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5/10 http://csua.org/u/c02 (ifilm.com - wear headphones) Chris Rock in: How Not to Get Your Ass Kicked by the Police Courtesy of http://freerepublic.com and "Police used Taser on pregnant driver" link on http://drudgereport.com. \_ Okay, that was great. Where was that from? Is there more? \_ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1400021/posts \_ And on Fox News today, "Taser Guns Used As Abortion Device" \_ No no no. I mean more Chris Rock, and is there more video where that came from? \_ that's really old. freerepublic my ass. |
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| www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1400021/posts HECTOR CASTRO SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER She was rushing her son to school. And she was about to get a speeding ticket she didn't think she deserved. So when a Seattle police officer presented the ticket to Malaika Brooks, she refused to sign it. In the ensuing confrontation, she suffered burns from a police Taser, an electric stun device that delivers 50,000 volts . "Probably the worst thing that ever happened to me," Brooks said, in desc ribing that morning during her criminal trial last week on charges of re fusing to obey an officer and resisting arrest. She was found guilty of the first charge because she never signed the tic ket, but the Seattle Municipal Court jury could not decide whether she r esisted arrest, the reason the Taser was applied. To her attorneys and critics of police use of Tasers, Brooks' case is an example of police overreaction. "It's pretty extraordinary that they should have used a Taser in this cas e," said Lisa Daugaard, a public defender familiar with the case. Law enforcement officers have said they see Tasers as a tool that can ben efit the public by reducing injuries to police and the citizens they arr est. Seattle police officials declined to comment on this case, citing concern s that Brooks might file a civil lawsuit. Donald Davis, who works on the county's Ta ser policy, said the use of force is a balancing act for law enforcement . When used on su ch subjects, the policy states, "the need to stop the behavior should cl early justify the potential for additional risks." "Obviously, (law enforcement agencies) don't want to use a Taser on young children, pregnant woman or elderly people," Davis said. "But if in you r policy you deliberately exclude a segment of the population, then you have potentially closed off a tool that could have ended a confrontation ." Brooks was stopped in the 8300 block of Beacon Avenue South, just outside the African American Academy, while dropping her son off for school. In a two-day trial that ended Friday, the officer involved, Officer Juan Ornelas, testified he clocked Brooks' Dodge Intrepid doing 32 mph in a 2 0-mph school zone. He motioned her over and tried to write her a ticket, but she wouldn't si gn it, even when he explained that signing it didn't mean she was admitt ing guilt. Brooks, in her testimony, said she believed she could accept a ticket wit hout signing for it, which she had done once before. "I said, 'Well, I'll take the ticket, but I won't sign it,' " Brooks test ified. Officer Donald Jones joined Ornelas in trying to persuade Brooks to sign the ticket. He authorized them to arrest her when she continued to refuse. The officers testified they struggled to get Brooks out of her car but co uld not because she kept a grip on her steering wheel. Brooks testified she didn't even know what it was when Jones showed it to her and pulled the trigger, allowing her to hear the crackle of 50,000 volts of electricity. The officers testified that was meant as a final warning, as a way to dem onstrate the device was painful and that Brooks should comply with their orders. When she still did not exit her car, Jones applied the Taser. In his testimony, the Taser officer said he pressed the prongs of the muz zle against Brooks' thigh to no effect. Afterward, he and the others testified, Ornelas pushed Brooks out of the car while Jones pulled. She was taken to the ground, handcuffed and placed in a patrol car, the o fficers testified. She told jurors the officer also used the device on her arm, and showed t hem a dark, brown burn to her thigh, a large, red welt on her arm and a lump on her neck, all marks she said came from the Taser application. At the South Precinct, Seattle fire medics examined Brooks, confirmed she was pregnant and recommended she be evaluated at Harborview Medical Cen ter. Brooks said she was worried about the effect the trauma and the Taser mig ht have on her baby, but she delivered a healthy girl Jan. Still, she said, she remains shocked that a simple traffic stop could res ult in her arrest. Davis said Tasers remain a valuable tool, and that situations like Brooks ' are avoidable. "I know the Taser is controversial in all these situations where it seems so egregious," he said. BBC News UK How the stun gun worksWednesday, 1 August, 2001, 13:37 GM T 14:37 UK How the stun gun works Taser gun BBC News Online examines the technology behind the electric stun guns whi ch police in London are considering as a non-lethal way of dealing with violent suspects. The air taser gun looks like a pistol but uses compressed air to fire two darts that trail electric cable back to the handset. When the darts strike, a five-second 50,000-volt charge is released down the cable, causing the suspect's muscles to contract uncontrollably. Officers do favour them as a useful tool to do the job of protecting the public Mike McBride, editor of Police and Security Equipment The taser causes temporary paralysis and research suggests there is littl e permanent risk to health. A laser helps target the suspect and the taser works at ranges up to 21ft . Positive feedback Electrical signals - taser waves or T-Waves -overpower the body's normal electrical signals, temporarily confusing the nervous system. Mike McBride, editor of Jane's Police and Security Equipment, told BBC Ne ws Online that feedback from police forces in the US, where the taser gu ns are used, had been positive. "They are extremely useful in dealing with certain situations where a fir earm would be inappropriate, say where a suspect is armed with a broken bottle," he said. Mr McBride, whose publication provides a guide to the latest police and s ecurity equipment available, has shadowed US police carrying the weapons . "Officers do favour them as a useful tool to do the job of protecting the public," he said. Advanced taser guns have the advantage of being able to get through thick clothing, he continued. Most people will automatically curl up to protect themselves against the taser gun, allowing officers to move in safely. Technologically advanced The guns are so technologically advanced that it will be possible to dete rmine how and when the weapon was used. You can verify when it was used and how long it was used for. This improv es accountability of police Mike McBride Mr McBride said every time the taser is fired it also releases up to 40 c onfetti-like ID tags which would identify which officer had used the wea pon. And he said the weapons have a microchip which allows data to be download ed onto a computer. "You can verify when it was used and how long it was used for. The taser, which runs off eight batteries, automatically checks that the equipment is fully charged. No deaths attributed Research seems to suggest that the health risks are small. The advanced taser has been used by police in the US without causing deat h But according to the Guardian newspaper, a pregnant woman in the US misca rried after being hit by a taser. This prompted health experts to warn that they may "encounter complicatio ns from the taser more often" as its use becomes more widespread. The Los Angeles sheriff's department cut short a six-month trial after fo ur months and issued the gun to officers in June. Research by the University of Southern California Medical Centre suggests the taser shot produces no long-term damage. It found there was no lasting damage to nerve or heart tissue. Should the Metropolitan Police decide to introduce the weapons, each tase r gun is likely to cost 200 and officers may only require a day's train ing to use them. Tom Harris On the old "Star Trek" series, Captain Kirk and his crew never left the s hip without their trusty phasers. One of the coolest things about these weapons was the "stun" setting. Unless things were completely out of con trol (as they frequently were), the Enterprise crew always stunned their adversaries, rendering them temporarily unconscious, rather than killin g them. We're still a ways off from this futuristic weaponry, but millions of pol ice officers, soldiers and ordinary citizens do carry real-life stun wea pons to protect against personal attacks. Like the... |
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| freerepublic.com -> www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/browse Republic Log In | Register News/Activism Latest | Search | Topics | Home | Help News/Activism Threads Threads | Messages Search (by title: enter all relevant words or partial title) Search Austrians Praise Schwarzenegger in US Posted by Ernest_at_the_Beach On 05/13/2004 9:28:13 PM PDT with 1 comment The Las Vegas Sun ^ | May 13, 2004 at 11:56:36 PDT | GEORGE JAHN GRAZ, Austria (AP) - America, nein. Arnie, ja! When Austrians vent about the United States, the key word nowadays is "no" to things American, with only a few exceptions - including praise of Arnold Schwarzenegger. Arnie, that country has a real problem," says Robert Biber, echoing sentiments across Austria roused by images of US soldiers abusing Iraqi prisoners. Outrage as KISS player mouths off on Muslims Posted by veronica On 05/13/2004 9:25:48 PM PDT with 3 comments Sydney Morning Herald ^ | May 14, 2004 KISS bass player Gene Simmons has caused an uproar among Australia's Muslim community by launching an attack on Islamic culture while in Melbourne. The lizard-tongued rock god who is touring Australia with the world's most enduring glam rock band launched an attack on Muslim extremists during an interview on Melbourne's 3AW radio - including comments which were labelled inaccurate. Cold Turkey Posted by Rennes Templar On 05/13/2004 9:23:01 PM PDT In These Times ^ | May 10, 2004 | Kurt Vonnegut Many years ago, I was so innocent I still considered it possible that we could become the humane and reasonable America so many members of my generation used to dream of. We dreamed of such an America during the Great Depression, when there were no jobs. And then we fought and often died for that dream during the Second World War, when there was no peace. But I know now that there is not a chance in hell of Americas becoming humane and reasonable. Because power corrupts us, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. May, 2004 10amET | Fintan Dunne The family firm of beheaded American Nick Berg, was named by a conservative website in a list of 'enemies' of the Iraq occupation. That could explain his arrest by Iraqi police --a detention which fatally delayed his planned return from Iraq and may have led directly to his death. Nick Berg, 26 disappeared into incommunicado detention after his arrest by Iraqi police in March, 2004. He vanished again after his release 13 days later. Science & Space ^ | Thursday, May 13, 2004 Posted: 10:13 PM EDT (0213 GMT) | From Dave Santucci, CNN Firm is competing for the $10 million X Prize Aircraft designer Burt Rutan and his firm Scaled Composites took a giant leap early Thursday toward becoming the first private company to send a person into space. Scaled Composites, funded