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Forum: Advocacy & Safety
05-04-12, 01:19 AM
Replies: 163
Views: 11,801
Posted By Digital_Cowboy

He should still be stripped of his law...

He should still be stripped of his law enforcement credentials.

I guess a good question would be, whether he quit on his own, or if he was "encouraged" to quite to avoid embarrassing the police...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
05-04-12, 12:01 AM
Replies: 163
Views: 11,801
Posted By Digital_Cowboy

Sadly you could be right, but we'll probably...

Sadly you could be right, but we'll probably never know.

As part of any settlement that "officer" needs to be fired from his job. As well as having his credentials cancelled so that he can NEVER...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
05-03-12, 12:20 PM
Replies: 163
Views: 11,801
Posted By Digital_Cowboy

Yeah, can you see the cops tazing a motorist...

Yeah, can you see the cops tazing a motorist while they're still driving their car/motorcycle?

Given that the autopsy report found no drugs or alcohol in the deceased's system I'd very much like...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
05-02-12, 11:32 AM
Replies: 163
Views: 11,801
Posted By Digital_Cowboy

The sad truth of the matter is that there ARE bad...

The sad truth of the matter is that there ARE bad cops out there, and just like the bad cyclists give ALL cyclists a bad name. So do the bad cops give ALL cops a bad name.

I'm not saying that the...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
04-28-12, 03:11 PM
Replies: 163
Views: 11,801
Posted By Digital_Cowboy

That may be, but as you said we don't know. Here...

That may be, but as you said we don't know. Here locally in the Tampa/St. Pete area there was a shooting over in Tampa between a shop owner and a regular 16-yr old customer. It has now turned out...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
12-09-11, 03:48 PM
Replies: 163
Views: 11,801
Posted By Digital_Cowboy

There is another thread on this topic in the...

There is another thread on this topic in the General Cycling Discussion sub-forum. It has a link to an article that makes it clear that sadly there is a racial divide in that community.

Police...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
12-09-11, 02:48 AM
Replies: 163
Views: 11,801
Posted By Digital_Cowboy

Is there any ETA as to when the corner/ME will...

Is there any ETA as to when the corner/ME will have the C.O.D./autopsy report?
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
12-03-11, 02:28 PM
Replies: 163
Views: 11,801
Posted By Digital_Cowboy

If the deceased truly was disabled why shouldn't...

If the deceased truly was disabled why shouldn't it "spill" over to the disability forum? Not all disabilities are apparent to the naked eye. The VA has me rated as 70% Service Connected Disabled. ...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
12-03-11, 02:20 PM
Replies: 163
Views: 11,801
Posted By Digital_Cowboy

Agreed, had the concerned citizen not called...

Agreed, had the concerned citizen not called 911/the police the deceased would still be alive. Considering that the deceased fell and was able to get back on his bike and ride away she should have...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
12-03-11, 01:15 PM
Replies: 163
Views: 11,801
Posted By Digital_Cowboy

Why are you assuming that he wasn't taking...

Why are you assuming that he wasn't taking prescribed medicine? Why are you assuming that his family is lying about his medical conditions?

You do know that lots of people will transfer some of...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
12-02-11, 11:59 PM
Replies: 163
Views: 11,801
Posted By Digital_Cowboy

I look forward to seeing the results of the...

I look forward to seeing the results of the autopsy, but I'm not going to hold my breath waiting for it to be printed either in any update in the paper (or any paper) from the OP or that it'll find...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
12-02-11, 05:41 PM
Replies: 163
Views: 11,801
Posted By Digital_Cowboy

Everyone engages in speculation. Unless one was...

Everyone engages in speculation. Unless one was there or has access to the full police report all anyone can do is to speculate on what happened.

Yes, in this case there is a minimal amount of...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
12-02-11, 05:34 PM
Replies: 163
Views: 11,801
Posted By Digital_Cowboy

Thank you. What are the odds that the...

Thank you.

What are the odds that the results of the autopsy will be either printed in the paper or posted here?
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
12-01-11, 02:08 PM
Replies: 163
Views: 11,801
Posted By Digital_Cowboy

The article stated that the cop had been on the...

The article stated that the cop had been on the job a month. Even if he had come from another police department from another city that would still make him a "rookie" in the new department as he...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
11-30-11, 03:23 AM
Replies: 163
Views: 11,801
Posted By Digital_Cowboy

So what all of the cops that have been suspended...

So what all of the cops that have been suspended pending a full investigation were wrongly suspended?



Hmm, let's see we have a person riding a bicycle minding their own business, they for...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
11-29-11, 02:15 PM
Replies: 163
Views: 11,801
Posted By Digital_Cowboy

You really think that? Given that the article...

You really think that? Given that the article that I linked to makes it clear that the person who was tased had hit the ground hard enough to break the helmet that he was wearing at the time. It is...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
11-29-11, 01:22 PM
Replies: 163
Views: 11,801
Posted By Digital_Cowboy

Steve, Which raises the question that I've...

