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SoonerCoug · 09-18-2007, 10:03 PM

Was this deserved?

8ballrollin · 09-18-2007, 11:18 PM

Here is a UF thread about it...

http://www.gatorsportsforum.com/foru...c.php?t=193981

http://www.gatorsportsforum.com/foru...c.php?t=193925

non sequitur · 09-18-2007, 11:49 PM

I hope he sues the ass off the University. He was clearly already restrained when he was tasered. There was absolutely no justification for the cops' overuse of force.

Indy Coug · 09-18-2007, 11:53 PM

Didn't Rodney King teach us all that there comes a point where you're better off not struggling against a bevy of police?

I don't care if the tasering was warranted or not, the dude dug himself into that hole.

BTW, if you're going to ask a guest like that a question, at least have enough intelligence to ask it in a way that isn't going to get your butt thrown out.

I enjoyed watching that little weanie squeal.

P.S. I can see that SoonerCoug's little avatar boy was pretty distraught watching that video.

non sequitur · 09-19-2007, 12:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Indy Coug

Didn't Rodney King teach us all that there comes a point where you're better off not struggling against a bevy of police.

I don't care if the tasering was warranted or not, the dude dug himself into that hole.

BTW, if you're going to ask a guest like that a question, at least have enough intelligence to ask it in a way that isn't going to get your butt thrown out.

I enjoyed watching that little weanie squeal.

Why am I not surprised that the resident fascist here would think Rodney King had his beating coming to him? I guess he should have known his place.

How can you say you don't care if the tasering was warranted? What would it take to make you care? What if they had pistol-whipped him? What if they had shot him in the head? I'm guessing that since the student was white you'd probably draw the line at shooting him in the head.

Indy Coug · 09-19-2007, 12:14 AM

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Originally Posted by non sequitur

Why am I not surprised that the resident fascist here would think Rodney King had his beating coming to him? I guess he should have known his place.

How can you say you don't care if the tasering was warranted? What would it take to make you care? What if they had pistol-whipped him? What if they had shot him in the head? I'm guessing that since the student was white you'd probably draw the line at shooting him in the head.

Resident fascist? Spare me the hysterical hyperventilating, you whiny little putz.

I'm not saying it was warranted, I'm saying if the guy had just quietly left he wouldn't have had any of this happen to him.

They warned him ahead of time they were going to taser him if he struggled and he still struggled. If he had stopped struggling then, he wouldn't have been tasered.

They probably didn't need to and probably shouldn't have tasered him, but I'm not crying a river for him either.

8ballrollin · 09-19-2007, 12:16 AM

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Originally Posted by non sequitur

Why am I not surprised that the resident fascist here would think Rodney King had his beating coming to him? I guess he should have known his place.

How can you say you don't care if the tasering was warranted? What would it take to make you care? What if they had pistol-whipped him? What if they had shot him in the head? I'm guessing that since the student was white you'd probably draw the line at shooting him in the head.

I agree that tasering was over the top. He'll probably get a nice settlement from UF. But wouldn't you agree he made a mistake by flailing his arms at the cops. At one point he even pushes one of them. That's never going to earn you any favors, especially with low-budge campus cops.

I read a rumor (not worth much) that he handed his camera to a friend and said "watch this" before he started his diatribe. I think he wanted something to happen. It worked.

MikeWaters · 09-19-2007, 12:22 AM

He was actively resisting arrest. He was warned that he would be tasered. He continued to resist. He was tasered.

Do I think the cops were unprofessional? Yes. In their difficulty of subduing him without tasering. But I don't have a problem with tasering him under these circumstances, where he was continuing to resist and had been warned.

non sequitur · 09-19-2007, 12:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Indy Coug

Resident fascist? Spare me the hysterical hyperventilating, you whiny little putz.

I'm not saying it was warranted, I'm saying if the guy had just quietly left he wouldn't have had any of this happen to him.

They warned him ahead of time they were going to taser him if he struggled and he still struggled. If he had stopped struggling then, he wouldn't have been tasered.

They probably didn't need to and probably shouldn't have tasered him, but I'm not crying a river for him either.

And if my neighbor would have just kept his dog in his own yard, I wouldn't have had poison the thing.

non sequitur · 09-19-2007, 12:31 AM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

He was actively resisting arrest. He was warned that he would be tasered. He continued to resist. He was tasered.

Do I think the cops were unprofessional? Yes. In their difficulty of subduing him without tasering. But I don't have a problem with tasering him under these circumstances, where he was continuing to resist and had been warned.

So, if the cops that beat up Rodney King had warned him that they were going to beat the crap out of him, would they have been justified?

09-18-2007, 10:03 PM	#1
SoonerCoug Formerly known as MudPhudCoug Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Land of desolation Posts: 2,548	UF student tasered. Was this deserved?

09-18-2007, 11:49 PM	#3
non sequitur Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,964	I hope he sues the ass off the University. He was clearly already restrained when he was tasered. There was absolutely no justification for the cops' overuse of force. __________________ ...You've been under attack for days, there's a soldier down, he's wounded, gangrene's setting in, 'Who's used all the penicillin?' 'Oh, Mark Paxson sir, he's got knob rot off of some tart.'" - Gareth Keenan

09-18-2007, 11:53 PM	#4
Indy Coug Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Between Iraq and a hard place Posts: 7,569	Didn't Rodney King teach us all that there comes a point where you're better off not struggling against a bevy of police? I don't care if the tasering was warranted or not, the dude dug himself into that hole. BTW, if you're going to ask a guest like that a question, at least have enough intelligence to ask it in a way that isn't going to get your butt thrown out. I enjoyed watching that little weanie squeal. P.S. I can see that SoonerCoug's little avatar boy was pretty distraught watching that video. Last edited by Indy Coug; 09-18-2007 at 11:57 PM.

09-18-2007, 11:18 PM	#2
8ballrollin Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: WA Posts: 1,287	Here is a UF thread about it... http://www.gatorsportsforum.com/foru...c.php?t=193981 http://www.gatorsportsforum.com/foru...c.php?t=193925

09-19-2007, 12:22 AM	#8
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	He was actively resisting arrest. He was warned that he would be tasered. He continued to resist. He was tasered. Do I think the cops were unprofessional? Yes. In their difficulty of subduing him without tasering. But I don't have a problem with tasering him under these circumstances, where he was continuing to resist and had been warned.