Dont Tase Me Bro! Dont Tase Me!

VANCOUVER, BC – Below is an eyewitness’ video recording of Robert Dziekanski dying after being stunned with a Taser by RCMP Police on Oct. 14 at Vancouver International Airport.

Dziekanski arrived at Vancouver International Airport as a would-be immigrant about 3:30 p.m. on Oct. 13 — a Saturday. Between the primary customs post and the secondary checkpoint, he went missing.

He apparently sat forlornly near the baggage carousel not understanding what he should do or where he should go until about 10:30 when he finally found his way to the second customs post.

After this second interview with border officers he was cleared to enter Canada, but remained in the secure arrivals area until about 1:15 a.m. when he became agitated.

PORTLAND, OR – Four men who say Portland police ran roughshod over their constitutional rights are taking their cases to court.

Monday their attorneys called for independent investigators to review complaints against police and for the mayor and chief to curb what they called officers’ “dirty tactics.”

Portland Police Bureau spokesman Sgt. Brian Schmautz said he couldn’t comment on pending litigation.

One of the four cases is documented by the videotape which is at the heart of the complaint:

Frank Waterhouse is suing for unlawful seizure with excessive force, alleging that police fired a Taser and bean bag rounds at him on May 27, 2006 because he was videotaping their search of a friend’s property in the 5800 block of Northeast Portland Highway.

Police officers followed a police dog onto the property during a search for a fleeing suspect. After the dog keyed on a car, officers broke out a window. Upset residents, insisting no one had run onto their property, started to videotape the police search.

When one woman was told to stop recording, she gave the videocamera to Waterhouse. He walked to the edge of the property, climbed up a dirt embankment and continued to record. At one point, he yelled to his friend, “Yes, I got it all on film. They had no right to come on this property.”

He says in the suit that police immediately came after him, and yelled at him “put it down.” Officers moved towards him, and he said, “Don’t come after me.” Waterhouse said seconds later he was shot with a bean bag gun and a Taser and fell to the ground.

Officers wrote in their reports that Waterhouse ran off, they chased and then bean-bagged and Tasered him.

One officer wrote, “He had refused to drop the camera which could be used as a weapon.”

Waterhouse was arrested, accused of criminal trespass and disorderly conduct. A jury acquitted him of all charges.

Here is the video that Waterhouse shot. It depicts the final 27 seconds of footage and ends with him being hit by the Taser darts:

SOURCE:

The Oregonian

In Gwinnett County, Georgia, an unedited police videotape shows 31-year-old Deacon Frederick Williams being struck with a Taser five times in 43 seconds, just 4 minutes after being led into the jail.

He was handcuffed behind his back and in leg restraints, following an epileptic seizure at his home; an ambulance was called by his wife and son, but the police arrived first.

His last words were, ironically enough: “Don’t kill me, man. Don’t kill me”:

For all you kinky Taser fetishists out there, this one’s for you:

While conducting a demonstration of the Advanced Air Taser stun guns for the public, one volunteer gets zapped right in the family jewels and it’s um, ball clinching to watch him pull the darts from his nuts.

Watch the whole video, and remember – if you ever volunteer to get tasered, make sure you get it in the back:

Gunnery Sgt. Hans Marrero is a former Chief Instructor for hand-to-hand combat for the Marines.

He’s tough.

He’s a fighter who could probably kill you in seconds with his bare hands.

But can he overcome the powers of the Taser?

Watch this nervous, hyped-up cop as he prepares to get tasered in a demonstration:

Sadly, the Youtube source page for this vid calls it the “Funniest Taser Video Ever!”:

Typical traffic stop in Boynton Beach, Florida by Officer Rich McNevin leads to unnecessary tasing of woman:

Here are some excerpts of comments left on a blog post about the incident:

10-4 on the Punk Bitch. A real loser that Mr. Rich McNevin. Big powerful Mr. Rich McNevin. One can only hope that the wee little women in his wee little life get to experience the same treatment that he bestowed on this unsuspecting lady. I wonder how right the spokesperson for the Boynton police dept. would feel if Mr. Big Bad Rich McNevin did the same to one of the ladies in his family. Some personalities can not handle authority, it goes to their swelled heads. Big bad Mr. Rich McNevin obviously can not handle authority. He will have to answer for his actions in the end. Surely he knows it. He gets to spend his time now wondering when his day is coming. Suffer big bad Mr. Rich McNevin suffer you punk bitch! - David Williams

Punk Bitch? Did you even watch the whole video? I am Rich’s cousin and I know first hand that Rich is a good cop. If you would have watched the whole video, you would have seen that the lady was a complete bitch right off the bat with him. She should have listened to him the first 6 times he warned her and that would have never happened. So, since you were wondering if his family is proud of what he did, I’m here to tell you that the answer is YES, he was totally justified. And if that happened to one of the ladies in our family, it would be justified also. So, Mr. Big Bad David Williams, maybe you should watch the tape again and keep your damn mouth shut. - Kristy McNevin