What kind of person gets pleasure from Tasering someone who has a mental or physical disability? A sadistic one, just the sub-type of police who are roaming our cities? streets right now in a complete abuse of power.
Cops Taser Woman With Mental Disability
South Carolina police officer Eric Walters saw a woman leaving a home for sale and questioned whether or not she had broken into it. Then he used his Taser on Melissa Davis, 40, who was commonly known in this small town to have a mental disability.
Tasers are also known as stun weapons or Conducted Energy Devices (CEDs).
According to prosecutors, after the mentally challenged woman fell down, Walters told her to put her hands behind her back and incorrectly placed handcuffs on her. Before she could comply, he shocked her four additional times according to prosecutors.
When backup arrived, Walters told Officer Franklin ?Frankie? Brown?that?the woman was innocent. But when Brown saw that one of her hands was free from handcuffs, he shocked her three more times. Brown told Davis she could go but on the condition that she let him,
?Shock her with the Taser once more in the forehead. Brown told the other officers at the scene that he had shocked Davis with the Taser because he ?did not want to touch that nasty b*tch.??
After pleading guilty to federal charges of deprivation of rights, the two Marion, South Carolina, cops are?due to be sentenced on Monday.?The lawsuit seeks at least $2 million in damages.
Both officers were fired. And prosecutors have agreed to sentences of 12 to 18 months in prison for Walters and 18 to 24 months for Brown.
Other Cases Of Disability Tasers
An Oregon officer arrived on the scene of an 11-year-old girl with autism, which in her case makes it difficult to communicate, found ?wandering naked along a highway.? The girl was giggling when the officer ordered her to stop walking and threatened to Taser her.
Then he Tasered her and ?slammed her head into the hood of his car.? She was lucky ? she lived ? not everyone is so fortunate.
- 17-year-old?Derrick Jones?died in 2009. Jones, who had been drinking at his own home, was Tasered when he ?moved rapidly? toward a police officer and made unkind comments.
- Unarmed 15-year-old Brett Elder was taken down with Taser, even though he only weighed 140 pounds.
- And 16-year old Robert Mitchell was probably the most horrific case. After being chased through a neighborhood and cornered by at least 6 police officers, an exhausted Mitchell ? unarmed, 5? 2? and 130 pounds, hands raised in surrender, was tazed ? to death.
According to Amnesty International in 2012,
?At least 500 people in the United States have died since 2001 after being shocked with Tasers either during their arrest or while in jail. Amnesty International recorded the largest number of deaths following the use of Tasers.
?In California (92), followed by Florida (65), and Texas (37).
?The Oklahoma City Police Department led all law enforcement agencies in deaths (7) following by Las Vegas Metropolitan Police, Harris County Texas sheriffs, Phoenix, Ariz. and San Jose, Calif., all with six deaths.?
Cops Taser Training
Police procedure calls for a verbal warning before using a Taser. But procedure disregards people with mental handicaps.
Instructors tase police officers during Taser training. But according to?Amnesty International, they use the Tasers at a, ?fraction of their normal discharge.? In spite of the small shock, police say:
? ?It’s like getting punched 100 times in a row, but once it’s off, you are back to normal again?
? ?It felt terrible. It hurts. I’m going to think twice before I use this on anyone.?
? ?It is the most profound pain I have ever felt. You get total compliance because they don’t want that pain again.? (firearms consultant)
? ?They call it the longest five seconds of their life ? it’s extreme pain, there’s no question about it. No one would want to get hit by it a second time.? (county sheriff)
Procedure allows for use of Tasers for traffic stops, disturbances or nuisance complaints, or reports of suspicious behavior.
How Tasers Work
According to a 2012 scientific study published in the American Heart Association’s journal, Circulation,
“Eight cases involving the TASER X26 ECD were examined, seven of the people died. Douglas Zipes, of Indiana University’s Krannert Institute of Cardiology, found a Taser shock, ‘Can cause cardiac electric capture and provoke cardiac arrest’ as a result of an abnormally rapid heart rate and uncontrolled, fluttering contractions.”
Here’s how a Taser works,
??The devices administer 50,000 volts that usually temporarily immobilize a person’s muscles so police can gain control of the suspect. The Taser can be fired from 35 feet away; wires are attached to barbs that pierce a person’s skin.?
?“(The) 0.07 amps in an electricity shock are enough to disrupt the human heart and even be fatal. The Taser averages at around 2 amps per shock, certainly making it quite dangerous.?
So why do medical examiners say that people die for other reasons like medical conditions or drug use??It is a question worth pursuing.
Taser Solutions For Cops
Amnesty International has ?repeated its call for tighter limits on police use of these weapons. Susan Lee, Americas program director at Amnesty International?said,
“Of the hundreds who have died following police use of Tasers in the United States, dozens and possibly scores of deaths can be traced to unnecessary force being used. This is unacceptable, and stricter guidelines for their use are now imperative.”
Just what the hell is wrong with the Taser crazy cops?
