Submitted by Grendal - May 15, 2008 at 8:03 pm -0500
"Yeah he was going to resist aarrest but he was NOT going to be violent. He was going to evade the police and to garner attention. So does that mean we should tase him? NO. So what 5 officers cannot handle 1 person? In this situation they should have just tried to corner him and tackle him. They had 5 police officers and longer he kept up the charde the stupider he would have looked. Then I guess they should hire masscots that I see at football games. They do a better job of getting people under control than the police officers did here. The police already had him on ground they didnt need to taser him."
How exactly were the police supposed to know that? Are all the new police recruits psycichs that instantly know the intentions of an individual who is being beligerent and is as you say resisting arrest. He was refusing to go with them, and was being delibratly obstructionist. I would also like to point out that the standard tactic for civil rights marchers was in no way to resist arrest. When the police came to you sat or lied down and went limp. You didn't resist but you also didn't help, thats a pretty big difference from jumping around and screaming like an idiot.
You also do realise that sheriffs in many southern town during the civil rights movement deployed water cannons and dogs prior to taking people in right?
Posted 08/27/08 at 04:05pm SimonBob: HB: I actually voted for the old Green party, back before the treehuggers took over from the small-c conservatives.
Posted 08/27/08 at 02:57pm ZippyDSMlee: So bascily the 2 aprty setup is soemthign that has not evolved any....
Posted 08/27/08 at 02:04pm Dark Sovereign: @Joel: Their entitled to their bull like the rest of us are.
Posted 08/27/08 at 02:02pm HarmlessBunny: Awww Jack is calling the Florida Bar: "The Florida Gay Bar". How mature! :D
Posted 08/27/08 at 01:54pm JoelWhy: Wow, I am so tired of these Hillary-worshippers who can't get over the fact that she lost. Dems keep finding new ways to lose.'
Posted 08/27/08 at 01:41pm Dark Sovereign: @Harmlessbunny: We in America have something like forty of those parties. We have 5 parties that actually produce prez candies
Posted 08/27/08 at 12:53pm sortableturnip: JT needs help from the ACLU here: http://jaablog.jaablaw.com/2008/08/27/the-name-game.aspx
Posted 08/27/08 at 12:51pm GryphonOsiris: However this is limited to five years.
Posted 08/27/08 at 12:50pm GryphonOsiris: @Chuma, actually, sarin kept in a binary form for things like self mixing shells can extend the life of the chemical.
Posted 08/27/08 at 12:45pm DarkTetsuya: @questionmark1987 I'm guessing they're waiting till his licensectomy this September... should be fun to watch ^^;
Posted 08/27/08 at 12:35pm questionmark1987: SO at what point can webmasters start filing suit against Thompson for harrassment?
Posted 08/27/08 at 12:23pm HarmlessBunny: OH OH OH http://jaablog.jaablaw.com/2008/08/26/whos-backing-who.aspx?pg=2&view=linear#Comment Jack gets priceless in here!
Posted 08/27/08 at 12:18pm HarmlessBunny: For EZK: http://jaablog.jaablaw.com/2008/08/26/whos-backing-who.aspx#comment-1316308
Posted 08/27/08 at 12:10pm E. Zachary Knight: link please
Posted 08/27/08 at 12:03pm sortableturnip: JT is threatening the webmaster at JAABlog, saying he changed a word in his post so that it was mispelled HA HA HA!
Posted 08/27/08 at 11:35am HarmlessBunny: Well we in Canada to have the joke parties, like Bloc Quebecois and NDP (New Democrat Party) OH and the new "Green Party" :)
Posted 08/27/08 at 11:07am Talouin: @Azhrarn: It's the same in Canada. Only two parties to form a federal gov't are Liberals and Conservatives.
Posted 08/27/08 at 10:42am Zevorick: Yeah, but you can find a lot of things in Texas that don't count. I should know, i've lived here all my life.
Posted 08/27/08 at 09:04am sqlrob: wehrgeist - there have been more WMDs found in Tyler , Texas than Iraq
Posted 08/27/08 at 08:16am Azhrarn: So they have been effectively 2-party for a century now. (not counting coalitions of all parties)
"Yeah he was going to resist aarrest but he was NOT going to be violent. He was going to evade the police and to garner attention. So does that mean we should tase him? NO. So what 5 officers cannot handle 1 person? In this situation they should have just tried to corner him and tackle him. They had 5 police officers and longer he kept up the charde the stupider he would have looked. Then I guess they should hire masscots that I see at football games. They do a better job of getting people under control than the police officers did here. The police already had him on ground they didnt need to taser him."
How exactly were the police supposed to know that? Are all the new police recruits psycichs that instantly know the intentions of an individual who is being beligerent and is as you say resisting arrest. He was refusing to go with them, and was being delibratly obstructionist. I would also like to point out that the standard tactic for civil rights marchers was in no way to resist arrest. When the police came to you sat or lied down and went limp. You didn't resist but you also didn't help, thats a pretty big difference from jumping around and screaming like an idiot.
You also do realise that sheriffs in many southern town during the civil rights movement deployed water cannons and dogs prior to taking people in right?