Tonymctones, the man was naked! How much more vulnerable could he be? {LOL}
"What if he charges you?" Bwahaha. That cop must have not trusted his partner. If he charges you... fine, light his ass up, but you don't taze a naked man based on the possiblity he might charge you? Besides, if the story is true, he was waving his hands around saying "I can't hear" How could he not show his hands while waving them in the air... NAKED?!
What is wrong with that cop that he couldn't tell the guy was hearing impaired? Sheesh, ...even I can tell that simply by hearing a person's speech. The hearing impaired don't pronounce things the same way normal hearing people do, ...not even Marlee Matlin, and heaven knows she's probably had more speech therapy than most hearing impaired people.
ps: One only knows to "assume the position" if one has been through the routine before to know what the position is. Personally, if someone with a gun bursts into my house and I'm standing there naked, ...spreading eagle is the last thing I'm gonna do.
I hope he sues and gets a big settlement.
im sorry i havent read the whole thing and dont intend to, the police dont just bust in and point guns at you the police are yelling the entire time "POLICE" but it is apparent that you've never been through anything like this b/c when it happens there is so much yelling and screaming going on the cops probably didnt even hear the guy they werent having a conversation the cops were giving commands, commands he wasnt following...ok so the guy is deaf, how the hell are they supposed to know that are they supposed to be signing while clearing the house potentially getting a gunshot in the face turning every corner (i know theres some nut out there saying descrimination against the deaf and i hope your not it) the fact is when a police officer points a gun at you the least offensive thing that can be done is to get on the ground, ok the odds of this guy charging one of the cops and doing harm are slim and none but if you wait for that to happen theres the possibility of him getting the gun away or the gun going off and hitting a cop...its called being proactive...like I said if its an option between me and you im going to do everything I can to make sure that its not me getting hurt
If they would have waited and he would have charged and they shot him you and alot of other people would be saying they should have tased him..come on be reasonable
p.s he wouldnt get squat in a settlement except maybe medical expenses and thats all he deserves...im sorry but these guys are out there doing a hard job with most of the politically correct society rooting against them or at least waiting to jump all over them when the "screw up"
Most of society has a screwed up mind set Not wanting cops around until they need them and then they bitch about them taking so long
The simple fact of the matter is the cops told him to do something and he didnt do it...how were they supposed to know he was deaf trust me in a situation like this your not interested in what this guy has to say all your trying to do is subdue a possible threat
Dont listen to the cops = bad shit happens
Im not saying i dont feel sorry for this guy and that its not crappy that this happend to him, all im doing is trying to show you why the police acted like they did
If you stop and think about it from their side you would understand why they responded the way that they did
It sounds like you would rather see a police officer die than be proactive in dealing with a situation
