Another Cop, Another Kid Tased To Death....

[BlooInBloo]

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/28/michigan.taser.death/index.html?iref=newssearch

" DETROIT, Michigan (CNN) -- Renea Mitchell said her son Robert wanted "nothing to do" with police, a feeling she said is "nothing new" among teenagers in Detroit.

But she wants to know why police felt they needed to use a Taser on a scared, 16-year-old, learning-disabled boy with no criminal record.

Robert Mitchell died April 10 in an abandoned house in Warren, just across Eight Mile Road from Detroit proper. His death led to a lawsuit and a protest last week by about 100 people on the thoroughfare, which separates Detroit from its northern suburbs.

Police said the teen was resisting arrest after bolting from his cousin's car during a traffic stop, and the use of the Taser was justified. But Renea Mitchell calls her son's death "murder."

"They are here to protect us. There's no reason for what they've done," she said. "There's no reason, no excuse."

Warren police had pulled over Mitchell's cousin, Chris Davis, for having an expired license plate when Mitchell "jumped out and started running," Davis said.

"I told him not to, but he was real scared," Davis told CNN. "He was petrified. He hopped out the car and started running.""


Kids ran from cops. Cops therefore tased him to death.

[TahitiNut]

1. He crossed 8 Mile Road ... that was once an unforgivable "sin."

:puke:

The shame I have for my 'neighbors' and the many years of red-lining that made 8 Mile Road ("Base Line") the demarcation between "them and us" is deep and old.

:puke:

[CRF450]

2. Though they had a reason to chase after him...

I dont think they should have tased the kid.

[keep_it_real]

3. Tasers should have been removed from police YESTERDAY

I would love to see the number of people in the U.S. that has DIED from them.

But those at the TOP don't care about those at the bottom until police taser and kill some big shot then there will be a big out cry to get rid of tasers.

[BlooInBloo]

4. From your mouth to the state-sponsored domestic terrorist's ears.