I must be warped - Cop shows - tasers

[ripvanwinkle]

LOL....I must be warped !!!. I laugh a lot when I see the police in these shows deploy their tasers . Just the rapid staccato clicks of the taser and the cries of the person make me laugh. I don't understand why they don't stop when the police announce they will get tasered if they don't comply. Maybe I was just brought up to obey the police .

[chapeau]

I used to be certified to train law enforcement to use them. In order to be an instructor, you he’d to be tased. It is awful.
But I think those shows are hilarious too. Of course, I generally think that people who don’t obey cops deserve what happens to them.

[Tennesseer]

I wouldn't laugh at the discomfort of someone in pain. Nothing funny there.

But I do shake my head at folks who don't obey police orders.

[ripvanwinkle]

I've worked as a electrician before and I know what being zapped feels like also. If I knew 50,000 volts would be shot at me I certainly would stop in my tracks. But then again, if you are not doing anything wrong there's not any reason to be tasered.

[toomuchreality]

3-4 times I have attempted to reply to this thread. (not a long post)  I get to the last line, of maybe 4-5 and I get an error code- lose everything I had written and had to start over.
The message asking if I want to restore a previous version I was working on, never shows up.   Ugh.
I give up!

[NoNamePerson]

Feb 21, 2019 3:48:50 GMT -5 toomuchreality said:

3-4 times I have attempted to reply to this thread. (not a long post)  I get to the last line, of maybe 4-5 and I get an error code- lose everything I had written and had to start over.
The message asking if I want to restore a previous version I was working on, never shows up.   Ugh.
I give up!

Maybe you were being cyber tased   And ripvanwinkle you are not warped. I think a lot of people laugh at things that others think shouldn't be laughed at. Some of us are just sick puppies at times. 

[ripvanwinkle]

Feb 21, 2019 3:48:50 GMT -5 toomuchreality said:

3-4 times I have attempted to reply to this thread. (not a long post)  I get to the last line, of maybe 4-5 and I get an error code- lose everything I had written and had to start over.
The message asking if I want to restore a previous version I was working on, never shows up.   Ugh.
I give up!

I've had that problem also. I've learned to occasionally copy my post as I go along so if my internet drops out I have a copy saved and I can paste it back and continue.

[weltschmerz]

Feb 17, 2019 21:35:15 GMT -5 ripvanwinkle said:

I've worked as a electrician before and I know what being zapped feels like also. If I knew 50,000 volts would be shot at me I certainly would stop in my tracks. But then again, if you are not doing anything wrong there's not any reason to be tasered.

That's not always true. This gentleman was tasered to death, due to miscommunication. All they needed was a Polish interpreter. Nobody could answer his questions after 10 hours in the airport, so he got agitated, and they killed him. Immediately. 25 seconds after the police arrived.

www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/06/22/bc-mountie-gets-prison-_n_7638928.html?utm_hp_ref=ca-robert-dziekanski-taser-death


en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Dzieka%C5%84ski_Taser_incident