I am not sure what year his Impala is, but here is a picture of a 1964 Chevy Impala SS. Yup, he was profiled...
The article never says that the cops "started" from behind him. They could have been facing his car and u-turned to pull him over
No, not at all. But that has nothing to do with it. You take your case to court and a judge etc. Starting an attitude and arguing with a police officer will get you nowhere or most likely will make make tings worse. I am 100 percent positive if Weary was polite and nice to the officer he might of got a ticket and that's all. They did not taser/arrest him for the fun of it. It's not like he can't afford a ticket.
Sounds like profiling...that's is probably why he was angry...Not saying it was right what he did, but you have to be able to control your emotions...
A bit ironic, don't ya think? Officer: "1-Adam-12... We have a driver that can't adjust to driving lanes appropriately and does not identify himself to those ahead of him..." Dispatch: "10-4, It's Fred Weary. He's had many attempts to perform this over the last 4 1/2 years. Attempt to train him on the proper method" Officer: "Roger that." delay... Officer: "1-Adam-12 again... The driver refuses to cooperate after numerous attempts." Dispatch: "10-4, I was afraid of that. He was coached by Dom Capers for 4 years... He will need momentary shock treatment and a night in the tank to snap out of it." Officer: "Roger that."
More info from Fox news reporter Isiah Carey. http://isiahcarey.blogspot.com/2006/11/houston-texans-player-arrested-after.html
Let's face facts, profiling is necessary. If we want to protect our children from drugs and violence, you go to where the problem areas are. You don't pull over a BMW X5 with a 65-year old grandpa driving. You don't search a 80-year old grandma at an airport. You stick with the stats -- it's what every other industry does. Do you think Hawaiian Tropic markets its goods to a monestary? No, they go to where the sunbathers are. Why then, should the police not use common sense when figuring out who they pull over? Is not their judgment, after years and years of experience, superior than the ACLU hippies who moonlight as professional war protesters? Bottom line is that Fred might be a great guy, but he did in fact commit a traffic violation, and he did not cooperate with the police. While it's apparently popular to rush to condemn police actions, they do in fact have a very tough job to do, and they are attempting to protect us. Judgment is often necessary. They deserve our respect.
this isn't a business, your comparisons are ridiculous, the government and its entities are judged by higher standards than your almighty corporations. we all know what god you pray to, but it doesn't apply in this thread. edit: I will agree with one thing, we don't know all the details and I'm not making a judgement either way, but please stop with the statistic argument. its ridiculous. what does that even mean. as far as I know the police don't even acknowledge that they thought the guy was involved in some criminal activity so that's a moot point anyway.
Exactly. If the guy wasn't being an ******* to the cop, he wouldn't have been tasered. Simple as that. He got what he deserved.
I know that the spikes can cause somewhat severe localized burns. They also have been known to cause cardiac arrest so if there were preexisting heart troubles it can kill. I would imagine that because the taser makes every muscle violently spasm that it would severely exacerbate any soft tissue injuries like sprains, strains, muscle tears, etc.
Exactly how many people do you and Trader_Jorge know really well who are HPD officers? Most of them that I know are great guys and I would trust them implicitly, but at least one that I know of strikes me as Scarface with a badge. The fact that you view police officers as only officers and not human beings with human failings suggests to me that you don't know any at all.
You need to go somewhere where WASPs are hated and live there for a while. Then you'll realize why racism is not a good thing. Your post is full of misinformation, blatant lies, irrelevant analogies, and random name-calling. Reasoning like this is part of why the Republicans lost the election; people stopped listening to this sh*t that you and the RNC put out.
Precisely. being a BIG BLACK MAN . . . add an extra dimension because your very presences is seen as threatening I remember they kept alluding to Rodney King's Size and how he lurched like an 'animal' in the news Rocket River
I agree with you on the racial profiling thing. there arecertain groups of people that do things that others dont. If they didnt do anything wrong, then they have nothing to worry about. However, cops can often be assholes. I just got a ticket last week for going 5 miles over the speed limit and the cop treated me like I was gonna kill someonw. Fred did have a violation but we dont actually know how the cops treated him or what actually happened between them
Perhaps they should have said "lurched like a man high on drugs and totally incoherent and resisting police action" when discussing King's behavior? Would have been accurate. pgabs -- When you take your kids trick-or-treating, do you knock on doors where you think people may be handing out candy? Or do you knock on doors where the house has no lights on, there is no track record of giving out candy, and no other children are going to the house? If you do the former, then you are profiling. There are practical applications of profiling that make good solid sense.
