Footage Of Josh Brolin's Arrest -- Why Did Cops Use Tasers?

Joanne98

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Fri Jan-09-09 03:55 PM
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Footage Of Josh Brolin's Arrest -- Why Did Cops Use Tasers?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rgz7XqNOeBo

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ihavenobias

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Fri Jan-09-09 04:11 PM
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1. Based only on that footage, it sure seemed gratuitous. n/t

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JDPriestly

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Fri Jan-09-09 04:12 PM
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2. Cops use tasers because they have tasers, and tasers are easy to use.

Tasers must give the users an enormous feeling of power. Tasering someone is a great way to reduce your stress.

While we are at it: why do parents berate and nag their children? Because they can. Because they are bigger. Because they are frustrated. Because they are angry. Because they want absolute control.

And most important, because they don't know any other way. They have never learned non-violent communication. And they don't feel they have the time to communicate properlly under the circumstances. Anyway . . . my opinion.

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Divine Discontent

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Fri Jan-09-09 05:13 PM
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3. K&R ---- dick cops need their badges revoked - wish good cops would turn them in when they see it.

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LaPera

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Fri Jan-09-09 07:11 PM
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5. They certainly aren't "good cops" if they look the other way, they are accessory to the crimes!

Edited on Fri Jan-09-09 07:12 PM by LaPera

Cops get away with amazing amount of shit, yet the court always seems to take their side....simply because most see cops as their only means of protection...cops know this and capitalize constantly on it.

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ihavenobias

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Sat Jan-10-09 03:38 AM
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10. Too much "protecting their own" going on. n/t

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Supply Side Jesus

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Fri Jan-09-09 06:11 PM
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4. I watched the video twice...

I don't hear the taser being deployed. I hear sirens in the background...and everything else. wtf?

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CherylK

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Fri Jan-09-09 07:58 PM
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6. Ouch!

:wtf:

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GreenTea

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Fri Jan-09-09 08:23 PM
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7. New Orleans cops shoot (black) man in back 12 times (on New Year's Eve)

Edited on Fri Jan-09-09 08:23 PM by GreenTea

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/N._Orleans_cops_shoot_man_in_0109.html

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Bonescrat

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Fri Jan-09-09 08:32 PM
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8. In Summary, "As with all people, some cops are dicks." nt.

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HopeHoops

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Fri Jan-09-09 09:30 PM
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9. Maybe the cops were overly critical TV viewers?

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