FL Highway Patrol investigating tasering of elderly man with hands up.

[madfloridian]

This man was clearly off balance when he got out of the car with his hands in the air. He hit the concrete hard when they tasered him. I am glad the FHP is investigating. I would like to know the condition of this man after being tasered with his hands up and falling to the concrete.

From the Miami Herald:

FHP investigating video showing troopers stun-gunning elderly man on 18-Mile Stretch

The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating an incident captured on video and posted online that shows troopers use a stun gun an elderly man with his arms raised on the 18-Mile Stretch.

FHP spokeswoman Capt. Nancy Rasmussen said in a statement: "This incident is currently under investigation.”

She said “once the investigation is closed,” FHP will release more details.

The incident happened around 4:45 p.m. Feb. 14 at mile marker 112.5 of U.S. 1, said FHP spokeswoman Lt. Kathleen McKinney. That's right around the Miami-Dade/Monroe County line.

[safeinOhio]

1. Video clearly shows the 2

young healthy cops with their guns out felt their lives were endangered by this out of control man that was most likely older than their own grand pa's, with his hands in the air. Hell, he might have been a kung fu expert....or something.

[uppityperson]

2. I think he was pushing the air back and those poor young police officers could not breath

You never know.

And because some might think I am serious

[Taitertots]

5. Protecting against air benders is an officer safety issue

[uppityperson]

7. Notice the smaller white car in front of them at the beginning of the vid? It is not facing the

same way. OBVIOUSLY he is using his air pushing bending powers to shove it out of his way so he can be further ahead in line. He MUST be stopped!!!! And look how old he appears. Notice that? Why do you think someone with those powers would look so old except it proves he is using his life forces to bend the air for his trivial purposes and what will be next??????/?///

[Taitertots]

3. What do they need to "investigate"?

It's not the DB Cooper case.

What process are they following? The right thing to do is...
1. Watch video
2. Arrest the officers involved
3. Fire the officers involved

[madfloridian]

4. .....

I am inclined to agree.

[uppityperson]

8. Yup. eoom

[hifiguy]

14. That would seem to this attorney to be all

the due process required.

Watch the kkkops walk away scot-free.

Fuck the kkkops.

[Submariner]

6. Maybe just having a GED should not be enough to become a cop

I used to think a high school diploma might be enough to qualify as a cop. I think they better start demanding a BS degree in criminology and start rigorous annual psychological examinations in order to remain a cop.

We used to call them pigs in the 1960s, but that moniker disappeared for a couple of decades. Sadly, the pigs are back.

[herding cats]

9. I'd be interested in knowing if they were investigating it before the video went online.

Too often abuses such as this one go unreported due to the police scaring the person with possible bogus resisting arrest and assault on an officer charges. If you don't know there's a video out there proving your innocence, it's difficult to prove you were the victim.

[madfloridian]

10. Probably not.

Without the video it would have gone unnoticed most likely. The FHP is apparently hearing from news sites from around the world now.

[herding cats]

11. The person who posted the video should be proud.

It was a sad case of abuse against the elderly man, who appeared to be trying to cooperate as well as he was physically capable. Maybe the elderly man will get a bit of justice out of this now that the video is out there and the media has taken up the cause.

[Rex]

12. There is something so disturbing about seeing cops handcuff an helpless victim of police brutality.

Cops will NEVER ever have the respect of most Americans as long as they allow fuck ups to stay employed. The working class is familiar with people getting fired when they fuck up. It disturbs us to watch injustice and indifference and not take it personally.

I expect nothing to change, cops think they can do whatever the fuck they want to and for the most part can.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

13. Also disturbing: "I hope we don't get harassed for recording"

Something is seriously fucking wrong, folks.

[Rex]

15. Yes that is far more dangerous a problem. And when it is not just us citizens

but reporters getting body slammed up against a wall and 'detained', by cops. We have a huge problem.

[madfloridian]

18. Yes, it is disturbing.

[lpbk2713]

16. "So what if he has a pacemaker? If he dies, he dies."

They obviously didn't give a rat's ass if someone twice their age has a
cardio- or neorological disorder that a taser could cause a fatality.

Internal Affairs investigations should never be assigned to the agency involved.

[Vinca]

17. What is it with these cops?

It seems they sh*t their pants and resort to force if someone looks cross eyed at them. The lawyers must be lining up to chat with the (soon-to-be-rich) old guy.

[Liberal_in_LA]

19. good

[HeiressofBickworth]

20. Putting on my wizard's hat,

I see paid vacations in these officers' future...... and no other consequences.

This is following standard procedure: call for an internal investigation, give the offending officers paid vacations, wait until the public outrage dies down and then go back to business as usual.

[madfloridian]

21. Just about right.

Seems like it is dying down pretty quickly. No news updates in hours.

[madfloridian]

22. Last 24 hours almost no coverage. Google news link.

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=us&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=elderly+florida+man+tasered+fhp&oq=elderly+florida+man+tasered+fhp&gs_l=news-cc.1.0.43j43i53.1793.14448.0.16292.35.8.2.25.27.0.109.780.5j3.8.0...0.0...1ac.1.mDVy8EKtoVI&gws_rd=ssl#q=elderly+florida+man+tasered+fhp&newwindow=1&safe=off&hl=en&gl=us&authuser=0&tbm=nws&tbs=qdr:d

Will the investigation continue if the story disappears from the news? Of course.