Walmart security tazers customers!

[Steve]

Just when you thought you've seen everything at Walmart...

[papapepper]

What did the guy do? LOL

Video kind of sucked.

[Juiced4v]

LOL....anyone know the story behind it?

[clevelandkid]

According to this story, those were cops, not security.

http://blog.al.com/live/2011/07/walm...t_on_tape.html

FOLEY, Alabama -- An Arizona couple reportedly outraged by a Foley police officer’s walk-through at an area Walmart last week was arrested after the man allegedly hit the officer and his wife jumped on him.

Anthony Scott Smith, 41, and his wife, Chrisanna Elizabeth Smith, 40, of Scottsdale, Arizona, were arrested Friday and charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and second-degree assault on a police officer.

According to Lt. Thurston Bullock, the couple became irate when they saw Officer Caleb Bibby in Walmart shortly before 11 p.m. Friday. They approached him aggressively, accusing him of treason and of shopping on duty and telling the officer he was under federal investigation, Bullock said.

Bullock said Bibby was conducting a walk-through of the business. He said the officers are permitted to buy something during such walk-throughs, but it was unclear whether the officer made a purchase.

According to Bullock, the situation escalated as follows:

The couple was waiting by the door when the officer left the store and began shouting and encroaching on the officer. They created such a public disturbance, in Bibby's view, they broke the law, giving the officer probable cause to arrest them.

Bibby was able to get the couple outside and call for assistance. Meanwhile, the couple continued screaming and drawing a crowd. The officer had drawn his Taser, but, while holding onto Anthony Smith by the hand, he holstered the device and reached for his handcuffs, Bullock said.

Smith, 41, then began slapping at the officer and partially landed a punch to Bibby’s throat. The officer drew his Taser again and ordered Smith to the ground but Smith used his wife -- and the crowd -- as a shield.

Another officer, Sgt. Shawn Miller, arrived and ordered Smith 3 times to get on the ground. When he failed to do so, Miller stepped aside and Bibby fired the Taser.

"As soon as the male subject drops, the female attacks the officer that’s doing the Tasing and the back-up officer tackles her," Bullock said.

Miller suffered sprains and abrasions when he tackled Chrisanna Smith, according to Bullock.

The incident, which was posted on YouTube by an observer, is under review by the police department. "We review all uses of force regardless of what the force is," Bullock said, but added that it appeared that Bibby was justified in using the Taser.

This was the department’s first incident involving the use of a Taser, he said.

The Smiths were booked into the Baldwin County Corrections Center Saturday and later released on bail totaling $5,600 each, according to jail records.

Bullock said he and several other officers had a run-in with the couple and another woman in a restaurant 3 weeks ago. The group entered the establishment and Anthony Smith approached Bullock, watched him, then hovered over him with his arms crossed and motioned liked he was eating. The group sat at a table behind the officers and then began screaming at a waitress when she told him that the restaurant doesn’t de-vein its shrimp. Smith then left the restaurant, Bullock said.

[Steve]

Isn't the point that Walmart shouldn't be tazering people? lol.

[dustin]

I'm fairly ok with it. Some of the trailer park assholes at walmart deserve to get tazed. Unless it's a cop doing it, FTP.


Edit: oh, it was police? This is an outrage! They were just trying to shop. FTP!!!

[Steve]

According to this story, those were cops, not security.

http://blog.al.com/live/2011/07/walm...t_on_tape.html

FOLEY, Alabama -- An Arizona couple reportedly outraged by a Foley police officer’s walk-through at an area Walmart last week was arrested after the man allegedly hit the officer and his wife jumped on him.

Anthony Scott Smith, 41, and his wife, Chrisanna Elizabeth Smith, 40, of Scottsdale, Arizona, were arrested Friday and charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and second-degree assault on a police officer.

According to Lt. Thurston Bullock, the couple became irate when they saw Officer Caleb Bibby in Walmart shortly before 11 p.m. Friday. They approached him aggressively, accusing him of treason and of shopping on duty and telling the officer he was under federal investigation, Bullock said.
Bullock said Bibby was conducting a walk-through of the business. He said the officers are permitted to buy something during such walk-throughs, but it was unclear whether the officer made a purchase.

According to Bullock, the situation escalated as follows:

The couple was waiting by the door when the officer left the store and began shouting and encroaching on the officer. They created such a public disturbance, in Bibby's view, they broke the law, giving the officer probable cause to arrest them.

Bibby was able to get the couple outside and call for assistance. Meanwhile, the couple continued screaming and drawing a crowd. The officer had drawn his Taser, but, while holding onto Anthony Smith by the hand, he holstered the device and reached for his handcuffs, Bullock said.

Smith, 41, then began slapping at the officer and partially landed a punch to Bibby’s throat. The officer drew his Taser again and ordered Smith to the ground but Smith used his wife -- and the crowd -- as a shield.

Another officer, Sgt. Shawn Miller, arrived and ordered Smith 3 times to get on the ground. When he failed to do so, Miller stepped aside and Bibby fired the Taser.

"As soon as the male subject drops, the female attacks the officer that’s doing the Tasing and the back-up officer tackles her," Bullock said.

Miller suffered sprains and abrasions when he tackled Chrisanna Smith, according to Bullock.

The incident, which was posted on YouTube by an observer, is under review by the police department. "We review all uses of force regardless of what the force is," Bullock said, but added that it appeared that Bibby was justified in using the Taser.

This was the department’s first incident involving the use of a Taser, he said.

The Smiths were booked into the Baldwin County Corrections Center Saturday and later released on bail totaling $5,600 each, according to jail records.

Bullock said he and several other officers had a run-in with the couple and another woman in a restaurant 3 weeks ago. The group entered the establishment and Anthony Smith approached Bullock, watched him, then hovered over him with his arms crossed and motioned liked he was eating. The group sat at a table behind the officers and then began screaming at a waitress when she told him that the restaurant doesn’t de-vein its shrimp. Smith then left the restaurant, Bullock said.

Say what? lol. Story sounds like bullshit to me.

[Venix]

I assume they were either stealing. That about all walmart ever cares about. Best thing they could do is not piss those guys off and wait for the cops to show up.

Edit: Posted before the story got posted.

[ELVIS]

i wish he would have used a firearm instead of a taser on those slobs.

god bless.

[Ratt]

Those guys ARE cops, not Wal-Mart employees.

Lmao @ "I can say whatever I want, I am an American!" And also, " Get off me I have scoliosis and I'm an American!!"

[Frank]

It sounds like they have a hard-on to hassle cops if they see them not appearing to be working? This all doesn't add up. Mess with the bull, you need not be surprised to get the horns...

[LaserSVT]

I often want to tazer Walmart people.

[Machx2]

Say what? lol. Story sounds like bullshit to me.

Did you listen to everything they were saying in the video? Lol they are out of it. They need a padded room.

[danielhv]

Man how fun would life be if you could just taze ppl for being a dumbass.... man I'd be tazing alot of mofo's in this shithole city I live in!!!!

[8mpg]

Thankfully those were cops. If some bullshit Walmart security pulled a tazer on me, Id pull my .45 on him