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mercredi 10 juin 2009

Deputy Chris Bieze Tasers Kathryn Winkfein, 72, During Routine Traffic Stop, Dashboard Camera Shows Encounter



Once again a cop has been caught on the wrong side of the law. Deputy Chris Bieze stopped 72 year-old great grandmother, Kathryn Winkfein, for speeding. The officer claims she mouthed off and got physical during the stop. Oh, that's right before he tasered her during the stop on May 11, 2009. After he completed the paper work, she reportedly refused to sign it. Yeah, that's when things got ugly. What a loser and a liar. How threatening can a 72-year old woman be? Shameful. Simply shameful. He should be shunned by his associates for shoving a senior citizen. I am guessing that if he comes up against a real hardcore criminal that he may fold in fear like a lawn chair! This is also reminiscent of another story I wrote about involving NFL player Ryan Moats, who was also stopped by a cop and the encounter caught on the dashboard camera.
According to the deputy, he shoved Winkfein so she would get away from the side of the highway.The elderly woman started to tease the officer... "daring" him to use his taser on her. He warned her several times she was in danger of being tasered. The officer eventually did use the device that delivers a shock. Winkfein wasn't hurt, but you can hear here moans of agony on the tape right after it happened.Travis County, Texas Sergeant Major Gary Griffin says after reviewing the footage the officer followed policy and stands by his decision to use it.The dash cam video of this incident lasts about 1:45. Source: KDVR-TV
Thank God for the dashcam because the truth would have never come to light. Think of all the young African American and Latinos men that have been tasered at will by these cops with no real reason to do so? Sorry, but Deputy Bieze needs to be confined to desk duty or kicked off the force. So, too, should all the cops who act as recklessly as he has.

mardi 21 octobre 2008

Dan NeSmith, Eustis Cop, Fired After Tasering Taylor Davis, 15, For Fun At A Birthday Party



Dan NeSmith, 22, and a rookie police officer with the Eustis Police Department has been fired after Tasering Taylor Davis, 15, at his request during a birthday party where police say adults and teens mingled over alcohol. The entire incident was caught on tape. NeSmith won't face charges for tasering Davis in the back last month. Prosecutors say NeSmith could be charged for hosting a party for minors where alcohol was served, a second-degree misdemeanor in Florida.

Eustis Police Chief Fred Cobb told ABCNews.com, of the 40 to 50 people at NeSmith's home in the town of Leesburg, about 20 of them were younger than 21. The birthday boy was 19. "At some point during the party, the topic of the Taser came up and the 15-year-old expressed his desire to be [Tasered]," Cobb said. "Officer NeSmith opted to show him what it was like." The chief said that firing a Taser inappropriately is not illegal, but it violated department policy.Cobb said NeSmith had been on the job for 13 months.

Here's the question I have to ask, where were the parents? Which parent in their right mind would allow their underage child to attend a party where alcohol was being served? The parents ought to be brought up on charges for allowing this to happen.

Dan NeSmith, Eustis Cop, Fired After Tasering Taylor Davis, 15, For Fun At A Birthday Party



Dan NeSmith, 22, and a rookie police officer with the Eustis Police Department has been fired after Tasering Taylor Davis, 15, at his request during a birthday party where police say adults and teens mingled over alcohol. The entire incident was caught on tape. NeSmith won't face charges for tasering Davis in the back last month. Prosecutors say NeSmith could be charged for hosting a party for minors where alcohol was served, a second-degree misdemeanor in Florida.

Eustis Police Chief Fred Cobb told ABCNews.com, of the 40 to 50 people at NeSmith's home in the town of Leesburg, about 20 of them were younger than 21. The birthday boy was 19. "At some point during the party, the topic of the Taser came up and the 15-year-old expressed his desire to be [Tasered]," Cobb said. "Officer NeSmith opted to show him what it was like." The chief said that firing a Taser inappropriately is not illegal, but it violated department policy.Cobb said NeSmith had been on the job for 13 months.

Here's the question I have to ask, where were the parents? Which parent in their right mind would allow their underage child to attend a party where alcohol was being served? The parents ought to be brought up on charges for allowing this to happen.