American police turning against their citizens

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Driver Tased For Asking Officer Why He Was Stopped
Man who refused to sign speeding ticket because he did not understand what it was is tased and arrested by officer who then refused to read him his rights



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Steve Watson
Infowars.net
Wednesday, Nov 21, 2007





A man was tased and arrested on a Utah highway after being stopped by an officer and refusing to sign a speeding ticket because he did not understand what offence he had committed or why he had been pulled over.

The encounter, captured on the police car camera on September 14th and released this week, is the latest in a long string of incidents involving the unacceptable use of Tasers by officers on citizens whom the evidence reveals are in no way threatening, acting unlawfully or resisting co-operation.

The video shows the Utah Highway Patrolman pull over Jared Massey and his pregnant wife who also had their baby with them in the car and ask for Mr Massey's license.

Mr Massey tells the officer he does not understand why he has been stopped or what he is being charged with, at which point the officer orders Massey to get out of the car. The officer then puts down his clipboard and immediately takes out his Taser and points it at Mr Massey without any provocation whatsoever, yelling "Turn around and put your hands behind your back" as Massey attempts to point out the speed limit sign and engage the officer in conversation.

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A shocked Massey asks "what the hell is wrong with you?" and backs away, turning around as the officer had demanded, at which point the officer unleashes 50,000 volts from the Taser into Massey's body, sending him screaming to the ground instantly and causing his wife to jump out of the car and yell hysterically for help.

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Lying face down on the ground a shell shocked, Mr Massey says "officer I don't know what you are doing, I don't know why you are doing what you are doing" to which the officer replies "I am placing you under arrest because you did not obey my instruction."

Mr Massey then once again asks the officer several times why he was stopped and what he is being charged with. He then asks for his rights to be read and points out that the officer cannot arrest him without doing this. Instead of reading Massey his rights the officer then addresses another patrolman who arrives on the scene sardonically commenting "Ohhh he took a ride with the Taser" to which the other officer answers "painful isn't it".

The icing on the cake comes at the end of the video when the officer LIES to his own colleague about the encounter, clearly stating that he verbally warned Massey he was going to tase him, as is the law, when there was no warning whatsoever.

Mr Massey is planning to file a lawsuit against the Utah Highway Patrol. He says he was already slowing down as he approached the 40 mile per hour sign in the construction zone outside of vernal. All charges except for the speeding ticket have been dropped.

This amazing video reveals how eroded civil and constitutional rights have now become. The officer had no legal right to make Massey sign any document he did not understand

Tasers are supposed to be the last response before lethal action, however, police now use them as if they are batons or pepper spray.

In the last year over 300 people have died in admitted cases in the US alone from being tased. In the last week alone we have posted three separate stories of Taser deaths. Every week we post stories of incidents, which often feature old women, children and disabled people as the victims. The weapons are even being used in schools. The police are now trained that "pain compliance," a euphemism for torture, is acceptable in apprehending anyone even if that person poses no physical danger. If you electrify any person, they suffer extreme pain and stand a high chance of being killed.

Despite this, idiotic media hacks such as Fox News host Brian Kilmead are happy to promote police state tactics, selling the idea that protestors or people that merely question authority in any way are threatening and should be tased or "beaten to a pulp".

This phenomenon is out of control, how many more acts of wanton police brutality, torture and death by means of tasering are we to endure?

Taser use is being abused by police all over the country and beyond as cops are trained that torture is a perfectly acceptable response to somebody who acts out of the ordinary, asks the wrong question or refuses to show their papers. ​

 

Is anyone really surprised? Seems to me that cops these days just aren't too bright. All the intelligent law enforcement officers are all working for DHS these days...

No matter what you might think, tasers don't kill people. Cops who needlessly use them kill people.

 

And your solution, Zoomie?

 

If we take the tasers away they'll go back to 9mm. In the worst of all possible worlds I'd rather be tortured with a taser than shot 40 times by a pack of morons wearing badges.

In the best of all possible worlds I'd rather no one, not cops, criminals, teenaged drug dealers, whomever, carried guns.

I live on the extreme southern edge of one of the worst cities in the US. Baltimore will exceed 300 murders this year. Most (97%) of them were committed with firearms. Forty-eight so far this year were children between 9 and 17 years old. This is totally unacceptable. Only 14 involved police. That last statistic is a miracle. As a species, we have degenerated to unprecedented lows.

The answer to your question is that I don't have an answer for the problem. I have an answer for me. I'm moving out to a mountaintop in West Virginia. I'm going to live without fear. I'm sorry you all don't have that option.

 

maybe the cop should have just tasered the mum and baby too


even better maybe they should send him to iraq, he sounds like perfect community relations?

i pity the americans, they have destroyed their country piece by piece.

 

I think the solution is going back to a state of society where police are held accountable and to a higher standard. Meaning...they only use force when necessary. Now adays they are allowed to use force whenever they feel threatened...what exactly is that and how is that measured? Tasers should be looked on as deadly force just as guns and their use should be just as restricted.

And their lives should not be held in higher esteem than that of the populus they are serving. They are public servants. And by performing that role the public health and safety is more important than that of an individual policeman or security agent!

 

Every man for himself, right Zoomie? Luckily not everyone thinks that way. The mountaintop lifestyle is a good one, and one that more people should (and probably will have to) consider.

 

Wrong. Their treasonous government has hijacked the reigns of power in america in an effort to destroy it from within in order to implement the next step toward global (one world) government. It's about that time for the world to understand the difference between the american empire vs. the controlled american public.

 

Taxpayers pay for police, if they are performing in a manner that is contray to the public interest...then they should be reined in an that can't be accomplished by burying your head in the sand or moving to a mountain top.

 

I'm not turning my back on society, I'm doing what's best for me and my family. I don't want to be here when the power mongers decide we need another attack to rally their cause. That's not defeatist, that's not selfish, that's a smart survival decision.

I do however appreciate that you understand this:

 

I know what you mean Zoomie, and I mostly agree. It's walking a fine line between self-preservation and assisting in the preservation of all humanity. Sometimes the latter is too scary.