"Officer defends using Taser on woman" by Associated Press | August 31, 2009
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - A sheriff’s deputy said in an e-mail that he made the right decision when he zapped a woman with a stun gun during a traffic stop in a Syracuse suburb this year, a newspaper reported yesterday.
Sean Andrews, in a message obtained by the Post-Standard and published yesterday on its website, said the video taken from the dashboard of the Onondaga County officer’s car “alone does not look good to the public because the general public have difficulty putting themselves in a cop’s position.’’
OMFG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YOU are SUPPOSED to be putting YOURSELF in OUR POSITION, you FASCISTA FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It is SUPPOSED to be TOO SERVE and PROTECT, asshole, not OPPRESS and TYRANNIZE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But he says he was justified in using the stun gun on her. Andrews, 37, was suspended for 30 days after an administrative hearing Aug. 20 and could face further disciplinary actions over the Jan. 31 traffic stop in Salina. The sheriff’s deputy used a Taser to subdue the woman, Audra Harmon, after pulling her minivan over. The 38-year-old mother was driving with two children in the car.
Oh, so the KIDS GOT TO SEE THIS, huh? Got to see MOM TASERED!!!!
I'm sure that was NOT TRAUMATIC for them!
What did she do, anyway?
The video shows the officer stunning Harmon with two Taser shots. Harmon was charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, and driving 50 miles per hour in a 45 miles per hour zone. The charges were dismissed, and Harmon sued the sheriff’s department in early August.
Was she REALLY SPEEDING?
In his e-mail, Andrews writes that he stopped Harmon because it appeared that she was talking on her cellphone and appeared to be speeding. He said he decided to use the Taser based on his training because Harmon defied his orders and because he couldn’t see her hands at certain points during the stop.
Think I believe the lying cop?
Whether this actually happened the way he said, I'd need a corroborating witness.
And it looks like it is TIME to END the USE of TASERS if THIS is how they are TRAINED for USE!
He also wrote that he was concerned that she would drive off if he didn’t use the Taser on her, and that he would “have a vehicle pursuit with two kids in the car.’’
She PULLED OVER, right?
A MOTHER with TWO KIDS in the car is going to act like a gun-carrying drug dealer, huh?
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