Soldato
Its a quote from the movie "The Green Mile" about being electrocuted.
It used sometimes when a person may get tazared.
That's in FL\NY\NC and maybe SC
Its a quote from the movie "The Green Mile" about being electrocuted.
The crazy thing is, he was only getting pulled over for tailgating (his parents vehicle), and probably wouldn't have even got a ticket. He had no prior convictions. Now he will spend decades in prison, and as she was part of a federal task force, it will be federal prison where they don't parole you early, he'll have to do the whole sentence.
5 mins in and lo and behold there was more to it. There always is.
Didn't stop for 1.5 miles
Won't comply with simple demands
Won't put hands out of window even with the cops gun drawn.
The initial version I thought seemed way over the top and appeared to be a guy being pepper sprayed for no apparent reason. Context is key as usual. Comply with the demands of cops and you do not get shot, with very few exceptions.
What we were looking at was some pretty obscure things to a lot of people, like culpable negligence. You think you might know what it means: It's negligent, but maybe pretty bad negligence. Well, it's gross negligence with an element of recklessness ... We had the law in front of us so we could break it down.
It just came down to us not being able to see what was going on in the car. Some of us were saying that there was some recklessness there, but that didn't stick because we didn't know what escalated the situation: was he really seeing a gun? We felt [Yanez] was an honest guy ... and in the end, we had to go on his word, and that's what it came down to.
Which doesn't refute what I said.
Lightening is an electrical charge. The tazer uses an electrical charge. The electric chair uses an electrical charge. Both have different purposes, but they are all linked. The term "ride the lightening" is a term that has been used for both. It wouldn't surprise me if electricians also used the term.
Who can blame him for not wanting to stop on the side of the road in the dark? He drove slowly to a well lit petrol station where there would also likely be witnesses and CCTV. He also had the good sense to film it all.
It wasn't just the not stopping issue though and he seemed intent on not following orders whilst at the petrol station which always escalates things, rather unnecessarily in this case.
On the Philando Castile stop I can't say I know anything about that case and the cop does seem rather unhinged. Generally speaking though encounters with the police in the US could be massively improved if people just followed orders. Yes sir, no sir, don't play with your belt or reach for the glove box etc. as police have an incredibly difficult job. Yes there are exceptions and some police are clearly untrained or not fit to be in their position but just following orders and being polite will get you out of most situations which is surely something we all want.
Its not like other people haven't been shot following commands. When you have cases like Philando Castile, pulled over, is asked for his driving licence, tells the officer he has a concealed carry permit and is armed, the cop loses his **** and shoots him 7 times from point blank range in front of his girlfriend and her 4 year old daughter. The cop was prosecuted for 2nd degree manslaughter and two counts of dangerous discharge of a firearm but was acquitted.
One juror who later spoke anonymously said:
This also came out. Castile had been stopped by the police at least 49 times in 13 years for minor traffic and equipment violations, the majority of which were dismissed. Imagine being stopped 49 times. I have been stopped maybe 10 times in 33 years of driving, 25 of which I've lived in and around London. He had no criminal record. Now if you think black people don't see incidents like this and think, that could happen to me, you are crazy. If I was black I'd be driving to a well lit place with witnesses and CCTV as well.
Wasn't the officer found not guilty?
Just checked and yes is the answer.
Congratulation on not bothering to read my post where I said he was acquitted. It really is all black and white for you isn't it.
I can't say I disagree. The amount of training police in the US appear to get in extremely minimal and there are many examples straight up bad policing, failure to de-escalate etc. I can't remember who it was I was listening to but a few it was someone in police/security that was suggesting that police should be in training 1 day EVERY WEEK. Running drills, firearms, de-escalation. That's probably unrealistic but clearly training overall needs to improve. The suggestions of "defunding the police" from some groups is in all likelihood the exact opposite of what needs to happen.There are from reading reports far too many poorly trained and poorly qualified police in the US. You are in a position of great power and authority with under certain circumstance the authority to use deadly force. A mate of mine tried to get on the firearms team in the Gloucestershire Constabulary, the training and level you are required to reach to be qualified is incredibly high. He missed out by a couple of points. In the US it appears that in some police forces they pretty much hand anyone a gun and send them out. Even those officers that are fired are either reinstated because their unions are so powerful or are just moved to a neighbouring district. Temperament is everything in such a job, especially when you carry a firearm.
Defunding the police really is taken out of context sometimes. Taking funds from police to use for say mental health workers so they can attend if the police are called to deal with someone with mental health issues and talk the person down rather than the police who aren't trained to do so and it all going horribly wrong. That seems a better use of tax payers money rather than the weapons of war you see some forces purchasing.
Defunding the police really is taken out of context sometimes. Taking funds from police to use for say mental health workers so they can attend if the police are called to deal with someone with mental health issues and talk the person down rather than the police who aren't trained to do so and it all going horribly wrong. That seems a better use of tax payers money rather than the weapons of war you see some forces purchasing.
As you noted they alternated orders of keeping hands out of the car and get out of the car. While pointing guns at him. Are you really thinking about a fat compo payout in that moment.
Don't think anyone's linked the whole(?) video, I think this is the whole thing:
Oh dear, not the first time I've seen that either. Really bad timing as well.It seems in the latest incident in MN, where a guy was shot during a traffic stop (turned out he had a warrant out for his arrest so he didn't comply, tried to speed off etc...) the officer actually meant to shoot him with a taser and somehow managed to draw her firearm instead and shoot him with that! Doh!!!!