Zap! 68-year-old man gets 50,000 volts as Cheney passes

[scoopmeister]

http://www.pnionline.com/dnblog/attytood/archives/001665.html

That's what happened to an unfortunate soul here in the Philly area on Monday, when police wouldn't let him and his son drive the last half-block to his house or park his car and walk. The reason? Their street was blocked for Dick Cheney's motorcade, on his way to a fundraising event for Bucks County GOP congressman Mike Fitzpatrick.

Some words were exchanged, and the next thing you know Jay Saddington, of Warwick, Pa., was zapped with 50,000 volts from a police stun gun.

The apparently very threatening Saddington is 68 years old.

"I'm a fairly respectable citizen, and they treated me like I was a bank robber or killer," Saddington said. "I was really bent out of shape about this whole thing."

[sniffa]

1. can't be too carefuL

i've heard members of the AARP are bad news.

[benddem]

2. that could have killed him

the use of those things is getting more ridiculous by the day.

[FreedomAngel82]

3. Especially at his age

I'm glad he's okay. How horrible people are being treated these days. :banghead:

[Berserker]

8. will we ever be

desensitized to the American Gestapo? Stun guns, tasers, beatings?
I don't remember this sort of thing happening during the Clinton years or maybe that damn liberal media just didn't mention it.

[geomon666]

4. Exactly

He's lucky he's in good shape. Younger people have flat out died because of these trigger happy cops.

[Demit]

5. Well, I read the story and he really did sound like an out-of-control dude

He really did sound like trouble, like he had a chip on his shoulder. This one doesn't sound like overreacting by the cops.

[ohtransplant]

6. Sadly we really do live in a police state.

Whoa be to those who question authority at any level.

Has anyone here been a victim on police aggression? Seems all you have to do is ask a question...

[Beaverhausen]

7. we discussed this yesterday

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3387946

[Warpy]

9. Good, maybe it'll spread in slow ripples outward

and people will start realizing what imperial thugs this bunch are.