Police taser old blind man.

Grayson

Police in Lancashire have apologised to a blind stroke victim after he was hit by a Taser when his white stick was mistaken for a samurai sword.

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/915286-police-use-taser-on-blind-man-whose-stick-was-mistaken-for-samurai-sword

I read this and thought "that's the mother of all fukups".

frozenfrozen

That's a very dangerous looking samurai sword he's brandishing

castletownman

Where they blind or wha'?

donvito99

I think our police thankfully have alot more cop-on than UK/US policemen. They get a lot of stick but they keep the peace with feck all facilties and equipment, unlike the above robo-cops.

flutterflye

donvito99 wrote: »

I think our police thankfully have alot more cop-on than UK/US policemen. They get a lot of stick but they keep the peace with feck all facilties and equipment, unlike the above robo-cops.

Were these intentional?!

asherbassad

I await the usual comments from the chicken brigade to the effect of "It's his fault. He should not have been blind", "he should not have been carrying something that could be mistaken for a samurai sword" blah, blah.

It's all his fault. Cops shoulda shot him 100 times.

kowloon

The police have had a crippling fear of blind swordsmen since Zatoichi.

Stinicker

Don't taze me bro!

Shryke

donvito99 wrote: »

I think our police thankfully have alot more cop-on than UK/US policemen. They get a lot of stick but they keep the peace with feck all facilties and equipment, unlike the above robo-cops.

I think we have less cock ups like this precisely because the Gardai don't have the equipment. Also the UK has a population of 63 million. We have about 5 million. You're going to see just a few more incidents in the UK than here no matter what.
We're a small damp island with a lot of fields, I don't think people register this enough. Comparing Ireland to the US is just mental. The ****ing size of the place.

Jay D

They deserve a Darwin Award.

AnonoBoy

That is no country for (blind) old men (to not get tasered in)

Unfortuantely most police forces reject applicants who have above-average intelligence. (on the grounds that that will get bored and quit after wasting money training them).

So you've got a lot of thickos going around with tasers. This kind of thing is inevitable.

bluecode

Now we know why they won't give guns to the British police. But they would have to go a long way to match this one for utter stupidity.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2207293/Police-officer-kills-armed-legged-man-waving-shiny-object-turned-pen.html

Yes I know it's the Daily Mail, sorry.

Then of course there's this during the Olympics:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/aug/08/olympics-spectator-parkinsons-arrest-smiling

The Guardian, sorry again.

MadsL

Suprised Asherbassad hasn't posted yet, oh wait. British police.

Duggy747

Sounds like that cop had just watched Blind Fury

previous user

Ha, thats gas

squod

'One of the officers who arrived in Chorley believed he had located the offender. Despite asking the man to stop, he failed to do so and the officer discharged his Taser

'This policeman knelt on me and dragged my arms round my back and handcuffed me so tight I've had bruises since

'I walk at a snail's pace. They could have walked past me


Read more: http://www.metro.co.uk/news/915286-police-use-taser-on-blind-man-whose-stick-was-mistaken-for-samurai-sword#ixzz29bhxeap5

Reading these three lines together, there's no excuse there like.

smash

Video link?

starbelgrade

Shocking.

Ellis Dee

Looks like those rozzers need to go to Specsavers themselves if they thought the white stick was a samurai sword - or any kind of sword for that matter.:rolleyes:

Mind you, the police force did apologise, which is more than an Garda Siochana ever does for its members' cock-ups.:D:D