The next dangerous weapon slated for the ban list? The dreaded stapler!

[CDSmith]

Alternate title: "This is how some cops roll"

ONCE UPON A TASER
http://www.winnipegsun.com/news/colu...98296-sun.html

Someone should tell RCMP Const. Kwesi Millington that there's a video on YouTube showing him delivering five Taser jolts to a Polish immigrant who was doing nothing to threaten officers or the public.

Millington made his first appearance yesterday at an inquiry into the death of Robert Dziekanski.

And his version of events leading up to the death of Dziekanski is so out of whack with the video we've all seen, it's as if the guy has no idea there's a video out there that exposes the whole thing.

Millington claims Dziekanski "was approaching" police officers with a stapler in his hand just before he was shot.

The video shows nothing of the kind. It shows Dziekanski raising his arms in the air and walking briefly away from police officers. He then stops and turns towards them. And then he gets zapped five times.

There's not much wiggle room there for an alternative interpretation.

"He had the stapler open, his other fist raised," said Millington.

Oh, he had the stapler open. Geez, that changes everything. I didn't know it was open. And he had his other fist raised? Let's check the video on that. Ah, nope. No fist raised.

"He was in a combative stance as we call it, and was approaching the officers," said Millington.

Combative stance? Like a wrestler? Or more like a linebacker? Doesn't show up on the video either way. The guy was just standing there.

Millington went on to say he believed Dziekanski had an intent to attack.

"So I deployed the Taser," Millington told the inquiry.

So now this cop is a mind reader, too. He knows what people are going to do before they do it. Kind of like Radar O'Reilly.

Millington then testified that he zapped Dziekanski a second time because he didn't appear immobilized.

Not immobilized? Dziekanski immediately started squirming like a bug after the first hit. Doesn't this cop think one shot would have been enough? Maybe he would have lived if they only shot him once.

But no. Millington then unloaded four more rounds on the poor bugger until he was on the ground screaming and reeling in pain.

Millington said he only unloaded four rounds in total. But the records show the Taser gun was fired five times.

So this cop is being contradicted all over the place.

Does he not know the whole thing is on video and that we've already seen that Dziekanski was not a threat to police or the public when he was Tasered?

Does he not know there is irrefutable video evidence showing Dziekanski did not lunge or run towards cops and did not even swing the stapler at them?

Or does he think the public is really that stupid that we would buy this yarn?

Either way, the guy has zero credibility.

The truth is, these cops thought the easiest way to deal with Dziekanski was to Taser him. Instead of waiting him out, trying to get an interpreter to help and attempting to bring the situation under control through patience and conciliation -- which is what good policing always strives for -- they just zapped him.

Naturally, if he posed a real threat by moving towards officers or swinging a weapon around, they would have been within their right to deploy the Taser. But he wasn't doing that -- not even close.

These cops should just admit they were wrong.

I'm speechless.

[~Ray]

oh...... caaaaa....na-da

[HorseShit]

sounds pretty fun

[~Ray]

"Don't stape me bro!"

[CDSmith]

Originally Posted by AdvertisingSex

"Don't stape me bro!"

[Magnus]

These officers are now being drilled in a public inquiry into to the death of this man, all officers have had to recant portions of their written police reports because they lied and over exaggerated the events (they did'nt know they were video taped) that lead to the tazering and death of this man.

Five big cops, with shank proof and bullet proof vests Vs 1 middle aged, 1/2 drunk, out of shape polish dude holding a stapler.

[CDSmith]

Originally Posted by Magnus

These officers are now being drilled in a public inquiry into to the death of this man, all officers have had to recant portions of their written police reports because they lied and over exaggerated the events (they did'nt know they were video taped) that lead to the tazering and death of this man.

Five big cops, with shank proof and bullet proof vests Vs 1 middle aged, 1/2 drunk, out of shape polish dude holding a stapler.

That about sums it up.

I'm usually the one saying if you are dumb enough to disobey a command from cops to "drop it" or "get on the floor" etc you get what you get and deservedly so. But in this case the evidence says the cops went above and beyond with the takedown, then later are lying about it.

In this case hopefully it is the cops who get what they deserve.

[pornocruto]

I hear those new semi-automatic staplers are pretty damn lethal.

[The Seduction of Art]

Staple fury made the fat guy in "Office Space" burn down the building.

[riabanana]

Beware of the stapler. I should get one.

[Marcus Aurelius]

You don't fuck with a mans stapler!!

[tranza]

Oh, come on!