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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 08:43 AM Original message |
Training officer says using taser on handcuffed prisoners not always wrong |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
1. tasers were a bad idea. . .n/t |
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Th1onein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 09:37 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Absolutely. |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 09:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. rubbish |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 10:13 AM Response to Reply #9 |
22. Splittin hairs much |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 03:36 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. way to evade the issue |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 10:47 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. And still are. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
4. Recommend |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 12:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. What do you think of Tasers being used to force compliance in non-life threatening situations? |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 12:29 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I think they can be used in some circumstances. |
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wroberts189 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
7. After years of forcefully defending how safe they were they now say do not fire in certain parts. nt |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 10:06 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. They are very safe. |
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wroberts189 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 01:35 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Umm no they are not: Taser tells police to avoid shooting at chest |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 01:47 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. That doesn't change the fact that they are extremely safe. |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 07:45 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Are deaths the only metric we use to decide if something should be used? |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-16-09 11:18 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. I'm not aware of any significant physical disablities related to taser use. |
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mstinamotorcity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
8. You know |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
11. I am not a big fan of tasers, but I also have no experience |
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winyanstaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
12. I think tazers are deadly...they kill people...and to tazer someone in restraints.... |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 07:46 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. That's pretty much what's at the heart of the matter. |
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Naturyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 01:39 AM Response to Original message |
14. How could it not be wrong? |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 07:51 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Here's why... |
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intaglio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
19. 2 points here |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
20. As a former cop, let me say Officer Peters is an idiot. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 09:52 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. "Tasers ... are now being used to expedite an arrest, punish and just for the hell of it." |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 11:56 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. That's what I said. I wasn't condoning their use. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 12:02 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. I was agreeing with, by quoting you. |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-16-09 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
27. Tasers = Torture |
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