DGS49
Diamond Member
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The victim's father here is a COP in a nearby town. The victim had previously been stopped and illegal MJ found in the car, so the local cops were following and harassing the kid prior to this event.
Kid and father (Matt) had had a very recent detailed discussion about how to respond when pulled over - on a bullshit pretext. The father emphasized to the kid that the POLICE HAD NO RIGHT TO SEARCH THE CAR without either a search warrant or pursuant to a lawful arrest. This is why the kid kept asking the cop if he was under arrest, and if so, why? If not legitimately under arrest then the cop has no right to remove him from the car or search the vehicle. And obviously, here the stop was for NOTHING AT ALL.
THE KID WAS DOING EXACTLY WHAT HIS POLICEMAN-FATHER TOLD HIM TO DO!
While the cop is an ass-hole and deserves the jail sentence that he got, Taser is in big trouble, and is largely the cause of much of the attention drawn to the case. Taser KNEW for many years that Tasing someone in the chest could cause cardiac arrest, but they intentionally left that off their training materials, so cops were not aware of this possibility. In fact, Taser's sales reps were telling the police that cardiac arrest could occur spontaneously, unrelated to the device.
This obnoxious cop was under the false impression that the kid was awake and conscious, but "passively resisting," and the cop had no way of knowing that he was actually unconscious due to cardiac arrest. Had he known the kid was unconscious, one can only presume that he would have treated the situation differently (and not dropped the kid on his face on the pavement).
The kid suffered permanent brain damage due to the prolonged period of cardiac arrest (not due to the head injuries), but is now reasonably functional; he will never go to college. Taser will be the main defendant in the coming lawsuit(s), for intentionally failing to notify police of the inherent dangers of their device, when the suspect is shot in the chest.
The victim's father here is a COP in a nearby town. The victim had previously been stopped and illegal MJ found in the car, so the local cops were following and harassing the kid prior to this event.
Kid and father (Matt) had had a very recent detailed discussion about how to respond when pulled over - on a bullshit pretext. The father emphasized to the kid that the POLICE HAD NO RIGHT TO SEARCH THE CAR without either a search warrant or pursuant to a lawful arrest. This is why the kid kept asking the cop if he was under arrest, and if so, why? If not legitimately under arrest then the cop has no right to remove him from the car or search the vehicle. And obviously, here the stop was for NOTHING AT ALL.
THE KID WAS DOING EXACTLY WHAT HIS POLICEMAN-FATHER TOLD HIM TO DO!
While the cop is an ass-hole and deserves the jail sentence that he got, Taser is in big trouble, and is largely the cause of much of the attention drawn to the case. Taser KNEW for many years that Tasing someone in the chest could cause cardiac arrest, but they intentionally left that off their training materials, so cops were not aware of this possibility. In fact, Taser's sales reps were telling the police that cardiac arrest could occur spontaneously, unrelated to the device.
This obnoxious cop was under the false impression that the kid was awake and conscious, but "passively resisting," and the cop had no way of knowing that he was actually unconscious due to cardiac arrest. Had he known the kid was unconscious, one can only presume that he would have treated the situation differently (and not dropped the kid on his face on the pavement).
The kid suffered permanent brain damage due to the prolonged period of cardiac arrest (not due to the head injuries), but is now reasonably functional; he will never go to college. Taser will be the main defendant in the coming lawsuit(s), for intentionally failing to notify police of the inherent dangers of their device, when the suspect is shot in the chest.
