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Katashi_itto

(10,175 posts)
Sun Dec 14, 2014, 05:54 PM Dec 2014

‘Goddamned Nazi Stormtrooper’: Texas cop Tasers 76-year-old man with expired inspection



A Texas police officer was placed on administrative leave on Friday after he reportedly used a Taser on a 76-year-old man after the suspect had already been forced to the ground.

The Victoria Advocate reported that 76-year-old Pete Vasquez was driving a work-owned vehicle back to his place of business on Thursday when 23-year-old Officer Nathanial Robinson pulled him over for an expired inspection.

Vasquez said that he explained that the car belonged to a car lot, and that the dealer tags made it exempt from having an inspection.


But dashcam video obtained by the paper shows Robinson using force to arrest Vasquez for what should have been a Class C misdemeanor. In the video, Vasquez pulls his arm away from Robinson, and the officer slams him into the hood of the patrol car. The two men disappear from camera range as Robinson places Vasquez in a hold, and then forces him to the ground.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/12/goddamned-nazi-stormtrooper-texas-cop-tasers-76-year-old-man-with-expired-inspection/
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‘Goddamned Nazi Stormtrooper’: Texas cop Tasers 76-year-old man with expired inspection (Original Post) Katashi_itto Dec 2014 OP
Jesus Christ catbyte Dec 2014 #1
Racist out of control barbarians malaise Dec 2014 #2
For age?! Not even for a pregnant woman! FOR NOBODY! WinkyDink Dec 2014 #3
look at his face roguevalley Dec 2014 #20
And do what? Get shot for your efforts? ncjustice80 Dec 2014 #28
agree! Katashi_itto Dec 2014 #64
I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees as a slave. for my dad, anything. roguevalley Dec 2014 #73
False bravado. ncjustice80 Dec 2014 #74
wow are you full of yourself. have a nice day roguevalley Dec 2014 #79
And you as well, Mr. Pot! ncjustice80 Dec 2014 #82
No respect for anyone ever etherealtruth Dec 2014 #5
There should be one ohheckyeah Dec 2014 #4
Link to the story and video in the Victoria Advocate: TexasTowelie Dec 2014 #6
Thanks I don't have to do it now...always post the real source of the article "RawStory" steals from snooper2 Dec 2014 #81
So the bastard gets a freakin VACATION after this RoccoR5955 Dec 2014 #7
They need to do away witj administrative leave entirely. ncjustice80 Dec 2014 #29
I fucking hate this world marym625 Dec 2014 #8
i hearvyou, marym625 roguevalley Dec 2014 #22
. marym625 Dec 2014 #60
I hate this fucked up fucking system created by a few sociopaths. I love our beautiful world. Dont call me Shirley Dec 2014 #33
Having a hard time seeing the beauty anymore. marym625 Dec 2014 #62
The ruling elite want us only to see the ugliness they create, it keeps us in despair. Try, try, try Dont call me Shirley Dec 2014 #66
True. Very true. marym625 Dec 2014 #67
Very good, marym625. When we are feeling despair, we must allow ourselves to wallow in Dont call me Shirley Dec 2014 #68
sure doesn't help accomplish anything good. marym625 Dec 2014 #69
Yep. Sometimes I briefly wish for Ilsa Dec 2014 #51
I would be okay with that. marym625 Dec 2014 #63
This stuff has always happened BubbaFett Dec 2014 #75
absolutely no doubt marym625 Dec 2014 #78
The personal dash mounted car cam is going to be a hot thing if marketed as a personal safety device. Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #9
I've honestly been thinking about getting one Nevernose Dec 2014 #13
On sale about half price. lpbk2713 Dec 2014 #15
I am going to get one next year, the possibility of capturing a criminal or a meteorite is equally Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #17
Grand Juries ignore videos . . . Spooky69 Dec 2014 #14
And THAT is whats going to force change. 7962 Dec 2014 #39
Fire the little shit. DeSwiss Dec 2014 #10
USe violence against a citizen, geta paid vacation. MohRokTah Dec 2014 #11
