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2008-06-02 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Police Brutalize Fruitcake For 'Speaking Mind' and 'Spraying Poison'

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Posted by Anonymoose 2008-06-02 09:18|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 If it had been poison then officers softness would have translated into many people dying. They could not know what it was so if anything, the officers should be blamed is for having been much too soft.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2008-06-02 09:36|| 2008-06-02 09:36|| Front Page Top

#2 When the idgit shows up a the bank and pulls a toy gun, but declares it a gun, and gets hosed by a concealed carry holder, that's just tough crap. It doesn't matter whether it was a real whatever or not, the intent determined that the other parties are within their rights/powers to act based upon reasonable perception.

Officials say he was tased because he resisted arrest and swung at officers while one handcuff was on. Just why did it take 4 officers and a Taser to stop this 19 year old?

The writer has never seen much of the twenty years or so of COPS to grasp the answer.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-06-02 09:57|| 2008-06-02 09:57|| Front Page Top

#3 Pity they only used a taser.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2008-06-02 10:04|| 2008-06-02 10:04|| Front Page Top

#4 "...Carly Barnicle, an organizer of the demonstration. "

Barnicle????? LMAO Oh my that sounds like one of Dickens' names.

Posted by AlanC 2008-06-02 11:19|| 2008-06-02 11:19|| Front Page Top

#5 Told clearly, unless they a had very good reaosn to know he was lying they should have shot fisrt and asked questions later. Next time it will be a real terrorist and they will give him the time he needs.

Not to mention that causing a stampede can kill so the sooner bystanders see the suspect is no longer causing trouble, the better.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2008-06-02 11:47|| 2008-06-02 11:47|| Front Page Top

#6 It's Eugene. Let the guy go. Just make sure he stays in town.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-06-02 11:53|| 2008-06-02 11:53|| Front Page Top

#7 The young man is a semi-finalist for This Year's Idiot, and the Carly Barnicle is at least an honorable mention.

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2008-06-02 12:41|| 2008-06-02 12:41|| Front Page Top

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