16-year-old dies after police Taser shooting |
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 Apr 16 2009, 09:11 AM
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QUOTE Last week, a 16-year-old Michigan boy died after police fired a Taser “stun gun” on him. Robert Mitchell fled police after a routine traffic stop Friday morning, in Warren, Michigan, an industrial suburb adjacent to Detroit. Although Mitchell posed no danger, police pursued him on foot to an abandoned building in Detroit, where they claim they Tasered him once. Mitchell was pronounced dead shortly afterward. [...] Warren Police Commissioner William Dwyer claimed Mitchell “was violently resisting arrest,” but did not explain how. According to another police spokesman, the youth “came down the stairs” of the abandoned house and “assaulted the officers.” Police have acknowledged that Mitchell was unarmed. He was small, standing about five foot two inches tall (157 centimeters) and weighing 110 pounds (50 kilograms). Evidently, a 5'2"/110-pound kid is too much for a bunch of "big, strong" cops to handle. |
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Apr 16 2009, 09:34 AM
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 Tick tock, Bill Group: Administrator Posts: 8,764 Joined: Dec 2005 Member No: 333,948 |
How was he "violently resisting arrest" unarmed? Did he threaten them with his middle finger?
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Apr 16 2009, 04:56 PM
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 omnomnom Group: Member Posts: 1,776 Joined: Jul 2005 Member No: 180,688 |
police abuse is way out of hand :(
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Apr 16 2009, 04:59 PM
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QUOTE(coconutter @ Apr 16 2009, 05:56 PM)  police abuse is way out of hand :( |
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Apr 16 2009, 05:02 PM
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 Mel Blanc was allergic to carrots. Group: Official Designer Posts: 6,371 Joined: Aug 2008 Member No: 676,291 |
QUOTE(coconutter @ Apr 16 2009, 05:56 PM) police abuse is way out of hand :( |
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Apr 16 2009, 05:20 PM
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 poison Group: Official Member Posts: 4,806 Joined: Mar 2008 Member No: 629,020 |
oh yeah i heard about that in my paper. I think it was in Detroit (go figure)
The police in michigan have been very out of hand lately. Just a few weeks ago a Officer shot a kid in Grand Rapids after a drug raid and thought he was selling drugs. The kid never attempted to harm police at all. He did try to find his way out the back door and the officer shot him. Turns out the kid had only a little marijuana and wasn't selling anything drug wise |
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Apr 16 2009, 05:23 PM
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QUOTE(mipadi @ Apr 16 2009, 10:11 AM) mangg.. i bii tazzurr da boi n kik da boi 2 |
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Apr 16 2009, 07:13 PM
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 DDR \\ I'm Dee :) Group: Mentor Posts: 8,662 Joined: Mar 2006 Member No: 384,020 |
It doesn't really surprise me that it happened where it did. One word: LAWSUIT.
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Apr 16 2009, 09:42 PM
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DONT TAAZZZERRR ME BROOO
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Apr 16 2009, 09:46 PM
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 Fellatio. Group: Official Member Posts: 2,122 Joined: Mar 2007 Member No: 511,775 |
One usually hears these types of occurences from Florida.
They're always arresting children. |
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Apr 17 2009, 01:34 AM
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I believe that is the 2nd teenage death in a taser incident, where the policemen were involved.
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Apr 29 2009, 01:45 PM
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 Sarcastic Mr. Know-It-All Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 2,089 Joined: Dec 2003 Member No: 29 |
Gotta love it when cops electrocute kids and shoot your pets.
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