Tough guy. lpbk2713 Dec 2014 #12
I was thinking more, you want fries with that. onecaliberal Dec 2014 #38
Filthy pig has no right to wear a badge. DinahMoeHum Dec 2014 #16
Administrative leave. Enthusiast Dec 2014 #18
IQ and Ethics and Basic Constitutional Law, too Demeter Dec 2014 #21
They would fail on all counts. Enthusiast Dec 2014 #23
DING DING A WINNER - test for steroids, yes. elehhhhna Dec 2014 #36
But, but 2naSalit Dec 2014 #56
One of our local hero cops tased an 80+ man a few years doc03 Dec 2014 #19
That could have killed the old guy. Enthusiast Dec 2014 #24
He had to pee and they come up on him in the park, doc03 Dec 2014 #40
He probably has an enlarged prostate and has a problem with incontinence. Enthusiast Dec 2014 #46
The underlying message The Wizard Dec 2014 #25
Minor violations brutally punished while the real crooks on Wall St. & torturers get off scot free. Triana Dec 2014 #26
We have a number of very public issues of law breaking where no one was deemed accountable. Enthusiast Dec 2014 #48
"The new century started with the theft of a presidential election . . ." Triana Dec 2014 #50
I agree. For some, hell is here now. Enthusiast Dec 2014 #53
Just a few bad apples..... Chakab Dec 2014 #27
and (another) isolated incident... LiberalElite Dec 2014 #32
I don't think there are 'a few bad apples'. Chemisse Dec 2014 #42
In so many ways our culture is regressing, eliminating positive changes to culture. Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 2014 #70
Nathaniel Robinson have Daddy Issues a little!? Dont call me Shirley Dec 2014 #30
He pulled this shit because he thought he could easily get away with his sadistic bent. Owl Dec 2014 #31
When will these useless, jackbooted thugs pay a tangible price for their terrorizing? villager Dec 2014 #34
Ah, nice, we teach a whole new generation to hate. n/t jtuck004 Dec 2014 #35
no doubt - creating homegrown issues that we only thought were abroad tomm2thumbs Dec 2014 #37
Cops should not make themselves into the enemy. Dawson Leery Dec 2014 #41
I guess they think they can tase all of us or shoot all of us. Enthusiast Dec 2014 #49
Why am I hearing rap music mixed in with the police radio?... GReedDiamond Dec 2014 #43
Pretty sure the officer is rolling around town listening to gangster rap. Jesus Malverde Dec 2014 #71
I have nothing in general against rap music... GReedDiamond Dec 2014 #72
when the music is turned up shanti Dec 2014 #80
Sadistic little psychopath. BeanMusical Dec 2014 #44
Like I've been saying, doesnt matter the race, many cops have gone crazy with power. 7962 Dec 2014 #45
OMG your hijacking a narrative that drives some to hyperbole. Jesus Malverde Dec 2014 #76
In a just country, that officer would be locked up awaiting charges. eom TransitJohn Dec 2014 #47
Victoria police, in years past, have been accused of Ilsa Dec 2014 #52
Why do we have BS laws like this anyway... DAMANgoldberg Dec 2014 #54
Hopefully he'll be fired and never hired anywhere else ever again. PersonNumber503602 Dec 2014 #55
But....but....it's just an isolated incident.... Jamastiene Dec 2014 #57
This young cop, a bully and getting off on his power, should be fired dissentient Dec 2014 #58
A class C midemeanor? Brigid Dec 2014 #59
Tasering an older man should be considered attempted murder. Jesus Malverde Dec 2014 #61
Wenn die Gestapo durch die Stadt marschieren... Heywood J Dec 2014 #65
I haven't met a cop yet that wasn't on an ego trip! B Calm Dec 2014 #77

roguevalley

(40,656 posts)
20. look at his face
Sun Dec 14, 2014, 07:42 PM
Dec 2014

If that was my dad I would go to his house with a baseball bat. You can kill old people so easily

roguevalley

(40,656 posts)
73. I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees as a slave. for my dad, anything.
Mon Dec 15, 2014, 10:52 PM
Dec 2014

that man resembled him so much. Some day that will happen. A mob will turn on a cop and tear him apart. that is about the only thing that hasn't happened yet.

