Wednesday, June 3, 2009

My Thoughts on the Tased Granny

First, let me start off with an analogy.  Here's the setup:

Once there was an old man who lived alone on his private property in a remote part of the town.  Usually, he would just sit on his back porch, polishing his favorite shotgun.

Then one day, a little girl of about 5 years old happened upon the property.  She was picking flowers had wondered in, oblivious to the property line.

The old man decided he wanted to enforce his property, so he took the appropriate actions to get the little girl to leave.

First, he put his shotgun away.  Then he walked over to the little girl and politely but firmly asked her to leave.

The little girl ignored him.

What level of force is appropriate for the old man to force the little girl to get off his property?

Is there any point where it is appropriate for the old man to lay hands on the little girl?

I would say the old man is basically stuck.  If the little girl continues to ignore him, there is nothing he can do.  There is no level of force he himself can personally use on the little girl.  He might be justified in yelling at her, but that's probably about it.  Maybe he could get his big dog to bark at her, as long as he is able to keep the dog on a leash.  But at no point is the old man justified in inflicting pain or bodily harm on the little girl.

Perhaps if the little girl was really a ninja disguised in a dress, maybe the old man would be justified, but that's not the analogy.  The intent of the analogy is to illustrate that there is no path imaginable that could lead to a justification for inflicting pain or bodily harm on the little girl.

So here is a video that shows that we are living in a police state:



I bet that "dash-cam" will never surface.  It doesn't have to.  There is no path imaginable that could lead to a justification for inflicting pain or bodily harm on the granny.  There is no mention of weapons, only profanity.  Profanity alone qualifies as "being combative" "violence" to the police, which is asinine.  But even if she threw her dentures at the officer, there is still no reason for the officer to use the taser.

So remember, these thugs will lash out at you with their pain sticks if you don't comply.  If anyone is ever successful in non-compliance, this will undermine the entire system, so there are no exceptions.  You are lucky they are only pain sticks, you worm!

Posted via email from Anthony Martin's Weblog

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