Another Taser disaster.

[R1gtr]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-39...

So a blind man is tasered because the highly trained armed response officers thought his cane was a gun.
Someone is getting fired!

[footnote]

R1gtr said:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-39...

So a blind man is tasered because the highly trained armed response officers thought his cane was a gun.
Someone is getting fired!

Someone's got an eyesight problem!!!

[stongle]

R1gtr said:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-39...

So a blind man is tasered because the highly trained armed response officers thought his cane was a gun.

Someone is getting fried!

Fixed that for you.

[R1gtr]

stongle said:

R1gtr said:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-39...

So a blind man is tasered because the highly trained armed response officers thought his cane was a gun.

Someone is getting fried!

Fixed that for you.

[s3fella]

R1gtr said:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-39...

Someone is getting fired!

You're a card!!


This is the Police we are talking about. No one ever gets fired. "Lessons will be learned" and officer will have promotion in a few years.

[Evanivitch]

Hope someone was wearing a body-cam for this. How do you get close enough to taser but not see it's a blind man with a cane?

[anonymous-user]

It doesn't sound too clever (a bit like the one in 2012).

[BlackLabel]

Evanivitch said:

Hope someone was wearing a body-cam for this. How do you get close enough to taser but not see it's a blind man with a cane?

I don't think armed response officers in Manchester wear body-cams.


"GMP start issuing body cameras to 3,000 police officers".......

".....Neither PCSOs nor police marksmen will get the so-called ‘body-worn video’ cameras - although they could in the future......"

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.manchesterevening...

[Rovinghawk]

Again?????

[JagerT]

They saw what they expected to see, not what they were actually looking at.

[Tom Logan]

It'll be interesting to see how the usual suspects on here will spin this one.

[Hoofy]

Future police commissioner.

[carinaman]

Is there a risk of violence?

Is there a risk of escape?


The officer involved needs to go on a 'thinking skills' course?

[D-Angle]

Guess we know who has to wear the panda outfit for the next Pride parade then.

[Greendubber]

carinaman said:

Is there a risk of violence?

Is there a risk of escape?


The officer involved needs to go on a 'thinking skills' course?

Its very odd.

Why did someone call the police for a blind bloke, why were armed officers sent or was it a routine patrol?

[R1gtr]

Maybe they play Taser Bingo-
1 point for a black man
2 pts for a tramp
........
........
8 pts for a Nun
9 pts for a Blind man
10 pts for a disabled child




La Liga can possibly confirm if this actually happens??

Edited by R1gtr on Friday 24th February 18:52

[Hoofy]

R1gtr said:

Maybe they play Taser Bingo-
1 point for a black man
2 pts for a tramp
........
........
8 pts for a Nun
9 pts for a Blind man
10 pts for a disabled child




La Liga can possibly confirm if this actually happens??

Edited by R1gtr on Friday 24th February 18:52

First to 50 is next in line for police commissioner?

[powerstroke]

I think we should count our blessings ,some people think the police should be armed with like real guns !!!

[anonymous-user]

I think it needs to have an element of flammability to score a 10.

powerstroke said:

I think we should count our blessings ,some people think the police should be armed with like real guns !!!

They were armed with real guns.

[R1gtr]

La Liga said:

I think it needs to have an element of flammability to score a 10.