Bent Corner

Eugene Snelling gets Tasered by corporal Thomas O’Connor of the Austin Police Department for not giving him his driver’s license and proof of insurance fast enough. Eugene Snelling was driving 70 mph in a 65 mph zone. He is also black. I can’t help but think that had a lot to do with it.  A black man driving a whole five miles an hour faster then the posted speed limit on the interstate then getting all uppity when the white officer immediately begins to yell at him.

Watch the video from O’Connor’s patrol car.

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Refuse to answer a cop’s question and you and your fetus may get Tasered:

A policeman forced a pregnant woman to the ground and used a stun gun on her when she refused to answer the officer’s questions and resisted being handcuffed, authorities said Thursday.

What did cops do before they got their little electronic stun gun toys? Is there anyone they wouldn’t Taser?

I’m not sure what crime this woman committed. It’s not a crime to not answer a cop’s questions. That’s kind of the whole point of having the right to remain silent. You don’t have to answer their questions. She resisted being handcuffed, but what reason did the cop have in even trying to handcuff her?

Jarrel Gray, a 20-year old Frederick Maryland man was killed this past Sunday morning after being Tasered twice in a 23 second period by a Frederick County Sheriff Deputy. This from the Frederick News-Post:

The deputy found three men fighting, Jenkins said. A female was also on the scene.

Jenkins would not provide the names or ages of the other people at the scene, but he said the deputy was a corporal and a 13-year veteran of the department.

When the deputy told the three men to show their hands, one of them did so immediately, another walked away before showing his hands, and the third man, identified as Gray, did not comply, Jenkins said.

The sheriff said no other officers were present when the deputy deployed the Taser. Gray, of the 7000 block of Ladd Circle, fell to the ground unconscious; he was given first aid on the scene.

Emergency responders arrived in minutes, Jenkins said. Gray was then taken to Frederick Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead about 7:30 a.m.

Gray’s family says that he was deaf in one ear and may not have understood the deputy’s instructions to show his hands.

I don’t like these Taser devices. For supposedly being non-lethal, there sure are a lot of people now dead because of them.

I’m sure everyone by now has heard about the college student that got shot with a Taser when he tried to ask Senator John Kerry some questions. It pains me to admit this, but I think campus police officers did the right thing when they repeatedly fired a Taser at college student Andrew Meyer. Not because he was asking dumb questions of Senator John Kerry and then not allowing him to answer his questions, but because he was a line jumper.

I hate line jumpers.

Andrew Meyer cut in front of a bunch of other people to ask his “questions”. What makes him so important and so special that he placed himself squarely in front of other students that wanted to ask the good Senator a question? He was being obnoxious and he was being a jerk. The Washington Post is reporting that he may have set the whole thing up. He supposedly brought a video camera with him and handed it to friend before asking Kerry his “questions”.

I hate line jumpers. I only wish I could personally Taser people that cut in line. In fact, I think the only time a Taser should be used on a person is if they cut in line. And people that talk loud in movie theaters. They too should feel the sweet embrace of 1,000,000 volts.

I feel sorry for John Kerry. He didn’t need something like this added to his Wikipedia entry. The man has gone though enough.