Anybody know this dude?

"Chapman said Patterson was on probation in Gwinnett County for a narcotics charge, among other previous offenses."'


He was on probation for a narcotics chrage and was driving a Tractor Trailer????

 

Why offer "condolences"/
If that report is true, he was a first-class ###### and probably got what he deserved.

 

You shouldn't be killed because a cop got over zealous. Why fire more than one charge? One is almost always sufficient to take a man down. WAY too many people are being killed by tasers these days.

Whatever happened to innocent until PROVEN guilty???? Do you know how many women file false rape charges every year? It's incredible and repulsive to those of us who would NEVER do such a thing (file false charges to "get back" at someone or for any other frivolous reason).

If you don't let a person up VERY QUICKLY after the are tasered, they can't breathe properly and can die.

The most important thing to do after you fire a taser and handcuff your subject is to GET HIM UP so he can breathe properly. It's very dangerous not to let the person up as they can die from not being able to breathe, which is what they figured happened in Vancouver and many other places lately. Aren't these officers trained? You don't SIT on a man's BACK after he's handcuffed. Let him up. Let him breathe. If he's still fighting, take care of it but don't SIT ON HIM after he's tasered.

 

BOTTOM LINE:
HE RESISTED, HE DISOBEYED a LAWFUL order to show his hands, HE was COMBATIVE.
Police are FULLY with-in the law to TAZE and restrain for not complying.
If HE DIES, HE is the one responsible, HE should have OBEYED the cop(s) in the first place.
I get so tired of the liberal bleeding-hearts who think we should reward criminals with a "hug" and a cup of hot chocolate.
I will just about guarantee that an autopsy will show drugs in his system.
Why?
Every single case in the US where someone has died as the result of being tazed, the DEAD GUY (and GAL) had been using drugs prior to getting zapped. There has NOT been a single case (in the U.S.) of a person NOT USING drugs dying as the result of having their electrical interrupted.

 

Truthfully?
I would have said the same thing if the guy was my best friend.

 

Read my response above

That is for the Courts to decide, NOT for the Cop to determine. Sometimes, a Cop questioning a "suspect" will determine that the "accuser" is being less than honest, and may NOT arrest the suspect, but WILL send his report to the District Attorney to determine if charges will be filed.

No where in that story does it say the Cops "sat" on the suspect. And since their training is far more inclusive than the "TAZE" training you received, I suspect they know far more about it than you do.
Far more cops DIE from the suspects using the Cop's gun than do suspects who die from being TAZED.
I say: Taze them all, let god sort them out.

 

Have you ever been arrested? Especially if you are innocent?

I was because of a mean ex of my hubby's. Yup, I had all the charges dismissed/found not guilty, actually, but it was a horrible thing being arrested, fingerprinted, etc., when you KNOW you are NOT guilty and someone is outright lying about you and making things up. It makes you FURIOUS! and makes you think and react in ways you'd never dream of when you're calm and thinking about a particular situation that does not involve yourself.

If you've NEVER been arrested, IMHO, you have no right to judge how others react. You've never been there, guilty or not.

There have been people in Canada killed by being tasered who did NOT have ANY drugs in their system and the whole system is undergoing a ton of retraining and rethinking while they debate this whole taser thing. Don't judge if you aren't aware of the particulars of the situation in question. INNOCENT until proven GUILTY.

 

People have died because of tazers, but many more have been saved.

The cops reported to a rape, this guy throws one officer out of the truck and starts to remove evidence of the rape. He put's his hand under his seat. He refuses to listen to police. Right there most departments and officers would be forced to pull their weapon instead of a taser. This guy died because he was idiot, not because the officers over reacted. The guy probably died of a heart attack because he fought the police, it probably didn't have anything to do with taking a ride on the taser.

I just hope this guys family can get refunds on his Christmas gifts.