Posted on 05/08/2010 10:34:39 AM PDT by OldDeckHand
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A 36-year-old man attending the second round of The Players Championship was subdued by a Taser on Friday.
Travis Parmelee, of Jacksonville, was charged with disorderly intoxication and resisting arrest without violence, said St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office Capt. Dave Messenger.
Messenger said course marshals notified officers that Parmelee was yelling at players and being belligerent near the 11th hole. Officers responded and attempted to calm Parmelee down, but they said he became more combative.
They tried to take Parmelee into custody, but he resisted and was Tasered once.
“He was at the point where it was time for law enforcement to step in,” Messenger said. “Our goal is to escort people off the property, but it was clear he wasn’t going to go with us.”
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The Taser might have it's useful purposes, but it's liberal use is troubling, IMHO.
Couldn’t just club him, slice or give him the birdie?
This is news?
others came out here to drink,”
That’s one heck of a cover charge to pay to drink.
The AP certainly thought so, as did the Daily Caller, ESPN, MSNBC and a variety of other outlets.
Some people perceive there to be a lowering threshold for when tasers are used and are concerned by this trend.
The courses sell tons of beer and what do they expect? Mickelson is on a tear today. He was down in 41 place at the start of today and has shot a -7 under par after 16 holes and he is 2 strokes behind the leader.
Some people perceive there to be a lowering threshold for when tasers are used and are concerned by this trend.
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when it’s used on unruly school kids, can kindergardeners be far behind.. ?
if he resisted arrest I say taser the guy.. why should a cop take a chance of getting belted in the mouth by a drunken dumbass?
Glad to see Phil on a roll.
Best wishes to his family too.
Yes, in the good old days, 2 or 3 applications of nightstick would have gotten the job done. Of course, pre-taser, cops were more likely to be roughed up in the course of subduing obnoxious drunks. As a taxpayer, I’d just as soon not have to foot the bill for worker’s comp claims.
“The Taser might have it’s useful purposes, but it’s liberal use is troubling, IMHO.”
I don’t know, it says he was carrying on for quite a while...getting sucker punched by a drunk shouldn’t be part of anyones job description, either...I’ve caught a few in certain situations from drunks and it sucks. I think I would be pretty careful with someone drunk and disorderly - especially on a GOLF COURSE for cripes sake...probably not a casual drinker. And I’m betting this isn’t his first times. Just a guess. I always thought that Tasers are God’s way of telling you to STFU...and get sober.
some people just need taserin’. I’m pro taser. To me it seems simple. Don’t be a jerk in public, don’t break laws, and chances are you won’t get tased.
That is only one purpose of a taser, the other purpose is to safely take someone is resisting arrest into custody without physical contact required to subdue the person.
Physical contact is dangerous for the person being arrested and the officers.
This should be an obvious. This is the reason that tasers are so popular today in comparison to less than lethal only weapons such as bean bag rounds, mace, tear gas, etc..
Taser pain is between a bee sting and a wasp sting. Your imagination that this pain is like a cattle prod is just wrong. You should volunteer to get tased at least twice so you separate what you imagine vs reality.
Oh, I'm in favor of all that. I just don't want them used on us older folks.
I would rather be tased then beaten up by the cops.
“Oh, I’m in favor of all that. I just don’t want them used on us older folks.”
Yeah, I’m a NIMBE...not in my back end...
He should have kept his drunk mouth shut.
I heard, on either Fox or ABC news, one day that police are using tasers like cattle prods to herd people for crowd control.
That doesn't sound like liberal use of a taser to me.
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