Florida Jail Uses Taser to Awaken Prisoner

DO YOU RESENT being rudely awakened by unexpected phone calls, loud neighbors, or your children playing?  Are your blinds left open at night to be gently awakened in the mornings by sunlight across your pillow?  Do you have your alarm tuned to a music station to avoid being blasted awake by a shrill alarm?  How would you like to be awakened by Taser, like one Florida detention officer tried on his prisoner in Pinellas County?

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The News Vault
Nov. 11, 2008
http://www.thenewsvault.com/cgi/xtra.pl?go=12264077739

(AP) LARGO, Fla. — A Pinellas County detention deputy was suspended for using the sound of his stun gun to try and wake up an inmate. According to an internal affairs report, the deputy thought the crackling sound of his Taser would rouse an inmate on July 27. It did not. 

The inmate had fallen asleep at on the floor of the jail's intake section.

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See other articles regarding Taser abuse by police at this link, many with live video footage:

Articles:  http://my.nowpublic.com/search?fulltext=1&type=story&keys=mary+neal

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"It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog." ~ Mark Twain

Mary Neal
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