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-War on Police-
Florida cop fired for tasering a wheelchair-bound man FOUR times at point-blank range who was not 'resisting' arrest
2022-01-29
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Have to chase him far?
  • A Florida police officer has been fired after tasering a wheelchair-bound man four times at point-blank range during a June arrest

  • Police body-camera video showed St. Petersburg Police Officer Matthew Cavinder as he deployed his Taser gun on 64-year-old Timothy Grant

  • Grant had been sitting in a wheelchair outside a gas station on June 20 when he was arrested for five open warrants

  • Cavinder later wrote a report that claimed Grant was resisting arrest with violence, however'Mr. Grant was not resisting with violence,' officials said

  • 'This will not and cannot be tolerated here at St. Petersburg PD, and as long as I'm the chief here, it will not be tolerated,' said Police Chief Anthony Holloway

  • Cavinder had been an officer with the department since March 23, 2020
Posted by:Skidmark

#3  What does it say about the fitness level of today's law enforcement if they need to use a taser to control an unarmed 64 year old in a wheelchair?
Posted by: jpal   2022-01-29 13:51  

#2  If this Son of Floyd incident distracts our insane elites from starting a war over that Ukrainian Shithole, I'm all for it. WG Matters!
Posted by: Merrick Ferret   2022-01-29 12:42  

#1  I admit I have not watched the video, but from the headline, this smells like a George Floydish media event in progress:
Cop, taser, wheelchair, FOUR, point-blank range, not 'resisting'

As I understand, a taser has two modes. There is the familiar EnoughOfYourBullshite-ZZZZT mode that results in flopping on the ground, but there is also a direct contact 'drive' mode that gives a painful shock to help encourage with compliance.

Current theory of the crime: Wheelchair Guy was being a jerk while getting arrested for open warrants.

OK, I watched the video. It is bodycam footage and not the expected bystander cellphone vid which is a plus. Taser in drive mode: check. Wheelchair Guy may not have been 'resisting' in the sense of exchanging rounds with the cops, but he was not cooperating. At one point, WG tells the cops he can walk.

This is basically the George Floyd scenario - cops trying stuff uncooperative, intoxicated individual in the patrol car without success. I expect it will evolve in the same way.

tl;dr: White cop, black guy, guilty as charged
Posted by: SteveS   2022-01-29 12:18  

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