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BYU Professor to Sue over Courtroom Tasering
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by mpress | November 20, 2007 at 05:17 am
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Surrounded by 5 court officers, an irate former BYU Professor is tasered until he falls unconscious to the ground. Video Link. Maybe lawsuits against cities that use tasers is the only way to curb the abuse.
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) - A former adjunct BYU professor is about to sue a Third District Court judge, claiming the judge wrongfully ordered him cuffed and tasered by Salt Lake County Sheriff’s deputies.Tom Lowery was acting as his own attorney on November 22, 2004. In the courtroom, he suffered from a stress-induced mental disability, as he struggled to conduct lucid oral arguments in a case he’s filed against a three leaders of his local LDS church group, one of whom was a BYU Professor.
As his demeanor becomes confrontational, Judge Anthony Quinn grows impatient with Lowery’s behavior.
Five deputies attempt to cuff him and, as the judge has ordered, take him to a holding cell to cool down. After a momentary struggle, they zap him with a taser. Lowery says, “And then I hit the floor. They were on top of me and I was trying to scramble away from the electricity. They tased me into unconsciousness.”
Source: ABC4
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at 05:58 on November 20th, 2007
mpress, looks like tasering is this year's shark attacks -- still, though, it does seem like law-enforcement is getting far too casual about using them.
at 09:10 on November 20th, 2007
mpress, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 09:19 on November 20th, 2007
mpress, thanks for posting this. These taser videos just keep coming, don't they? The analysis in this one is interesting...the assertion that tasers are generally meant to be used on fleeing suspects or violent ones would make sense; the fact that this man was at no risk for flight is clear. So then what? A taser case has never really held up in court, so there would be a huge precedent set if one did. The fact that this incident took place in a courtroom makes it even more interesting.
Good stuff.
at 19:34 on November 20th, 2007
The taser has become nothing more than a tool of compliance between the state and it's citizens.
It's time the cops go back to shooting people when necessary. For example, would have this man been shot in this courtroom under the same circumstances?
I think not.
How many people should be subjected to torture to support the vain argument that tasers, 'save lives'? What ratio? 10:1? 100:1?
at 19:34 on November 20th, 2007
The taser has become nothing more than a tool of compliance between the state and it's citizens.
It's time the cops go back to shooting people when necessary. For example, would have this man been shot in this courtroom under the same circumstances?
I think not.
How many people should be subjected to torture to support the vain argument that tasers, 'save lives'? What ratio? 10:1? 100:1?