tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597569938038396009.post1316202160116471177..comments2010-03-13T16:31:45.682-05:00PCMnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597569938038396009.post-60194137938474629292010-03-13T16:31:45.678-05:002010-03-13T16:31:45.678-05:00As much as I would like to come out against the taser, in that case I think it looks pretty good. <br /><br />The officers had not restrained the guy and he was getting up and charging an officer.<br /><br />This was not just a case of failure to comply.PCMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13647097472236933108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597569938038396009.post-687904386130147332010-03-13T16:24:37.093-05:002010-03-13T16:24:37.093-05:00On the notion of tasers overused, what do you think of the circumstances surrounding the recent death of the male pornstar?<br /><br />http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2010/03/09/2010-03-09_cops_taser_kill_gay_porn_star_dustin_michaels_as_video_cameras_roll.html<br /><br />It looks like the guy was quite an idiot, but I don&#39;t think it was necessary to tase him since there were at least three deputies on the scene, and it shouldn&#39;t have been hard to contain the scene after he got up resisting.MisguidedPotentialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09683243933982478119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597569938038396009.post-37636617478280730942010-02-08T01:32:36.928-05:002010-02-08T01:32:36.928-05:00A &quot;Drop Dew&quot;!<br /><br />I like it. I used to drink diet Mountain Dew when it was too hot for Dunkin Donuts coffee. I never thought how the Dew could come in handy.<br /><br />And I think that rookie will be fired. Should be. You can&#39;t hit people in cuffs just because you want to. The sergeants should get a stern talking to.PCMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13647097472236933108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597569938038396009.post-54101476752191505762010-02-07T11:42:30.654-05:002010-02-07T11:42:30.654-05:00Good to have you back. You missed some noteworthy police beating incidents on the break:<br /><br />http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10033/1032746-53.stm<br /><br />(In the above one, the perp claims that the police planted a Mountain Dew bottle on him after the beating -- but that would only be true if police plant things, which is a debatable point)<br /><br />http://www.theprovince.com/technology/Innocent+Vancouver+beaten+police+will/2497675/story.html <br /><br />http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/bronx/bronx_cops_beat_me_too_GRbukCFAzbS5aXiE7aCvyN<br /><br />All well within policy, I am sure, and nothing anybody would need to be fired over, but, then, that is why they are noteworthy.Buddy Hintonhttp://profile.typepad.com/6p0120a74e9800970bnoreply@blogger.com