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Cop Tases Man Reading A Book (VIDEO)
The Libertarian Republic ^ | 5/7/14 | Austin Petersen

Posted on 05/07/2014 7:58:02 AM PDT by TheProducer

SALEM, OR – An incident is being investigated where a police officer in Oregon was harassing a man who was sitting down reading a book at a local transit mall. The officer grabs the man’s skateboard, throws it and tells him to put his hands behind his back. The man stands up and begins to walk away, pulling out his cell phone to make a call, causing the officer to deploy the taser in the man’s back. At the moment there has been no information from the local police released as to the motive for the officer’s attack on the citizen.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: bloggers; donttasemebro; donutwatch; outtacontrol; policeabuse; salem; salemor; skateboarding
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1 posted on 05/07/2014 7:58:02 AM PDT by TheProducer
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To: TheProducer
You don't know the whole story.

Maybe the guy was pimping his blog and not providing links.

2 posted on 05/07/2014 7:59:52 AM PDT by wideawake
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To: wideawake

*snicker* ;)


3 posted on 05/07/2014 8:01:49 AM PDT by PissAndVinegar
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To: TheProducer
An incident is being investigated where a police officer in Oregon was harassing a man who was sitting down reading a book at a local transit mall. The officer grabs the man’s skateboard, throws it and tells him to put his hands behind his back. The man stands up and begins to walk away, pulling out his cell phone to make a call, causing the officer to deploy the taser in the man’s back. At the moment there has been no information from the local police released as to the motive for the officer’s attack on the citizen.

LOL the headline suggests that he was reading the book when he got tasered.

4 posted on 05/07/2014 8:02:32 AM PDT by Alex Murphy ("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
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To: TheProducer
The officer grabs the man’s skateboard

Sounds more like a teenager...........So what else isn't the author telling us?

5 posted on 05/07/2014 8:03:00 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Under Reagan spring always arrived on time.....)
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To: wideawake

I noticed the source of this “article”.

Libertarian Republic?


6 posted on 05/07/2014 8:04:24 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: wideawake

Blog pimp notwithstanding, the report that “police aren’t talking about prior-video lead up can’t be discussed because it is part of the investigation” is patent bullshit.

The reason MA won’t allow citizens to have weapons is to keep their jackbooted thug LEOs from getting shot by a law abiding citizen because of tyranny against peaceful citizens.


7 posted on 05/07/2014 8:04:50 AM PDT by Gaffer (Comprehensive Immigration Reform is just another name for Comprehensive Capitulation)
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To: TheProducer

Interesting article history.

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/by:theproducer/index?tab=articles

You sure look like a blogpimp to me.


8 posted on 05/07/2014 8:04:57 AM PDT by humblegunner
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To: Responsibility2nd; wideawake

And....?


9 posted on 05/07/2014 8:11:30 AM PDT by Orangedog (An optimist is someone who tells you to 'cheer up' when things are going his way)
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To: Alex Murphy
LOL the headline suggests that he was reading the book when he got tasered.
The author continued the "misrepresentation" in the story too ...Probably a lot more to this story than what's been presented in this "unbiased" report.
10 posted on 05/07/2014 8:15:18 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: TheProducer

All freethinkers and other Kulaks must be punished.


11 posted on 05/07/2014 8:17:04 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I will raise $2M for Cruz and/or Palin's next run, what will you do?)
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To: humblegunner
Just click on his link to get

The rest of the story


12 posted on 05/07/2014 8:19:42 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
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To: TheProducer

So if you “resist arrest”, even when you are innocent, you get tased.
The USA is a fascist dictatorship.


13 posted on 05/07/2014 8:33:57 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
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Local news source:
http://www.salem-news.com/articles/may042014/taser-madness-2-tk.php


14 posted on 05/07/2014 8:34:18 AM PDT by Rio (Proud resident of the State of Jefferson)
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To: TheProducer

Don’t worry, internal affairs will clear the police officer of any wrongdoing.


15 posted on 05/07/2014 8:36:20 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Haven't you lost enough freedoms? Support an end to the WOD now.)
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To: Orangedog

And....?

________________________

And the consensus here is that the OP is both a libertarian AND a blogpimp.

Oh, and a newbie. I see lightning in the near future.


16 posted on 05/07/2014 8:38:33 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: I want the USA back

17 posted on 05/07/2014 8:39:47 AM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
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To: TheProducer

shocking :)


18 posted on 05/07/2014 8:54:28 AM PDT by themidnightskulker
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To: Rio; TheProducer

Thanks for the link, Rio.

It mentions a previous Salem PD incident in which tasing led to a Nan’s death in 2009: http://www.salem-news.com/articles/may242009/taser_death_052409.php

TheProducer, more info is always appreciated — do you have any updates on this situation? I’ve added keywords to check for previous coverage.


19 posted on 05/07/2014 9:00:34 AM PDT by cyn (Benghazi)
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To: TheProducer; humblegunner

Guh bye whore.

No reason to excerpt your own site.


20 posted on 05/07/2014 9:04:31 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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