FTP article du jour

[mikec]

This one is sure to go both ways:

Handcuffed woman is running, cops taser her (could have grabbed her easily), she falls and busts her head on the street, in front of the cruiser camera. Now she's a vegetable. Kinda like some of our peeps here.

I'm thinking he should have grabber her, especially when the policy (as related by the news just now) is that you can't taze handcuffed prisoners.

Can't find the dash cam footage.

PINELLAS PARK, Fla. -

The family of a woman who has been in a vegetative state after a state trooper stunned her with a Taser plans to sue the Florida Highway Patrol.

Surveillance video showed a Florida Highway Patrol trooper using a Taser on a 20-year-old woman who was handcuffed and running away from him in September in Pinellas Park.

The video shows the woman immediately falling to the pavement after being stunned.
The woman suffered brain damage and has been in a vegetative state ever since.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement determined the trooper's use of the Taser was justified.

The woman's family has hired an attorney and plans to sue the FHP>

http://www.local10.com/news/Woman-s-brain-damaged-in-Taser-incident/-/1717324/8799908/-/15qb1xa/-/index.html

[Forever_frost]

I'm seeing a payout in their future and administrative leave for the cop who didn't want to chase her

[ELVIS]

i dont really care about this. people not taking responsibilty for their actions is the reason we are as we are now in this country. you messed up, and were corrected. no one made you make that choice. now deal with it.

god bless.

[CexMashean]

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes?
Her family shouldn't get shit.

[mikec]

I don't think they should collect either, more so as she was high on coke and pills when it happened.

Bet they get paid though...

[Broncojohnny]

If their policy is that you can't taser someone in cuffs then he should be fired. Otherwise she is the one who fucked up. Although the family is going to get money for this.

[LS1Goat]

It's sad, but justified. As usual, those stubborn facts get left out of the story. She was involved in 2 hit and run accidents while driving without DL. She also got loose from the holding station by working the cuffs around to the front of her body and made a desperate attempt to flee. She broke the law repeatedly > tried to flee while in custody > got seriously injured in the process > Boom...cop's fault. Yep, makes sense to me.

Nothing to see here. Move along.

Oh, dash cam footage.

[CexMashean]

Oh and "Lol, Florida."

[grove rat]

ELVIS and Magnus pretty much nailed it on the head

people never wanna take responsibility for their actions and look for loopholes when they get caught fucking up. play stupid games win stupid prizes!

[bcoop]

i dont really care about this. people not taking responsibilty for their actions is the reason we are as we are now in this country. you messed up, and were corrected. no one made you make that choice. now deal with it.

god bless.

Yep.

If their policy is that you can't taser someone in cuffs then he should be fired. Otherwise she is the one who fucked up. Although the family is going to get money for this.

I agree with most of this. She fucked up, so she has nobody but herself to blame. The Dept will settle quietly, family will get paid. I don't know that the guy should be fired, but he did break policy and deserves some disciplinary action.

I look at it this way. If he'd have chased her, chances are high she would have fallen on her face anyways. Running, while cuffed behind the back, is pretty fucking stupid. No way to catch yourself if you fall, your balance is off, hands aren't free to help maintain balance, etc. What a dumb ass crack whore.

[Ratt]

Yep.




I agree with most of this. She fucked up, so she has nobody but herself to blame. The Dept will settle quietly, family will get paid. I don't know that the guy should be fired, but he did break policy and deserves some disciplinary action.

I look at it this way. If he'd have chased her, chances are high she would have fallen on her face anyways. Running, while cuffed behind the back, is pretty fucking stupid. No way to catch yourself if you fall, your balance is off, hands aren't free to help maintain balance, etc. What a dumb ass crack whore.

Her hands were cuffed behind her, but she had worked them to her front, so they were cuffed in front of her when she fell. What happened to her sucks, but it was her fault. Also, she didn't look too damaged to sit up after the taser let up.

[bcoop]

Her hands were cuffed behind her, but she had worked them to her front, so they were cuffed in front of her when she fell. What happened to her sucks, but it was her fault. Also, she didn't look too damaged to sit up after the taser let up.

Didn't watch the video, don't really need to. I feel no sympathy for her or her family, regardless.

[dsrtuckteezy]

funny stuff..

[Broncojohnny]

I don't know that the guy should be fired, but he did break policy and deserves some disciplinary action.

I think if he breaks the department policy and it results in someone's life being ruined that he should be fired. Of course he won't be, he'll be given some time off with pay and then everyone will talk about all the personal responsibility that she shouldered in the situation while completely ignoring the personal responsibility he had.

[Rreemo]

She took a pretty hard thump on the back of her skull....I'd imagine the subsequent damage came a little later from an internal bleed and some pressure.

Either way....her actions are what lead to that outcome.