YouTube Video Shows Man Tasered After Refusing to Sign Ticket

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  1. firstcav

    firstcav Medium Load Member

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    An internal police investigation is under way after a formal complaint was filed against a Utah state trooper who was videotaped Tasering a man who refused to sign a speeding ticket.

    The officer's conduct has been called into question after a videotape of the incident was posted on YouTube.

    The video, taken from a Utah Highway Patrol dashboard camera, shows Trooper John Gardner using a Taser on Jared Massey during a traffic stop on State Road 40 in Uintah County on Sept. 14.

    http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,312466,00.html

    Sounds like another cop with anm ego problem to me.

    You can be arrested for not signing a ticket in Utah? I think in Indiana it's optional.
     
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  3. Cybergal

    Cybergal Road Train Member

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    UNREAL!


    THE cop actually told the other cop something totally different then what he had told the dude he put under arrest.
    WOW....just another fine example of what they call justice...:biggrin_25513:
     
  4. lookingup

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    all he had to do was sign the ticket and fight it in court....sign it and put an asterick not guilty by it....

    he was argumentative, and wouldn't follow the orders.....he got tased....done deal.....

    quit waisting tax payers money stories over
     
  5. BumpInTheRoad

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    The cop never did explain anything to him. Told other cop a different story , and was looking for reason to use his new toy. I would not have signed the ticket either. The driver was just asking about the 40mph sign, he has a right to ask and see it for his self.
     
  6. truckermario

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    The taser has come into the spotlight recently and people may have to start reviewing its use as a "nonlethal" weapon since there have been several high profile cases where people have actually died, including one immigrant who was waiting for his mother at the airport and was distraught because he couldn't get in contact with her. The police tasered him and he died.
     
  7. Roadmedic

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    I guess if they pull me over in Utah, I will be the next person to be tasered...

    I sign nothing without reading in full and contacting an attorney if something is not clear. Some of these citations indicate that you are agreeing that you were wrong and are considered an admission of guilt.
     
  8. MsSage

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    The cop was in the wrong. I come at this from a different angle. I only carry pepper spray while dealing with 144 convicted felons who would rather kill you than look at you. All enforcers of law should be trained and most are but they cant handle the "power" of being in charge.
    He proved his state of mind when he bragged about the guy "taking a ride on the tazor".
    This is not a waste of taxpayer money but a chance to change some of the training or maybe I should add the addition of more training for these officers. I know it is needed in TDCJ.
     
  9. 25(2)+2

    25(2)+2 Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    Said officer should be treated treated to his own personal ride on the taser, administered by the most sadistic former inmate of a penal institution they can find to do it:biggrin_25516:.
     
  10. Roadmedic

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    I think the person he used it on should have the pleasure of returning the treatment. And also allow him to sit in the squad instead of allowing medical treatment as required by the protocols.
     
  11. 25(2)+2

    25(2)+2 Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    I would agree to that.
     
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