Police arrest wrong guy and use stun gun on him, even after showing ID

[Dys]

"Who does he look like?"
"Michael"
"No, I'm Patrick."
*Picture comparing two obviously different people*
"He's not far off. They both look a good bit alike."

It's comedy gold!

[Evil Midnight Bomber]

First off. Dude was stunned. In today's climate I would say that is a mild outcome and not even worth bitching about. No one died, everyone goes home. At worse, someone will get their ass chewed.
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Are you serious with this? Does a person have to actually get a gunshot wound before it's worth bitching about?

[May90]

"You got a warrant, dude," an officer says.

Doesn't sound very professional...

[Polyxo]

There really should be criminal charges brought against police for making mistakes this egregious. Qualified immunity should not be that broad.

[Deleted]

Your police are tyrannical, lol.

[Tempguy]

Are you serious with this? Does a person have to actually get a gunshot wound before it's worth bitching about?

Well, taken out of context I can see how it would sound. But you know how things get when you take them out of context and focus on one small facet of an overall argument don't you?

Getting tazed is annoying, but yeah, hardly worth bitching about. What is worth bitching about is how the cops assaulted you and basically fucked up a simple situation.

But people get tased more often than you think. I almost got tazed as part of training. It's like bitching about getting smacked. The assault part is bad, but the smack only hurts your pride.

[Polyxo]

Well, taken out of context I can see how it would sound. But you know how things get when you take them out of context and focus on one small facet of an overall argument don't you?

Getting tazed is annoying, but yeah, hardly worth bitching about. What is worth bitching about is how the cops assaulted you and basically fucked up a simple situation.

But people get tased more often than you think. I almost got tazed as part of training. It's like bitching about getting smacked. The assault part is bad, but the smack only hurts your pride.

It really depends on the person. For some, tazing is excruciating. For others, its like an intense throbby-tingly sensation.

[Tempguy]

It really depends on the person. For some, tazing is excruciating. For others, its like an intense throbby-tingly sensation.

Yeah, but I thought that was implied in my original post. If it wasn't quoted out of context that is...

If you are hurt in a serious way by a tazer, or possibly killed, then yeah that is serious. But if you just pissed yourself real quick and are a bit dazed, then I don't see any real issue with the act itself. (The situation is different, but getting tazed is meh, on its own)

[Masark]

I almost got tazed as part of training.

So you didn't actually get tazed, but you're going to pontificate on the subject anyway.

[Tempguy]

So you didn't actually get tazed, but you're going to pontificate on the subject anyway.

More taking out of context.

More focusing on irrelevant points.

I have nothing really to say to that. Who cares? You may as well be complaining about my spelling at this point. I mean, i was gassed as part of training. That shit sucks and can cause serious issues. Especially if you have a history of lung issues like I have. But I survived. So complaining about the act itself is just bitching at this point.

Mind you, I said act. Not the situation. If I had been gassed as a sort of assault then the situation is totally different.

But why am I even trying. You'll just take me out of context again and bitch about something besides the point. We are not even discussing my original post anymore. Just out of context excerpts that lead nowhere. Have at it. I won't respond again though.

[Espe]

This is what happens when you militarize the police and train them to be aggressive.

Bingo.

I'm also against the hiring of military vets as civilian officers. We need to keep the thugs who were only let into the military because of the standard drop after 9/11 from going around and terrorizing US citizens on US soil. Secondly we need to cut the programs that recycle military material and distribute weapons of war to precincts in the US to be used against US citizens on US soil.

That would be a start to work from.

[Ripster42]

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Quick! Put a comment in your post so you don't get infracted!

[Tempguy]

Well, I mean, as long as they're only subjected to severe pain and publicly humiliated unnecessarily, I guess there's nothing to complain about. After all, you almost got tased once in a safe and controlled environment, so you know it's nothing to complain about.

Yeah, past this already...

You disagree. Fine. I am also sure you will disagree that getting into a fight is nothing to cause a big stink about. A fender bender is nothing to cause a huge fuss about. Having a drink thrown in your face is nothing to cause a huge fuss about. Getting maced, pepper sprayed or forced to inhale CS gas is nothing to cause a huge stink about. And getting choked out is not that big of a deal either.

All things have happened to me, since I am not allowed to say anything that I have not experienced, despite the fact you would then resort to calling it just an anecdote...

Do I think people should be able to just do that to anyone all willy nilly? Of course not. But do I think that it is a huge ass deal worth dwelling over? Fuck no.

You do it seems. All good. I guess some of us just have more pressing issues to stress over rather than dwell on something where all participants walked away relatively unscathed.

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Quick! Put a comment in your post so you don't get infracted!

I PM'd him. Hope he gets it. I got banned for the same shit a while ago...

[Ripster42]

Don't the police legally have to show you the warrant when you ask to see it?

Search warrant yes, arrest warrant, I don't actually know.

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I PM'd him. Hope he gets it. I got banned for the same shit a while ago...

It's a good rule in principle, but consistent moderation practices leave something to be desired.

[Gandrake]

lol he asked him for his name and this nigga is like

ummmmm patrick?

id have thought his ass was lying

[Polyxo]

Yeah, past this already...

You disagree. Fine. I am also sure you will disagree that getting into a fight is nothing to cause a big stink about. A fender bender is nothing to cause a huge fuss about. Having a drink thrown in your face is nothing to cause a huge fuss about. Getting maced, pepper sprayed or forced to inhale CS gas is nothing to cause a huge stink about. And getting choked out is not that big of a deal either.

All things have happened to me, since I am not allowed to say anything that I have not experienced, despite the fact you would then resort to calling it just an anecdote...

Do I think people should be able to just do that to anyone all willy nilly? Of course not. But do I think that it is a huge ass deal worth dwelling over? Fuck no.

You do it seems. All good. I guess some of us just have more pressing issues to stress over rather than dwell on something where all participants walked away relatively unscathed.

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I PM'd him. Hope he gets it. I got banned for the same shit a while ago...

Lets put it this way. When the wrong person does it in the wrong situation (and they're not a cop), it's an up to 7 years in prison kind of thing to fuss about.

[Gemini Soul]

lol he asked him for his name and this nigga is like

ummmmm patrick?

id have thought his ass was lying

lol yeah, all he had to was get out of the car and talk to them and it would of been ok. Show them his ID, they run it and then they leave when they confirm hes not the one they were after.


As why he had to get out of the car, they went to arrest the person they were after and for all they knew he could of had a weapon in the car. Asking him to exit the vehicle is just safety for them. They gave him plenty of warning and told him multiple times to get out of the vehicle and he refused.

[Breccia]

Honest question: why didn't their bodycams mysteriously fall off and/or fail to work? I mean, we're accepting that as an excuse now, right?

[Gemini Soul]

This happened 5 months ago, why is it being brought up now?

[Masark]

This happened 5 months ago, why is it being brought up now?

Probably because it's in court now.