Findlay teen Tasered in head after stealing $4.94 screwdriver set

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yobro08
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Jun 8, 2010 11:09pm
this is news?
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Al Capone
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Jun 8, 2010 11:22pm
Where's Strap-on at? I would've figured he'd been on here calling for the policeman to be fired and put in jail. Now that I'm thinking about it, is that Strap-on in that picture?
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Strapping Young Lad
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Jun 8, 2010 11:23pm
I think its funny that our Cops can't chase down and tackle a 14 year old boy. What a bunch of fat fuckheads America is.

Edit: Why does it say America twice when I post but not in the text??? Weird Weird.
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Al Capone
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Jun 8, 2010 11:26pm
Strapping Young Lad;383718 wrote:I think its funny that our Cops can't chase down and tackle a 14 year old boy. What a bunch of fat fuckheads America is.

Edit: Why does it say America twice when I post but not in the text??? Weird Weird.

Only a punk like you would take this thugs side. Loser
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reclegend22
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Jun 8, 2010 11:29pm
darbypitcher22 wrote:or face the tase
Literally.

I'd hate to see what will happen if the casino and/or bank heist my friends and I are planning eventually going to plan goes wrong. Fuck.
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Strapping Young Lad
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Jun 8, 2010 11:30pm
Loser? Ouch.

Capone, I didn't take anyone's side, I just said that Cops nowadays can't even chase down and tackle a 14 year old boy. I'll give you credit though, you'd have run like Jackie Joyner Kersey if someone told you to chase a 14 year old boy. Then you'd dry hump him.
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sonofsam
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Jun 8, 2010 11:31pm
I Wear Pants;383280 wrote:This looks like a situation where the police followed procedure and happened to not be a sniper while running with a taser.

I do have a problem with how reviews of police behavior are done though. They shouldn't be done by police, let alone police that work at the same damned station. These people know each other, are often friends, and have a vested interest in the department not looking bad. There should be a third party to review things like this.

Although this kid is a jackass that got what he deserved.

I have to agree with this statement the most... No one can blame the officer if his aim was a little off while running. It seems that the taser use was justified by the actions of the teenager as well.

BUT.... For a theft of only $4.94, wouldn't it have been easier to pick the kid up at home in the middle of the night or during school and avoided all of this? Just sayin', I can't tell you where a 35 year old man will be at 3:30 am, but a 15 year old kid? They knew who he was, just go get him when hes hugging his stuffed barney animal and this all could have been avoided.
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Jun 8, 2010 11:38pm
sonofsam;383741 wrote:I have to agree with this statement the most... No one can blame the officer if his aim was a little off while running. It seems that the taser use was justified by the actions of the teenager as well.

BUT.... For a theft of only $4.94, wouldn't it have been easier to pick the kid up at home in the middle of the night or during school and avoided all of this? Just sayin', I can't tell you where a 35 year old man will be at 3:30 am, but a 15 year old kid? They knew who he was, just go get him when hes hugging his stuffed barney animal and this all could have been avoided.

I think stopping a kid on the street, minutes after the petty crime took place, is MUCH more reasonable than busting into his house in the middle of the night ROFL
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Al Capone
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Jun 8, 2010 11:39pm
Strapping Young Lad;383737 wrote:Loser? Ouch.

I didn't take anyone's side, I just said that Cops nowadays can't even chase down and tackle a 14 year old boy. I'll give you credit though, you'd have run like Jackie Joyner Kersey if someone told you to chase a 14 year old boy. Then you'd dry hump him.
You're just a smart mouth little punk that doesn't respect authority. I'd love to see a Steubenville cop put a taser upside your head.
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I Wear Pants
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Jun 8, 2010 11:41pm
LJ;383762 wrote:I think stopping a kid on the street, minutes after the petty crime took place, is MUCH more reasonable than busting into his house in the middle of the night ROFL
I'd agree. Because if they show up at night and it turns out he got rid of the stuff then they better damned hope that the shop has a good video surveillance system.
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Jun 8, 2010 11:52pm
I Wear Pants;383769 wrote:I'd agree. Because if they show up at night and it turns out he got rid of the stuff then they better damned hope that the shop has a good video surveillance system.

Plus it's just such a petty crime. Hell the cop may have just made him get in the car and take it back and apologize if he had just stopped.
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I Wear Pants
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Jun 9, 2010 12:02am
LJ;383815 wrote:Plus it's just such a petty crime. Hell the cop may have just made him get in the car and take it back and apologize if he had just stopped.
Not likely, the days of cops doing things like that (that actually resulted in the kid probably learning his lesson) have long since passed.
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reclegend22
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Jun 9, 2010 12:08am
Honestly, I think it would have been MUCH more effective if federal agents had tailed the kid for a week using infrared and unmarked vans and then took him and his crew via a Heat-like shootout scene.

What the hell would you arrest the kid for right after he stole the petty tool, when there is clearly a bigger travel pack tool theft operation taking place.
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captain_obvious
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Jun 9, 2010 12:59am
How pissed was the kid when he realized grandma has been giving him the same tool set every Christmas that she gets free with her Reader's Digest Subscription?
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hoops23
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Jun 9, 2010 1:03am
It should be law that everybody from Findlay is tazed at least every other day.
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WebFire
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Jun 9, 2010 9:11am
It should be law that hoops23 is tazed at least every other day.
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Jun 9, 2010 9:29am
Strapping Young Lad;383718 wrote:I think its funny that our Cops can't chase down and tackle a 14 year old boy. What a bunch of fat fuckheads America is.
No doubt about it.....
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Tiernan
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Jun 9, 2010 9:32am
Better they tazed the little punk then shoot him. He def deserved it!
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jmog
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Jun 9, 2010 10:30am
I find it funny that ANYONE would feel bad for this kid or say the police shouldn't have tased him.
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Bud Kilmer
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Jun 9, 2010 10:38am
Good. Now when the parents come in to bitch, taze them also.
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BR1986FB
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Jun 9, 2010 10:40am
Don't steal shit and you won't be doing the fish with 10,000 volts running through your melon, Juan Epstein.
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Nate
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Jun 9, 2010 10:40am
The innocent don't run from the police. They knew damn well he was guilty when he tried to flee.

He deserved it 100% whether the item is $4.94 or $494!
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thereddragin
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Jun 9, 2010 10:41am
I Wear Pants;383837 wrote:Not likely, the days of cops doing things like that (that actually resulted in the kid probably learning his lesson) have long since passed.

I would disagree with that statement.... I personaly see that happen more than you will ever believe...
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Rotinaj
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Jun 9, 2010 10:45am
Tasers are overrated. Should of billy clubbed his ass.
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fan_from_texas
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Jun 9, 2010 11:47am
Keebler;384116 wrote:The innocent don't run from the police. They knew damn well he was guilty when he tried to flee.

He deserved it 100% whether the item is $4.94 or $494!

The innocent definitely run from the police from time-to-time. I think tazing this kid was probably justified (sorry about the bad aim, brah), but I don't agree with the sentiment that anyone who runs is guilty, or that if you commit a crime, any police action happening after that is justified. For example, it's illegal for a cop to shoot someone who is running away if the crime is not a violent felony (I believe that's the standard).