Tape shows 5 Taser shocks in 1 minute (Williams / GA)

[struggle4progress]

<snip> Williams, his arms handcuffed behind his back, his feet bound, was rocking back and forth in the back of the police car as deputies approached. The deputies grabbed him out of the car and carried him into the jail. As they were carrying him, Williams pleaded with deputies not to kill him. It was his last audible comment.

They carried him through the jail entrance to an area where restraint chairs are located. They placed him in a chair that resembles an adult-sized car seat used to immobilize combative inmates. <snip>

Within one minute, Williams was shocked a total of five times.

His handcuffs were not removed until after he lost consciousness. <snip>

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/gwinnett/0405/29taser.html

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

1. Next on the utility belt of police officers:

The Pear, thumb screws...

This has become a diversion, rather than a tool in dangerous situations. It must be taken away from them. Human nature is too strong, and in some, human nature is a bad thing to behold.

[CBGLuthier]

2. I never use this term

But those particular officers are fucking PIGS of the worst order.

[Judi Lynn]

3. The gift of being able to inflict horrendous pain on others legally

is too attractive for miserably stupid, otherwise unnoticed people. It's the power they will NOT refuse.

[MrPrax]

4. More...

Some of the Important Highlights of this Murder:

A videotape of the struggle between Frederick Williams and Gwinnett County Sheriff's deputies shows he was struck with a Taser stun gun five times within one minute. Within four minutes, the 31-year-old Lawrenceville man had lost consciousness.
<snip>
The tape, filmed at the Gwinnett County jail, was part of an 11-month investigatory file that District Attorney Danny Porter's office released this week. The file became public after Porter announced he will not press criminal charges against deputies involved in the incident. Porter asked the grand jury to consider the case this week.
<snip>
Melvin Johnson, an attorney representing Williams' wife and four children, has seen the videotape. He said he disagrees with the district attorney's decision. He has asked the FBI to investigate.

"He was pleading for his life," Johnson said. "They claim they were trying to immobilize him but he was already in handcuffs. They were clearly trying to inflict pain on a person they thought had injured one of their fellow officers."

Link at Atlanta Journal-Constitution

He was also on epelpsy medication as well; seems to have had a pyschotic episode...

[struggle4progress]

6. Thanks for the link. eom

[Judi Lynn]

8. Isn't it sad there's a sub-group of people who refuse to control themselve

These officers are supposed to leave SOMETHING to the courts. From the article:

"They were clearly trying to inflict pain on a person they thought had injured one of their fellow officers."

It's a pity so many people with legal authority over others don't realize it's important to have character in order to wield power correctly.

It's a sign of psychological inferiority if you must act on reflex, emotion, your own selfish desires at the expense of the reality of a situation. That's the goal of a successful life: learning to control yourself, for chrissakes.

As people have pointed out, that profession seems to attract the very people who are least prepared mentally, spiritually, for the job.

[TahitiNut]

10. It's not a "sub-group" ... it's most of us.

Read about the Stanford Jail Experiment. The overwhelming majority of us will, under such conditions, do things we'd not think of doing otherwise. When we divide ourselves into "us" and "them" we've taken the first step.

[DS1]

5. I'd have those cops executed

[okieinpain]

7. they should be prosecuted. clearly a crime

[NYC]

9. They certainly should be prosecuted.

They should not get away with this.