Cleopatra Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 Could you tell the difference between a blind person's white stick and a samurai sword? Apparantly a police officer in Chorley couldn't tell the difference when he tasered a blind stroke victim in the back with a 50,000 volt taser. The officer was supposedly responding to a report of a man running amok with a samurai sword. The 62 year old man he tasered was blind and walking slowly because of his health condition. When tazered, he fell to the ground, dropping his white stick but cuffs were still put on him until they saw the stick and realised their mistake. Can you possibly imagine the ordeal that the man was going through when after hearing shouting but not realising it was directed at him, an electric charge from the stun gun shooting through his body then being pounced on and handcuffed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 The first thing that should have happened, 'Knobby' should have been breathalyzed and drug tested, surely he must have been on something that seriously impaired his judgement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted October 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 But he remains on duty and has not been suspended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 clearly a case of the blind leading the blind! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted October 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 clearly a case of the blind leading the blind! Did the midwife drop you on your head when you were born? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 Went for a nice walk earlier with my samurai sword and a nice copper helped me across the road because he thought I was blind! How strange!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 You couldn't make it up. Is the rule these days that they shoot first and ask questions later?? This type of thing is happening to often these days. A stick is a stick. Nothing like a samurai sword. :roll: :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 You couldn't make it up. Is the rule these days that they shoot first and ask questions later?? This type of thing is happening to often these days. A stick is a stick. Nothing like a samurai sword. :roll: :roll: Y'aint seen nutt'n yet! Peter, wait until we get these localised Police Commissioners putting their amature two penneth in, we will be feared of sneezing in public without getting arrested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 This was on the news a few days back and it absolutely beggars belief how an old blind man, who could hardly walk, could be confused for a raving maniac waving a samurai sword. Even after they’d taken him to ground, it must have been glaringly obvious that he was old and so why the hell did they forcibly cuff him? I have a degree of sympathy for the difficult job they do but there’s no excuse for mistakes like this and the officer that did it shouldn’t be suspended, he should be bloody well thrown out of the force. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted October 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 Can only agree with everything you said Bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted October 23, 2012 Report Share Posted October 23, 2012 Completely agree Bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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