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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 02:14 AM Original message |
Even if you excuse the TASER, you can't excuse the torture. |
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JeffR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 02:18 AM Response to Original message |
1. Damn right. |
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MnFats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 02:20 AM Response to Original message |
2. umm....perhaps I've been out of it.. |
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dubykc (321 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 02:23 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. UCLA Police Officers... |
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we can do it (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 08:04 AM Response to Reply #6 |
30. He Didn't Refuse To Leave, He Forgot His ID - They Were "Randomly Checking" |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 09:33 AM Response to Reply #6 |
36. He didn't refuse. He WAS leaving. |
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crikkett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 09:38 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. He was leaving TOO SLOWLY. |
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mom cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 11:56 AM Response to Reply #36 |
43. Exactamundo! He was on his way out when the machokins began |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 03:23 AM Response to Reply #2 |
19. The police used a taser on a woman in my suburban area, |
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athena (771 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 04:02 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. That's horrible beyond words. I hope many people hear about this. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 04:09 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Maybe I'll start a thread about it tomorrow, Athena. |
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athena (771 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 06:29 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. That cop was suspended for one week without pay. That's all he got. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 07:51 AM Response to Reply #19 |
28. Here it is. |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 09:50 AM Response to Reply #19 |
40. It's awful. Here's a link to the story you're talking about: |
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dubykc (321 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 02:22 AM Response to Original message |
3. Exactly! |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 02:23 AM Response to Original message |
4. Had a policeman stop by me recently, call "can I talk with you" |
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file83 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 02:38 AM Response to Reply #4 |
12. You did what you needed to do... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 03:26 AM Response to Reply #4 |
20. I would have done the same thing, uppityperson |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 12:06 PM Response to Reply #20 |
44. Yeah, it was a bit of a shock to me, better prepared for next time. |
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4morewars (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 02:23 AM Response to Original message |
5. I excuse neither sir ! |
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file83 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 02:25 AM Response to Original message |
7. The people that think the tasering was "okay" have no business here on the DU... |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 02:35 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. I'm so thankful you bring this up. I agree with you on this. |
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file83 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 02:42 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. TASER profits. Based in Arizona. I used to know a Taser salesman.... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 03:28 AM Response to Reply #13 |
21. Not only do they profit, they want to expand into the CONSUMER market. |
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file83 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 09:54 PM Response to Reply #21 |
53. Yup, they call it 'Citizen Taser'. The catch is that these Citizen Tasers |
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951-Riverside (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 02:35 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Here in California the police routinely use tasers on people who run from them |
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file83 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 02:46 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. They do that shit because the Police Chiefs are probably getting kickbacks from Taser. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 02:59 AM Response to Reply #7 |
15. I agree 500% |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 09:36 AM Response to Reply #7 |
37. !! |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 12:51 PM Response to Reply #7 |
45. yeah! |
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lies and propaganda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 02:28 AM Response to Original message |
8. they just kept doin it over and over |
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file83 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 02:32 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. It's Abu-Ghraib at UCLA....they are disableling the guy with electro-shock weapons |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 09:39 AM Response to Reply #9 |
39. You know what it reminds me of? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 03:29 AM Response to Reply #8 |
22. That's exactly what I thought. |
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entanglement (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 03:05 AM Response to Original message |
16. Kicked and recommended |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 03:09 AM Response to Original message |
17. I'm really getting tired of this "law and order" shit... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 03:16 AM Response to Original message |
18. And just think -- if they're doing this to UCLA kids w/out ID's, |
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athena (771 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 03:30 AM Response to Original message |
23. The taser was used to torture AND humiliate the student. |
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athena (771 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 06:38 AM Response to Original message |
27. It's shows like 24, Alias and CSI that desensitize people to the idea of torture. |
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screembloodymurder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
29. There is no excuse. |
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we can do it (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
31. This Is An Illustration of Why We Need TO REPEAL the Patriot Act NOW |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
32. Sadly torture is a national policy, priority and past-time since the Congress figuratively jumped |
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kdpeters (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
33. There's no defending these cops. They'd have been killed in a dangerous incident |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
34. And NO excuse for telling other students to go back or they'd be tased too! |
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goddess40 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
35. the atmosphere of bullying that is all american |
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ArmchairMeme (390 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
41. Video |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 11:38 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Because they're sadistic cowards. n/t |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
46. Kick. n/t |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
47. watch "Fire in the Eyes" sometime |
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BlueStorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 03:58 PM Response to Reply #47 |
55. Eyeball swabbing... what the hell is that? |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 08:29 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. cops took q-tips dipped in pepper spray, and rubbed them in protestors' eyes |
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BlueStorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 11:12 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Ok that is just plain sick..... |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 11:18 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. intimidation, plain and simple, intimidation and cruelty |
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BlueStorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 11:26 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Wow... I will have to get the video if I can |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
48. One poster said you can't get up, when you've been tasered. |
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Pachamama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 08:08 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Even if those Cops didn't know that the taser disables the person from responding to their request |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 03:09 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. He was already handcuffed, too??!! Why do I get the feeling they'd |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
49. Deleted sub-thread |
paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
51. I thought the video was kind of confusing, it's hard to tell |
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Jokinomx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
52. Very well put.... |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
56. One of the threads last night says there was a library video cam |
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