Texas Cop Nathanial Robinson Uses Stun Gun On Elderly Man Over Inspection Sticker

[Jimmy Higgins]

It is passive aggressive to pretend open-mindedness for this situation where is little justification for ever tasering a man in his 70s. Now I know the media has been portraying this guy as a gentle geriatric, but seriously, 'We don't have all the evidence to help us know whether tasering a man in his 70s was necessary.'

The answer is, it is pretty much certain that it wasn't necessary. What could possibly be in the video to indicate otherwise?

There are times when tazering someone in their 70s is justified. Shrug.

Short of being a lethal threat, no. It is entirely unjustified.

 

[dismal]

There are times when tazering someone in their 70s is justified. Shrug.

Short of being a lethal threat, no. It is entirely unjustified.

I didn't realize you were operating on the premise that all 70 year olds are frail and physically pathetic. I've known quite a few who are active athletes and could probably whip your ass.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Short of being a lethal threat, no. It is entirely unjustified.

I didn't realize you were operating on the premise that all 70 year olds are frail and physically pathetic.

Wow. So you really want to go down that road?

I've known quite a few who are active athletes and could probably whip your ass.

I guess you do. Quite a few? That's great. Not all people in their 70s are in Hospice. Great, now that has been established, there is virtually no excuse for electrocuting a person in their 70s. It generally isn't safe. Sure, dismal knows some that could probably whip the ass of a person that posts at TF, but in general, not a wise idea. Certainly not a defensible idea.

 

[dismal]

I didn't realize you were operating on the premise that all 70 year olds are frail and physically pathetic.

Wow. So you really want to go down that road?

That's the road you went down not me. I don't find the person's age inherently relevant. You do.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Wow. So you really want to go down that road?

That's the road you went down not me. I don't find the person's age inherently relevant. You do.

Yeah. A person in their 70s is at a higher risk of harm by being taser'd. Both from the actual tasering to the impact of a fall.

Wanna talk about tasering a 4 year old?

 

[dismal]

That's the road you went down not me. I don't find the person's age inherently relevant. You do.

Yeah. A person in their 70s is at a higher risk of harm by being taser'd. Both from the actual tasering to the impact of a fall.

Wanna talk about tasering a 4 year old?

Your desperate efforts to justify your ageism are noted.

 

[coloradoatheist]

That's the road you went down not me. I don't find the person's age inherently relevant. You do.

Yeah. A person in their 70s is at a higher risk of harm by being taser'd. Both from the actual tasering to the impact of a fall.

Wanna talk about tasering a 4 year old?

By that reasoning it's okay to taser someone that's 69 but not 70? The rules for when a police officer can taser an individual should be age independent.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Yeah. A person in their 70s is at a higher risk of harm by being taser'd. Both from the actual tasering to the impact of a fall.

Wanna talk about tasering a 4 year old?

Your desperate efforts to justify your ageism are noted.

*self-moderated reply*

Yeah. A person in their 70s is at a higher risk of harm by being taser'd. Both from the actual tasering to the impact of a fall.

Wanna talk about tasering a 4 year old?

By that reasoning it's okay to taser someone that's 69 but not 70? The rules for when a police officer can taser an individual should be age independent.

Seeing that you can't tell the exact age immediately by looks would imply that your 69 v 70 retort is wrong. There is a subjectiveness to it based on visual judgment.

 

[coloradoatheist]

Seeing that you can't tell the exact age immediately by looks would imply that your 69 v 70 retort is wrong. There is a subjectiveness to it based on visual judgment.

And that defeats your 70s argument. If you can't tell age, then the rule shouldn't be, "Don't taser someone in their 70s"

 

[coloradoatheist]

So the new police motto should be, "We taser anyone that looks under 70"

 

[laughing dog]

Seeing that you can't tell the exact age immediately by looks would imply that your 69 v 70 retort is wrong. There is a subjectiveness to it based on visual judgment.

And that defeats your 70s argument. If you can't tell age, then the rule shouldn't be, "Don't taser someone in their 70s"

Jesus Christ.

There was no reason to taser anyone of any age in that particular situation, let alone someone who clearly looked like a senior citizen.

 

[coloradoatheist]

And that defeats your 70s argument. If you can't tell age, then the rule shouldn't be, "Don't taser someone in their 70s"

Jesus Christ.

There was no reason to taser anyone of any age in that particular situation, let alone someone who clearly looked like a senior citizen.

I agree with your first part. The police shouldn't be tasering anyone in that situation.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

So the new police motto should be, "We taser anyone that looks under 70"

Conservatives should use a wide angle as their insignia.

Children, pregnant women, elderly, people who aren't presenting themselves as a physical threat...

 

[dismal]

So the new police motto should be, "We taser anyone that looks under 70"

Conservatives should use a wide angle as their insignia.

Children, pregnant women, elderly, people who aren't presenting themselves as a physical threat...

why not just: people who aren't presenting themselves as a physical threat

Why drag the ageism into it?

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Conservatives should use a wide angle as their insignia.

Children, pregnant women, elderly, people who aren't presenting themselves as a physical threat...

Why not just: people who aren't presenting themselves as a physical threat

Why drag the ageism into it?

Pregnant is an age?

 

[Tom Sawyer]

Why not just: people who aren't presenting themselves as a physical threat

Why drag the ageism into it?

Pregnant is an age?

I think that the law in Texas is that after 20 weeks, the brainstem has formed so police aren't allowed to taser the fetus unless one of the parents is black.

 

[Arctish]

Okay, I'm just checking up on this thread and I want to make sure I understand the current conversation. At the moment, we are pretending the only objection to the man being thrown to the ground and hit twice with electric shocks from a taser is "he's old", not "he hadn't done anything wrong" or "he has Constitutional Rights", correct?"

 

[Toni]

Okay, I'm just checking up on this thread and I want to make sure I understand the current conversation. At the moment, we are pretending the only objection to the man being thrown to the ground and hit twice with electric shocks from a taser is "he's old", not "he hadn't done anything wrong" or "he has Constitutional Rights", correct?"

Not exactly. The age of the victim is being pointed out/harped upon because it only highlights how utterly and completely without any justification that could be imagined by a reasonable person the actions of the cop were.

You may have noticed that there are a couple of posters who are inclined to believe that the old guy was somehow resisting arrest or showing defiance or in some other way threatening the authority of the cop to behave anyway he wanted to behave because he's a cop. Because the victim did not immediately comply fully with whatever nonsensical and illegal orders barked at him by the cop above the noise of the cop's loud music, the cop was justified in slamming him into the hood of the patrol car, wresting him to the ground and tasering him twice, the second time in the leg as he commanded the old man to stand up.

As nauseating as this is, I have come to realize that Americans are not all that opposed to violating people's human and constitutional rights or giving up significant portions of their own in order to be 'safe.'

Not only did the terrorists of 911 win, but Hitler, Mussolini and Hirohito, along with Stalin have all won decisive victories from the grave.

I do not feel safe at all.

 

[bleubird]

Speaking of age,how old was the officer?23 I think.From my over six decades on this planet,I have seen very few male 23 year old that were mature.

 

[T.G.G. Moogly]

Speaking of age,how old was the officer?23 I think.From my over six decades on this planet,I have seen very few male 23 year old that were mature.

See how easy it is? We oldies understand. Maybe dismal is a pup.