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Blind Man Tasered As Cops Mistake Stick For Sword

Post by odysseus » Wed Oct 17, 2012 9:53 pm

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Blind Man Tasered As Cops Mistake Stick For Sword

A "terrified" blind man was hit with a 50,000 volt Taser gun after police mistook his white stick for a samurai sword.
Stroke victim Colin Farmer, 61, collapsed to the ground in shock after he was hit in the back with the gun while walking down the street in Chorley, Lancashire.
Police had received reports of a man walking through the town armed with the deadly martial arts weapon and raced to the scene to hunt down the offender.
Meanwhile Mr Farmer, who has suffered two strokes and walks at a "snail's pace", was on his way to the pub to meet friends for a drink and was unaware of the reports.
He had no idea a police officer had mistaken his thin white stick for a weapon and ordered him to stop before pulling the trigger on the Taser gun.
Mr Farmer cried out, "I'm blind! I'm blind!" while collapsed on the floor but was still handcuffed by the officer from Lancashire Police.
"I was terrified, I thought I was going to get mugged," he said.
"The next thing I knew, without warning, I got tasered in the middle of my back.
"Fortunately the taser came out, but up until that very moment, I was convinced I was being murdered in plain sight.
"He jumped on the small of my back with his knees, seeing my white can lying by my side.
"I'm shouting at him: 'I'm blind'. He ignored me, wrenched my arms up my back and cuffed my so tightly I was in great pain."
He was taken to Chorley Hospital for treatment and was later released following the incident at about 5.45pm last Friday.
Chief Superintendent Stuart Williams, from Lancashire Police, said: "We received a number of reports that a man was walking through Chorley armed with a samurai sword and patrols were sent to look for the man.
"One of the officers believed he had located the offender. Despite asking the man to stop, he failed to do so and the officer discharged his Taser.
"It then became apparent this man was not the person we were looking for and officers attended to him straight away.
"He was taken Chorley Hospital by officers who stayed while he was checked over by medics. They then took him to meet his friends in Chorley at his request.
"Lancashire Constabulary deeply regrets what has happened. We have clearly put this man through a traumatic experience and we are extremely sorry.
"We have launched an urgent investigation to understand what lessons can be learned and the matter has also been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission."
Mr Farmer is considering legal action against the force.
Are some British police officers turning into the Keystone Cops?..... :doh:

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Re: Blind Man Tasered As Cops Mistake Stick For Sword

Post by klr » Wed Oct 17, 2012 9:56 pm

odysseus wrote:http://uk.news.yahoo.com/blind-man-tase ... 23333.html
Blind Man Tasered As Cops Mistake Stick For Sword

A "terrified" blind man was hit with a 50,000 volt Taser gun after police mistook his white stick for a samurai sword.
Stroke victim Colin Farmer, 61, collapsed to the ground in shock after he was hit in the back with the gun while walking down the street in Chorley, Lancashire.
Police had received reports of a man walking through the town armed with the deadly martial arts weapon and raced to the scene to hunt down the offender.
Meanwhile Mr Farmer, who has suffered two strokes and walks at a "snail's pace", was on his way to the pub to meet friends for a drink and was unaware of the reports.
He had no idea a police officer had mistaken his thin white stick for a weapon and ordered him to stop before pulling the trigger on the Taser gun.
Mr Farmer cried out, "I'm blind! I'm blind!" while collapsed on the floor but was still handcuffed by the officer from Lancashire Police.
"I was terrified, I thought I was going to get mugged," he said.
"The next thing I knew, without warning, I got tasered in the middle of my back.
"Fortunately the taser came out, but up until that very moment, I was convinced I was being murdered in plain sight.
"He jumped on the small of my back with his knees, seeing my white can lying by my side.
"I'm shouting at him: 'I'm blind'. He ignored me, wrenched my arms up my back and cuffed my so tightly I was in great pain."
He was taken to Chorley Hospital for treatment and was later released following the incident at about 5.45pm last Friday.
Chief Superintendent Stuart Williams, from Lancashire Police, said: "We received a number of reports that a man was walking through Chorley armed with a samurai sword and patrols were sent to look for the man.
"One of the officers believed he had located the offender. Despite asking the man to stop, he failed to do so and the officer discharged his Taser.
"It then became apparent this man was not the person we were looking for and officers attended to him straight away.
"He was taken Chorley Hospital by officers who stayed while he was checked over by medics. They then took him to meet his friends in Chorley at his request.
"Lancashire Constabulary deeply regrets what has happened. We have clearly put this man through a traumatic experience and we are extremely sorry.
"We have launched an urgent investigation to understand what lessons can be learned and the matter has also been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission."
Mr Farmer is considering legal action against the force.
Are some British police officers turning into the Keystone Cops?..... :doh:
Weasel words. :roll:
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Post by Mysturji » Wed Oct 17, 2012 10:08 pm

OK, so... remind me: Exactly who was blind here?
BTW...
BBBC News wrote:A man carrying a samurai sword was later arrested on suspicion of being drunk and disorderly.
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Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Wed Oct 17, 2012 11:54 pm

klr wrote:
odysseus wrote:Are some British police officers turning into the Keystone Cops?..... :doh:
Weasel words. :roll:
Yep - "turning into" implies that an amendment from the status quo is required for British police to resemble the inept, bumbling, silent-film cops thus mentioned - where, obviously, no such alteration is required! :tea:
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Post by JimC » Wed Oct 17, 2012 11:57 pm

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Post by Ian » Wed Oct 17, 2012 11:59 pm

Hey at least the cops only had tasers and the guy lived. If this incident had taken place in Texas, it might be a different story.

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Post by tattuchu » Thu Oct 18, 2012 12:01 am

Blind Fury! :rutgerhauer:
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They're just waiting their turn.

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Post by JimC » Thu Oct 18, 2012 12:03 am

Ian wrote:Hey at least the cops only had tasers and the guy lived. If this incident had taken place in Texas, it might be a different story.
Cue Seth in....

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Post by mistermack » Thu Oct 18, 2012 12:58 am

Ian wrote:Hey at least the cops only had tasers and the guy lived. If this incident had taken place in Texas, it might be a different story.
Not just Texas in this case.
The British police have killed people carrying harmless objects before now.
This guy was lucky the armed response team didn't get to him first.

At least this exposes the myth of highly trained professionals that we usually get fed when someone gets killed.
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Post by Tyrannical » Thu Oct 18, 2012 11:36 am

JimC wrote:
Ian wrote:Hey at least the cops only had tasers and the guy lived. If this incident had taken place in Texas, it might be a different story.
Cue Seth in....

:hehe:
Probably legal to open carry a sword in Texas :hehe:
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Post by MrJonno » Thu Oct 18, 2012 6:26 pm

Probably not so legal in a psych ward, then again not easy anyway in straight jacket
When only criminals carry guns the police know exactly who to shoot!

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Post by SteveB » Thu Oct 18, 2012 6:32 pm

Tyrannical wrote:
JimC wrote:
Ian wrote:Hey at least the cops only had tasers and the guy lived. If this incident had taken place in Texas, it might be a different story.
Cue Seth in....

:hehe:
Probably legal to open carry a sword in Texas :hehe:
I always carry a samurai sword on my person, you know, to deter the government from oppressing me or summat. :ninja:
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Post by Sean Hayden » Thu Oct 18, 2012 6:36 pm

Ah, we love our tasers in Texas. In fact we're so enlightened that stories of who's been tasered lately, "taser Tuesday", pass for entertainment on our radio stations.

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Post by Thinking Aloud » Thu Oct 18, 2012 6:59 pm

I'm not going to say anything about the town I grew up in at this point.

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