by Microsoft co-founder and billionaire Paul Allen, set a new civilian altitude record of 40 miles in a craft called SpaceShipOne during a test flight above California's Mojave Desert. Turning Shame Into Outrage Posted by neverdem On 05/13/2004 9:18:08 PM PDT with 1 comment LA Times ^ | May 13, 2004 | Charles Paul Freund Charles Paul Freund is a senior editor at Reason magazine. It's a tough call whether Abu Musab al-Zarqawi the Jordanian militant who is reportedly responsible for the videotaped butchery of Nicholas Berg is more stupid than he is brutal, or whether he is a bigger monster than he is a fool. Zarqawi's own nauseating videotape makes the case for his indescribable brutality and may have inadvertently delivered his enemy from its own demoralization. Official Says War Budget to Exceed $50B Posted by Ernest_at_the_Beach On 05/13/2004 9:14:08 PM PDT with 3 comments Yahoo via AP ^ | Thu May 13, 6:29 PM ET | ALAN FRAM, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - Wars in Iraq (news - web sites) and Afghanistan (news - web sites) will cost more than $50 billion next year, a top Defense Department official told Congress Thursday in the Bush administration's clearest description yet of the conflicts' price tags. Berg's Father Demands Answers From Bush (Free Republic mentioned) Posted by kristinn On 05/13/2004 9:13:32 PM PDT with 25 comments Duluth News Tribune ^ | Thursday, May 13, 2004 | Nicole Weisensee Egan Posted on Thu, May 13, 2004 Berg's father demands answers from Bush BY NICOLE WEISENSEE EGAN Knight Ridder Newspapers PHILADELPHIA - (KRT) - The day he buried his son, Nick Berg's father angrily lashed out at President Bush - and said he had a question for him: "I would like to ask him if it's true that al-Qaeda offered to trade my son's life for another person," Michael Berg told a small group of reporters early Thursday morning outside his West Chester home. One Last Card to Play Posted by Russian Sage On 05/13/2004 9:10:54 PM PDT Claremont Review of Books ^ | Posted March 18, 2004 | By Peter W Schramm One Last Card to Play A review of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation: The End of Slavery in America, by Allen C Guelzo. Since 1865, the new york state library has been the proud owner of the original Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. Media Maelstrom Posted by hope On 05/13/2004 9:06:15 PM PDT with 3 comments News Max ^ | 5-11-04 | John L Perry Media MaelstromJohn L PerryTuesday, May 11, 2004 This presidential election is in peril of being swallowed in a perfect media storm, more terrifying than Edgar Allen Poes A Descent Into the Maelstrom. With the inexorable force of the novelists oerpowering whirlpool that funnels nearly every object in its clutches down, down, down into certain doom, the perfect storm of television is sucking American democracy into oblivion. The way things are headed, television mass communications with print media puppy-trotting alongside its ankles are what will determine the outcome of the 2004 presidential election. Not the candidates. Bush Team to Rework Iraq Funding After Senate Balks Posted by Ernest_at_the_Beach On 05/13/2004 8:59:04 PM PDT with 7 comments Yahoo via AFP ^ | Thu May 13, 4:11 PM ET | Vicki Allen WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bush administration officials said they would rework a plan for a $25 billion reserve fund for Iraq (news - web sites) operations after Republican and Democratic senators on Thursday deplored it as an effort to get "a blank check" without congressional oversight. STRATFOR: Geopolitical Diary: Friday, May 14, 2004 Posted by Axion On 05/13/2004 8:57:27 PM PDT STRATFOR ^ | May 14, 2004 0305 GMT Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Richard Myers went to Iraq on May 13. Three things are clear from this trip. First, the administration is committed to retaining Rumsfeld, or at least is committed to doing everything it can to salvage him. An open letter-- Berg dies while the Senate preens Posted by hatfieldmccoy On 05/13/2004 8:54:43 PM PDT with 16 comments vanity | 5-13-04 | hatfieldmccoy Senator Hagel, Senator Nelson, It has taken two days for me to have regained my composure to the point I could actually write you. You see, I've seen the unedited video of the Berg (an American) murder. Yes I watched the horrors of 9-11. I saw the Pearl (an American) murder video and the burning and gleeful dismemberment of the four security personnel (Americans). But the Berg video was staring straight into Hell. These things took their time. They used a dull knife and took 30 seconds to saw off this man's head. AM ET LONDON, May 13 (Reuters) - Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper suspended the weekly column of Barbara Amiel-Black after its parent, Hollinger International, filed a lawsuit accusing her and her husband Conrad Black of looting the company. Martin Newland, the editor of Britain's top-selling broadsheet, "has decided to suspend the column until legal proceedings are completed," the paper said in a statement on Thursday. What Led Nick Berg to Iraq? Posted by dyno35 On 05/13/2004 8:48:10 PM PDT with 20 comments The Philadelphia Daily News ^ | May 13, 2004 | By William Bunch BERG'S JOURNEY SPARKED FBI PROBE AND OTHER STRANGE DETAILS HE WAS not like anyone else his friends from West Chester had ever known - an adventurous dreamer, a driven idealist, part philosopher and part inventor who was bored with college Record 26m divorce win 'a pyrrhic victory' (More Saudi kidnapping) Posted by Lan... |
| drudgereport.com The staff is planning to do several stories on this and not just one big article. For days now, the NYT has been chasing down the rumors of what the LA TIMES may be investigating about Carter but didn't have much success. Finally, this afternoon, the NYT made some headway, at least enough to rush out a story. |