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If the policy was in place to fine offenders one dollar per each person in attendance I bet dad would have said, hell no son, you do that and you'll be paying that hefty fine!
Everybody be running on the field during Royals and Pirates games.
The police officer had to taser him because he was too fat to chase him down.
Are there people calling it inappropriate? He's lucky worse didn't happen to him, I've seen some players absolutely deck fans that run on the field or the court. Dad didn't even tell him no, no wonder why the moron did it. The hell with anybody who breaks laws and puts players, umps and security in dangerous position.
I'm just not convinced THIS kid was a danger to anyone. Five minutes of jollies running around the bases and done. As I said, my opinion is that violence is only appropriate as a last resort, not first flinch.
I think a seriously hefty fine would also make potential offenders think twice.
Doesn't matter, there are people that have attacked players. ANd worse has happen to people running on the field, so anybody comes on, they are going to take them down as soon as possible. I'm sure he wasn't, but who gives a shit, he broke the rules, continued to run around, paid the consequences. Bet he never does it again
The kid was an idiot but most 17 year old boys are. Tasers are potentially lethal and in my opinion, not appropriate for use with children. The law says a 17 year old is a CHILD. If we want kids treated like adults, we should think about changing the legal age. If the security officers aren't capable of handling an unarmed, skinny, 17 year old boy without a weapon then maybe they need to look for different jobs.
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DETROIT, Michigan (CNN) -- Renea Mitchell said her son Robert wanted "nothing to do" with police, a feeling she said is "nothing new" among teenagers in Detroit.
But she wants to know why police felt they needed to use a Taser on a scared, 16-year-old, learning-disabled boy with no criminal record.
Robert Mitchell died April 10 in an abandoned house in Warren, just across Eight Mile Road from Detroit proper. His death led to a lawsuit and a protest last week by about 100 people on the thoroughfare, which separates Detroit from its northern suburbs.
Police said the teen was resisting arrest after bolting from his cousin's car during a traffic stop, and the use of the Taser was justified. But Renea Mitchell calls her son's death "murder."
he 5-foot-2, 110-pound Mitchell died after being shot once with a Taser, which delivers a 50,000-volt electric charge. The Macomb County medical examiner's office says an autopsy report has not yet been completed. The Warren Police Department's internal affairs office ruled the use of the Taser was justified, and the officers involved in his death are back on the job. But Mitchell's family is suing the department and the city, arguing there was "no articulable reason" to use the Taser on him.
Police consider the Taser a non-lethal weapon, and Dwyer said it has been "a very useful tool." But the human rights group Amnesty International has documented more than 350 cases in which people have died after being shocked with Tasers.
Mitchell's death was at least the third involving people shot with Tasers in 2009, and the second in Michigan. A 15-year-old in Bay City, about 115 miles north of Detroit, died in March; a Virginia teen died in January.
'No excuse' for teen's Taser death, mother says - CNN.com
Most of those who died were agitated and/or under the influence of drugs and most were also subjected to multiple or prolonged electro-shocks. Among Taser related deaths in the past year, for example, 40 were shocked more than 3 times and one person as many as 19 times.
And the officer was supposed to know he was only 17???? And unarmed? And not high on some hallucinogenic drug? Hindsight...
And the officer was supposed to know he was only 17???? And unarmed? And not high on some hallucinogenic drug? Hindsight...
So a traffic cop should tase all he pulls over?
Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell calls it a "big mistake."
"There's no need to use Tasers on fans...we should just have enough personnel out there to surround them, take them off the field and off to jail," Gov. Rendell said. "No need to Taser."
Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell calls it a "big mistake."
"There's no need to use Tasers on fans...we should just have enough personnel out there to surround them, take them off the field and off to jail," Gov. Rendell said. "No need to Taser."
Tasered Teen's Dad Tried to Stop Him, Mom Disappointed | NBC Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell calls it a "big mistake."
"There's no need to use Tasers on fans...we should just have enough personnel out there to surround them, take them off the field and off to jail," Gov. Rendell said. "No need to Taser."
Tasered Teen's Dad Tried to Stop Him, Mom Disappointed | NBC Philadelphia
looking at that made me realize there was an opportunity for a politically incorrect culturally-biased remark: that is a whole family of incredibly stupid wops (dago or greaseball are synonyms)
Tom Betz was grinning from ear to ear as he walked out of Southwest Detectives Wednesday night.
The 34-year-old was arrested Tuesday for jumping the field at Citizens Bank Park during the Phillies-Cardinals game.
Betz ran in the footsteps of 17-year-old Steve Consalvi, who jumped the field Monday night. The teen was brought down by a Philadelphia Police officer's Taser, the man was not.
"I just wanted to go out there and prove, at least in my case, that they didn't need to tase anybody or, you know, do anything like that," Betz said.
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Betz has become a lighting rod for Phillies fans since his field rush. Fans booed and chanted "tase him" as he was led off to jail.
Copycat Field Jumper: I Was Proving a Point | NBC Philadelphia
While some question the use of force on a teen who ran on to the field as a lark, plenty of players, baseball officials and security officers say it's difficult to make that determination in the moment. Recalling the stabbing of tennis star Monica Seles in 1993, and the beating of Royals first base coach Tom Gamboa in 2002, they stressed the need to feel safe on the field.
"You've got to do whatever you think is necessary to stop some of these fans," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. "It's a wacko fan. I'm all for it."
...darker side to fans getting in on the action, particularly in the last 20 years or so. Gamboa was mugged by two fans at a Royals-White Sox game in Chicago. The Houston Astros had to rush to the aid of outfielder Bill Spiers when he was attacked by a fan in Milwaukee in 1999 and the NBA's Indiana Pacers brawled with Pistons fans in Detroit in 2004.
The police got no arguments from most players and coaches. Only applause. "When I first saw it, it seemed a little over the top and unnecessary for someone who wasn't causing trouble," Anderson said. "But then when you think about it, if you let that go, what are you going to let go in the future?"
I own a detective agency and have been licensed since 1982.
The officer that tased the fan should be fired on the spot. The fan that was tased should be charged with criminal trespassing and convicted. The officer that tased the fan should pay all medical bills of the fan, pain and suffering and punitive damages. The fan posed no threat to the officer.
An outrageous act.