zapped By Police Aurora Police Say Proper Procedures Followed

AURORA, Colo. -- Aurora police have reviewed a weekend incident in which a man accused of stealing salad from a Chuck E. Cheese salad bar was hit with a stun gun twice by officers and said that proper procedures were followed.

The incident began at 4:05 p.m. Sunday when officers were called to the restaurant on a report of a larceny in progress.

Police talked to the Chuck E. Cheese manager, who told them that a customer had refused to show proof that he had paid for food. The manager said the man was seen "loading" his plate at the salad bar.

The officers confronted Danon Gale, 29, who was at the restaurant with his children, aged 3 and 7. Patrons said the popular kids pizza parlor was packed with children and families at the time.

According to police, Gale was asked to step outside to discuss the incident.

"According to witnesses (Gale) refused to cooperate with police and a struggle ensued," said Larry Martinez, a police spokesman. He said that Gale became argumentative and shoved one of the officers, a fact disputed by another patron.

"One of the officers kept poking the gentleman in the chest," Felicia Mayo told the Rocky Mountain News.

She was there with her 7-year-old son. She told the newspaper that Gale told the officer "You don’t have to do that." She said Gale never put his hands on the officer who was confronting him

The argument escalated until Gale was shoved into the lap of Mayo’s sister, who was sitting two booths away, holding a 10-month-old baby. That’s when police pulled out a Taser stun gun to subdue him.

"They beat this man in front of all these kids then Tased him in my sister’s lap," Mayo told the newspaper. "They had no regard for the effect this would have on the kids. This is Chuck E. Cheese, you know."

Gale’s two children were "screaming and hollering and crying" as Gale was hit two times with the stun gun.

Police arrested Gale as his children and other customers watched. They took him outside, leaving his children inside the restaurant.

http://bellaciao.org/en/article.php3?id_article=5413

[Nikepallas]

1. I heard mike talk about that. Proof that America has gone insane!

[CornField]

2. There's another thread on this

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3201761

The taser stuff just gets more and more bizarre

[Bark Bark Bark]

3. Wow, Dinner AND a Show

A colorful wonderland of screaming and crying.

"Are we having fascism yet?"
--Zippy

[BBradley]

4. How many times does this kind of thing have to happen before

We hold these people accountable for their actions? Obviously the police aren't being told that less-lethal does not mean safe. How many of the elderly, children, peaceful need to be tasered before someone faces some very real consequences for their actions. Does somebody need to die before we wake up?

[Must_B_Free]

5. Lots of victims of taser have already died

most recent I recall was a guy who was "loitering" and failed to follow police orders. Dead.

[ChairOne]

6. Hm. Was he black? (and the cops white?)

Just looking for something that might make the story make sense...

[Must_B_Free]

7. Send Feedback to Chuck E Cheese - I did.

http://www.chuckecheese.com/feedback/restaurant.html

[DistressedAmerican]

8. Yet Another Small Sign Of An Ever Growing Police State!