I will not tell you what I did. I’m honestly and defintely was not out to hurt others or myself. What I did that day came off very strange to the police. Like I said, I will not tell you of my eptoside. Lets just say the cops were trying to figure things me out. A few friends were laging behind me a few miles. I had just arrived at my parents home. My parents were not home. A cop took completely took me by surprise. He was at my car door. I opened the door and the cop tazed me and wouldn’t not STOP!

I heard later that two of my neighbors came out immently. They probably called 911. I watched the woman being tazed. I cannot and will not watch that again. I can abolutly promise you that I went through the same thing as she did! I was tazed even longer than she was. I’ll never forget of the most horrible suffering that I felt. I can promise you with all my heart that I’d rather give away 100 billion dollars(If I had it) than if I had to go through that again.

I got tazed for a few seconds, 6 months prior to this. I’m not trying to be prideful, but I consider myself tough. In a way that I can take a lot of pain. I’ve never been violent in my life, and seldom lose my temper even. The time 6 months before I didn’t even fall to the ground like most people would.

Two police were having trouble getting a hold on me to take me to the mental hospital. The cop tazered me for about 3 seconds. That didn’t work, so he kicked me on the ground. This might be hard to swallow also- I have never ever done illegal drugs. I just have a chemical imbalance. Later on I atemped to sue the police. I wanted my voice to be heard more than ever. It wasn’t really about the money. But I called and talked to many lawyers and they didn’t want to take on the case.

I’m a very active christian also and constantly want to strive everyday to be more Christ like. I just wanted my voice to be heard. I’m glad that this sight is here. The one police officer in August tazed me for a very long time- like a minute or two. When more police officers arrived he quit tazering me. The suffering was unbearable.

I’m a runner. A very fast runner too. I had trained all year for a marathon and was soon going to run one. I probably ran 400 miles this year. Last winter I even ran about 40 miles in one day. After I was tazed, I have never breathed so hard in my life. I thank God everyday that I lived through it.

All the ‘charges’ that I did that day were completely dropped. I only had to go to the mental hospital for 3 weeks. I don’t think I will take action to what the police did that most horrible day. The lawyers wouldn’t take action last winter. I assume that they will not take action again. I just wanted my voice to be heard.

Thank you for who ever put this site on the internet. If anyone desires to personally E-Mail me, you’re more than welcome to do so. My E-Mail address is- HIDDEN-FOR-THE-AUTHORS-OWN -PROTECTION@yahoo.com

In the past I’ve written about the police tasering of a UCLA student for refusing to show his school ID, as well as the time a cop tasered an 11 year old at school because the officer on hand apparently couldn’t physically restrain him?!? (Gee, what would they have done 10 years ago?)

10 years ago, that child would have been one year old… and PERHAPS then that officer would have settled simply for pepper spray.

“How many of you idiots think you can do their job and allow yourself to be hit on a daily basis for a career span of 20-30 years by resisting suspects?”

I did my job over 20 years, and seldom got hit by anyone… could count the times on the fingers of two hands. You appear to have an overactive imagination when it comes to how much abuse we have to deal with. Oh sure, we deal with VERBAL abuse daily… but whomever cannot tolerate that has no business wearing a badge. Before I entered law enforcement, I learned to tolerate verbal abuse by having a marine Drill Instructor jabbing the brim of his smokey-bear hat against my forehead, spitting in my face, while he called me everything but a human being. If 18 yr old boys can learn such discipline, so can men who we are entrusting to carry a badge and gun.

It has been my experience that most often, when a person who was not drunk or on drugs came to blows with an officer, the entire thing could have been dealt with by a little diplomacy on the part of the officer. I have talked some wild and suicidal individuals out of some scary situations… simply by being a little sympathetic ear, and a calm voice. However, all too many of my fellow officers, and it appears more and more every day, stop thinking of themselves as servants of the law, and begin thinking of themselves as the law. Usually this is individuals who are fairly new to the force, fresh out of the academies. Some officers who react in this manner are scared.. but most are simply lazy and arrogant and more than willing to use a taser, or nightstick, on anyone who does not obey their orders instantly, no matter how irrelevant or arbitrary the orders were. I have seen men taken down by force when they would have gone quietly.. but the person DARED to challenge the officers authority by asking why he was being arrested before submitting to handcuffs.

“For some reason society thinks that officers need to put up with anything people dish out and cry foul when officers defend themselves. Use a little bit of commonsense. Officers are trained professionals who risk their lives to protect us!!!”

Yes, our job is to protect the citizens… not to be something the citizens need protecting from. I have heard many of my fellow officers make such statements, and my response is always the same… Nobody forced you into law enforcement… if you cannot take the heat, get out of the kitchen. Taking a few bruises on occassion is part of the job, and if I was not willing to deal with that, then I would have left the force long before I did.

There are many good cops out there, doing very good work. But take my word for it, there are plenty of them who dishonor the profession, using force when unjustified or unnecessary, lying to get warrants, and even lying under oath. It happens every day.

It seems to me that the ‘Use Of Force’ guidelines should really put an important division between what they’re allowed to use on people that may be passively resisting, and those that are actually actively fighting.

I mean, if you punch a police officer and he shoots you dead, that doesn’t really seem all that outrageous to me. I would never punch a police officer because they’ve got guns and they’re allowed to use them. The police are allowed to defend themselves. This is obvious.