Steve,

Which raises the question that I've asked before. Given that this officer had only been on the job for a month where was his training officer? Wasn't the cop who body slammed a CM...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
11-29-11, 01:09 PM
Replies: 163
Views: 11,801
Posted By Digital_Cowboy

Agreed.

Agreed.
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
11-29-11, 01:08 PM
Replies: 163
Views: 11,801
Posted By Digital_Cowboy

I could say the same thing to you. Both cases...

I could say the same thing to you. Both cases are (whether you see it or not) similar. As in both cases we have a person who was minding their own business when a LEO attempted to stop them. Both...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
11-29-11, 12:53 PM
Replies: 163
Views: 11,801
Posted By Digital_Cowboy

So the bottom line is that given that the...

So the bottom line is that given that the deceased did not pose a threat to anyone there was no need for the rookie to use his taser. Isn't that what most of us have been saying?
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
11-28-11, 11:16 PM
Replies: 163
Views: 11,801
Posted By Digital_Cowboy

Agreed, as as he was not a danger to either...

Agreed, as as he was not a danger to either himself or to anyone else. What was the rookie's reasoning for tasing the cyclist?

All he was really guilty of was not responding to the officers siren...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
11-28-11, 09:55 PM
Replies: 163
Views: 11,801
Posted By Digital_Cowboy

Given that he was riding a bicycle it is safe to...

Given that he was riding a bicycle it is safe to presume that he wasn't fully blind. He may have been legally blind, he may have been colorblind. IF he WAS colorblind it is possible that all he saw...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
11-28-11, 09:44 PM
Replies: 163
Views: 11,801
Posted By Digital_Cowboy

Which comes back to my question of where was this...

Which comes back to my question of where was this rookie officers training officer?
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
11-28-11, 09:42 PM
Replies: 163
Views: 11,801
Posted By Digital_Cowboy

Agreed, hearing loss can and does take all forms....

Agreed, hearing loss can and does take all forms. There are people who have either lost the ability or was born not being able to hear sounds emitted at certain frequencies. And given that, it is...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
11-28-11, 09:29 PM
Replies: 163
Views: 11,801
Posted By Digital_Cowboy

Given the resulting backlash, don't you think...

Given the resulting backlash, don't you think that this rookie officer at the very least should be temporarily suspended? As he took a situation that clearly was not violent and turned it into one...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
11-28-11, 06:46 PM
Replies: 163
Views: 11,801
Posted By Digital_Cowboy

I agree, as that has always been my impression of...

I agree, as that has always been my impression of them as well. And given some of the close calls that I've had with a couple of drivers who wanted to fight over their perception of me not being in...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
11-28-11, 06:34 PM
Replies: 163
Views: 11,801
Posted By Digital_Cowboy

The article that I included the link to was not...

The article that I included the link to was not too dissimilar to the incident in the article in the OP. Two cyclists minding their own business confronted with by a LEO who wanted them to pull...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
11-28-11, 01:46 PM
Replies: 163
Views: 11,801
Posted By Digital_Cowboy

Agreed, sadly we see this in the Cuba Gooding,...

Agreed, sadly we see this in the Cuba Gooding, Jr. movie Radio. Cuba plays a developmentally challenged man. Who the whole town turned out to give him Christmas presents. He turns around and...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
11-28-11, 12:31 PM
Replies: 163
Views: 11,801
Posted By Digital_Cowboy

Really? In the incident that I related above I...

Really? In the incident that I related above I wasn't traveling very fast and when I hit the driveway I skinned my knee pretty good. And that's just me traveling at probably about 10MPH or so. ...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
11-28-11, 02:43 AM
Replies: 163
Views: 11,801
Posted By Digital_Cowboy

From the article I read he fell once in a parking...

From the article I read he fell once in a parking lot of a bank. A third party called the police and reported it as a possible drunk. So other then possibly being drunk in public and maybe...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
11-28-11, 02:22 AM
Replies: 163
Views: 11,801
Posted By Digital_Cowboy

Why, are you so anti-helmet that you can't admit...

Why, are you so anti-helmet that you can't admit that it probably saved the cyclist considerable injury if not possibly his life?

It's right there on page 6...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
11-27-11, 04:41 PM
Replies: 163
Views: 11,801
Posted By Digital_Cowboy

Come on, you're not really trying to say that's...

Come on, you're not really trying to say that's it's a "good" idea to use a taser gun on a person who is riding a bicycle? I think that any reasonable person can see that as being a recipe for...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
11-25-11, 01:01 AM
Replies: 163
Views: 11,801
Posted By Digital_Cowboy

It sounds like it. I have to wonder just...

It sounds like it.

I have to wonder just what is the SOP that the police have for dealing with deaf/hearing impaired individuals.

It is also reasonable to think that given that the cyclist...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
11-24-11, 05:01 PM
Replies: 163
Views: 11,801
Posted By Digital_Cowboy

Given that the article said that the cyclist also...

Given that the article said that the cyclist also suffered from seizures it's reasonable to think that he was taking his medication. Sounds as if the LEO jumped the gun. Also according to the...
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