Cops Just Love Those Tasers

Courthouse News Service ^ | June 29, 2011 | Staff

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Dayton police "mistook" a mentally handicapped teenager's speech impediment for "disrespect," so they Tasered, pepper-sprayed and beat him and called for backup from "upward of 20 police officers" after the boy rode his bicycle home to ask his mother for help, the boy's mom says.

Pamela Ford says her "mentally challenged/handicapped" son Jesse Kersey, 17, was riding his bike near his Dayton home when Officer Willie Hooper stopped him and tried to talk to him.

The mom says that "Prior to the incident described below, defendant Hooper knew Jesse and was aware that Jesse was mentally challenged/handicapped and a minor child."

Nonetheless, Ford says, Hooper "apparently took Jesse's speech impediment for disrespect ... [and] began yelling at Jesse and after Jesse attempted to communicate with him[.] Jesse, being a minor and mentally challenged/handicapped, turned and rode his bike back to his home in an attempt to ask his mother, Ford, to help him communicate with defendant Cooper," according to the complaint in Montgomery County Court.

On the way, the mom says, "A neighbor attempted to communicate with Officer Hooper about Jesse's disabilities and was told to go back into his home, or he would be arrested."

As Ford opened her front door, she says, Hooper and co-defendant Officer John Howard, "fired their Tasers, striking Jesse in the back with both probes."

"Once inside the house, defendant Hooper and defendant Howard began to struggle with Jesse, who was standing against the back door with his hands up in front of his face, saying 'Please quit, please quit.'

"On numerous occasions, Ford and a family friend, Christopher Peyton, informed Officer Hooper that Jesse was mentally challenged/handicapped, and that Jesse did not understand what was happening," the complaint states.

[GladesGuru]

Fortunately for my keyboard, I had just set my cup down when I read about the “Van Jones Groin Leech”.

;-)

[eartrumpet]

“When he got tasered one of the probes hit him in the left testicle (deployment extremely effective). “

I’m sure the felon dropped, but how about the testicle?

I’m betting the cop in the original story had a lisp or stutter or knew someone who did and thought the kid was mocking him. Taser time.

[MRBIGMUTTS]

If you want to read on all kinds of cases involving cops behaving badly then please checkout this site.

http://www.injusticeeverywhere.com/

This will give you a whole new perspective on just how far out of control our law enforcement is in this country.

When the SHTF I going to guess a whole lot of people are going to go looking for some of these bad cops and take some revenge for being mistreated.

Remember some of New Orleans Police officers are on trial right now for shooting and killing unarmed citzens on a bridge after the hurricane had passed.