It doesn’t apply to passive resistance and noncooperation.

I don’t believe that police should be permitted to escalate to the use of severe pain on people that are passively resisting or non-cooperative. They should simply use physical force to take them into custody. And then also charge them with Resisting Arrest and Failure To Comply in addition to whatever the original charge was.

Here is a subtle line-in-the-sand that defines a ‘police state’:

If the police are permitted to force (verb) you to comply (by tasering you for example), then I’m sorry to report that you actually do live in a Police State. Sorry for the bad news.

On the other hand, if the police are allowed to use reasonable physical force (noun) upon you to take you into custody, and then they take you to trial and all that follows, then you’re living under The Rule Of Law.

It all hinges on lawful ‘force’ being a noun or a verb.

It’s all discussed in endless detail on my weblog at:

Link= http://www.Excited-Delirium.com

The good news is that if you actually read the law carefully and look at the word ‘force’ each time it is used, you’ll probably find that it really is a noun each and every time.

On the other hand, if you look at the use of force guidelines listed above, you only get about half-way into the list and they’ve switched from ‘force’ as a noun, to ‘force’ as a verb.

In my opinion, that’s the basic error right there (when applied to people that may simply be uncooperative).

Again, I’ll stress this – if you’re actively fighting with the police, then they’re certainly allowed to defend themselves and you take you life in your hands. If they want to use a taser in those circumstances, then I really don’t care about the risk that you might die of an unexpected case of Excited Delirium.

But when you look at the police tasering people to force (verb) them comply, I can’t help but wonder why more people don’t see that the line has been crossed.

It all goes back to the meaning of lawful ‘force’.

If it is a noun, then you’ve under The Rule Of Law.

If it is a verb, then you’re in living in a Police State.

It really is as simple as that.

I challenge anyone to find a better, clearer, easier to review in court, line-in-the-sand than that.

Think about it.

When did ‘compliance’ to police orders become mandatory on pain of death(*), or of excruciating pain (torture)?

(* Except – obviously, and reasonably – in the case of something like ‘Drop that gun!”, then maybe all options are open.)

But – for example – if a cop tells you to get in the back of his police car and you don’t (in a passive manner similar to Ghandi), is the cop:

1) Allowed to kill you?
2) Allowed to induce unnecessary extreme pain?
3) Pick up your sorry ass and shove it and you in the back of his car himself; and if you accidentally bonk your head on the way in, tough shit?

I thought that the answer was #3 and I don’t recall ever getting a memo that said that #1 or #2 were EVER considered to be legal. I’ll repeat that because it’s REALLY important.

I don’t think that options #1 nor #2 are EVER considered to be legal.

If there is a law about obeying a police officer’s orders, and you don’t, then it should result in just ONE MORE CHARGE and ANOTHER 30 DAYS IN JAIL (or whatever). It should never be interpreted as allowing #1 or #2 by the police under any circumstances (except, as mentioned above, “Drop the gun!”)

Did I miss the memo? Or have we all forgotten our Civics lessons from Grade 6?

It appears that even the judges have forgotten this very basic fact.

God help us all.

The taser hasn’t changed anything in regards to police actions. If you got stupid with the wrong policeman pre-taser he would have beat the hell out of you with a baton.

At least with the taser you don’t end up with bruises and, possibly, broken bones.

There are people with medical conditions that can die from tasers. Police officers are not doctors and should not be prescribing electric shock to medically compromised patients. In fact they are not even qualified to determine if the person they are trying to arrest or get them to do certain things is healthy enough to withstand a taser current. There are places where police abuse these toys they are given and use them on innocent individuals due to corruption in that country. One never knows when they encounter a corrupt law enforcement or are in such a country.

I’ve seen videos where police use tasers to get people to walk or sit down for traffic situations, this is clearly abuse.

I happen to know somebody that a few months ago finished the sheriff academy and he told me that at the graduation party many new officers over 90% went drinking to a bar while packing guns just because now they could. This is very unprofessional and irresponsible behaviour, and these people are supposed to be protecting the public.

No one here disputes the necessity of officers rights to defend themselves and enforce the law. However, the videos and stories above are clear cut, indisputable cases of police abuse.

Before you make comments take the time to actually study the materials.

Tasers are designed to momentarily immobilize a person while they are subdued. The fact is if people follow officers’ lawful orders and cooperate, they WILL NOT BE TASERED.

Officers deal with peoples problems on a daily basis. How many of you idiots think you can do their job and allow yourself to be hit on a daily basis for a career span of 20-30 years by resisting suspects?

For some reason society thinks that officers need to put up with anything people dish out and cry foul when officers defend themselves. Use a little bit of commonsense. Officers are trained professionals who risk their lives to protect us!!!

Conscerning the matter with the Flordia University student, there was no reason to taser him because he was asking a question to Sen. Kerry. Sen. Kerry felt uncomfortable answering the question concerning skull and bones.

Or the 11 yr old boy in school because the officer was not properly trained to use the taser. I have see 100’s of officers in our city carring the X26 taser that are not certified, let alone really should not be a police officer in the first place. I have seen Security Officers more qualifed and better trained carring weapons (i.e. asp, 38cal,40cal,45cal, 9mm cal, shotguns, oc/cs spray)