http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAGb7_g4Aso No Audio with this video, just the full booking video
http://www.tampabays10.com/video/16×9/?aid=55786&sid=73747 Current news story with suspension and audio/interview from guy arrested.
Man, I just don’t even know where to begin. For people that are denying we (in the United States) live in a police state, please start doing your research. Tasering people has become a standard practice, instead of something used as a last resort. It should be considered as a last resort in my opinion. Instead, it’s a new fascist abuse that cops can use if you’re not moving fast enough for them. But this video, this kind of treatment, it’s just unforgivable in my opinion. Keep in mind that these deputies KNOW THEY ARE BEING VIDEO TAPED. Not like it’s something caught on a hidden cam.
This kind of abuse makes me sick to my stomach, and tears come to my eyes.
by Connie, on February 15 2008 @ 8:20 pm
Thanks for spreading the news about this awful and disgraceful act. I’ve posted the video and another post about this on my blog. I’m hoping that bloggers will post about this so Mr. Sterner knows we care.
I’m sick over this as a US citizen and a Floridian.
Connie’s last blog post..Brian Sterner Quadripalegic Abused
by Reward Rebel, on February 12 2008 @ 8:00 pm
This makes my blood boil, and stirs up an ugliness in me to do real unpleasant things to the perpetrators of such appalling and degrading treatment of a vulnerable human being.
How often do things like this occur, the times we don’t get to hear about? If deputies behave like this when they are aware their behaviour is being recorded, it’s quite horrifying to imagine what they get up to when no-one is watching! It’s terrifying that any one of us could find ourselves in the position of being ‘the victim’ in a situation like this, and from a female perspective, I can’t help wondering what violations women endure whilst being ‘interrogated’. It’s sickening.
Reward Rebel’s last blog post..My Own Worst Enemy