Another Taser disaster.

[WinstonWolf]

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?

It's funny, my daughter was at a run in, the officers were heard to say "cam's on" (or words to that effect) yet the footage failed on all three

[carinaman]

La Liga said:

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.

There's a positive. The officers decided to go for the less lethal option.

[Greendubber]

R1gtr said:

La Liga said:

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

You may laugh but its happened.

Essentially, fight in curry house in a busy town centre on a Saturday night, police called, bloke gets tasered and goes up.

He'd been sick after necking about 10 shots of sambuca about 5 minutes before the fight, the throwing up on someone is what started the fight.

100% genuine. He was put out quick by a pint of lager being chucked on him and no harm done.

[XCP]

There are seldom any winners in tackling blind people. We had to nick a pissed up blind man who ripped the phone off the wall in a pub ( shows how long ago that was), and was trying to hit anyone who went near him with his stick. All very unedifying. Long before the days of Taser thank goodness, so he was just wrestled to the floor in the usual manner

[eharding]

La Liga said:

hey were armed with real guns.

So what would they have done if they didn't have tasers, or they had used the tasers without having the desired effect?

[XCP]

WinstonWolf said:

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?

It's funny, my daughter was at a run in, the officers were heard to say "cam's on" (or words to that effect) yet the footage failed on all three

I could give you a long list of episodes where police equipment didn't do what it was meant to. Radios would be at the top, followed closely by computers.

[dudleybloke]

As luck would have it the whole incident was caught on film.........

[anonymous-user]

eharding said:

La Liga said:

They were armed with real guns.

So what would they have done if they didn't have tasers, or they had used the tasers without having the desired effect?

They'd always have Tasers as firearms officers. If the Taser failed hopefully they'd realise it wasn't a gun at that point.

[XCP]

La Liga said:

eharding said:

La Liga said:

They were armed with real guns.

So what would they have done if they didn't have tasers, or they had used the tasers without having the desired effect?

They'd always have Tasers as firearms officers. If the Taser failed hopefully they'd realise it wasn't a gun at that point.

Presumably both have Tasers? If one misfunctions there is therefore back up?

[anonymous-user]

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

Apparently there are no rules when discharging a taser so it's inevitable that things like this will happen.

[RedTrident]

Yep. Stupidity is inevitable in the police. No doubt whatsoever

[Rovinghawk]

La Liga said:

hey were armed with real guns.

I would suggest that the clown who fired the taser isn't fit to carry a real gun. Or a taser.

Go on- tell me about his "hnestly held belief".

[PH XKR]

s3fella said:

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.

Indeed, cresida got an absolute pardon over the 2007 incident

[AlexC1981]

I can see how this could get mistaken for a gun if it was in its bag with the handle sticking out and it was a dark area. The article said the man was acting in an agitated manner, so presumably was not following police instructions.

I wonder why and who called them in the first place? They must have been expecting someone with a gun for armed officers to be deployed surely?

[Amused2death]

If he was blind how would he know they were talking to him? His agitated state could have been because he knew something was happening (Because of the shouting) but could do nothing about it because of his visual impairment.

[R1gtr]

Maybe his guide dog was getting rowdy!

[Tom Logan]

Rovinghawk said:

I would suggest that the clown who fired the taser isn't fit to carry a real gun. Or a taser. Or a water pistol.

Fixed.

[Bigends]

AlexC1981 said:

I can see how this could get mistaken for a gun if it was in its bag with the handle sticking out and it was a dark area. The article said the man was acting in an agitated manner, so presumably was not following police instructions.

I wonder why and who called them in the first place? They must have been expecting someone with a gun for armed officers to be deployed surely?

Blind canes dont generally have handles on them - they are designed to be held in front of the user to feel their way round obstacles - not for support as is the case with this type
Reading ther latest updates on this story it see,s the police are of the view that the Taser was appropriately deployed - mateys not making any complaint - so it looks like the firer may get some words of advice and thatll be the end of it

Edited by Bigends on Saturday 25th February 11:57

[anonymous-user]

Rovinghawk said:

La Liga said:

hey were armed with real guns.

I would suggest that the clown who fired the taser isn't fit to carry a real gun. Or a taser.

Go on- tell me about his "hnestly held belief".

You may well be right. I believe the chap who Tasered the blind man back in 2012 had authorisation taken from him.

[anonymous-user]

XCP said:

La Liga said:

eharding said:

La Liga said:

They were armed with real guns.

So what would they have done if they didn't have tasers, or they had used the tasers without having the desired effect?

They'd always have Tasers as firearms officers. If the Taser failed hopefully they'd realise it wasn't a gun at that point.

Presumably both have Tasers? If one misfunctions there is therefore back up?

They would. Whether they would both have them drawn together is another matter.