 

snooper2

(30,151 posts)
81. Thanks I don't have to do it now...always post the real source of the article "RawStory" steals from
Tue Dec 16, 2014, 01:40 PM
Dec 2014
 

RoccoR5955

(12,471 posts)
7. So the bastard gets a freakin VACATION after this
Sun Dec 14, 2014, 06:20 PM
Dec 2014

Typically, they put them on "administrative leave," which means PAID VACATION.
I wonder if these bastards are doing this on purpose so that they can get that paid vacation?

ncjustice80

(948 posts)
29. They need to do away witj administrative leave entirely.
Sun Dec 14, 2014, 08:02 PM
Dec 2014

If a cop.is being invwstigated, he gets suspendedb WITHOUTpay. If he tries to work another kob, he gets fuckin fired.

Dont call me Shirley

(10,998 posts)
66. The ruling elite want us only to see the ugliness they create, it keeps us in despair. Try, try, try
Mon Dec 15, 2014, 09:37 AM
Dec 2014

to see beauty in your own mind, life, around you in nature, in others. We must not allow them to make us despair. We must increase the perception of beautiful life, even in the ugliest moments.

Dont call me Shirley

(10,998 posts)
68. Very good, marym625. When we are feeling despair, we must allow ourselves to wallow in
Mon Dec 15, 2014, 09:56 AM
Dec 2014

it fully for only one quick moment, then lift ourselves out of it into action.

Despair is not an emotion to spend much time in.

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
51. Yep. Sometimes I briefly wish for
Sun Dec 14, 2014, 09:45 PM
Dec 2014

A mega-asteroid to collide with us. The billionaires would be just as helpless.

 

BubbaFett

(361 posts)
75. This stuff has always happened
Tue Dec 16, 2014, 08:48 AM
Dec 2014

it's just now many, many people have video recorders in their pockets.

Cops have always pulled that kinda shit just because they don't like the way a person looks.

marym625

(17,997 posts)
78. absolutely no doubt
Tue Dec 16, 2014, 09:47 AM
Dec 2014

That doesn't mean that we should ignore it. Nor does it mean that we shouldn't grow as human beings

And although it has always been, it hasn't been as prevalent with so very many cops and departments.

It hasn't been that the cops and departments have been equipped with military gear. Or have been trained by military outside the country.

So, even though police brutality has always existed, it is worse.

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
9. The personal dash mounted car cam is going to be a hot thing if marketed as a personal safety device.
Sun Dec 14, 2014, 07:03 PM
Dec 2014

Think of your entire neighbourhood being covered 24/7 by video surveillance in parked vehicles.....in the hands of private citizens, not the state.

Nevernose

(13,081 posts)
13. I've honestly been thinking about getting one
Sun Dec 14, 2014, 07:23 PM
Dec 2014

Just to cover my butt in a car crash. Everybody in Russia has one now, so why not me too?

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
17. I am going to get one next year, the possibility of capturing a criminal or a meteorite is equally
Sun Dec 14, 2014, 07:37 PM
Dec 2014

interesting an outcome, and nothing else can beat the evidence value, generally speaking.

Record both accidents and road rage, and it is all under your own control, that is the best part.

Each day you can go through your parked cars nightly recording to see what went on...or not in my neighbourhood, but there were a couple of incidents that a dash cam on my car might have made a lot of difference in.

The Russian dash cam accident recording compilations on U tube are interesting.

 

7962

(11,841 posts)
39. And THAT is whats going to force change.
Sun Dec 14, 2014, 08:57 PM
Dec 2014

And we MUST make sure the cops dont force laws to be made outlawing the use of cameras by citizens. They're trying that already. They dont WANT to be watched.

 

MohRokTah

(15,429 posts)
11. USe violence against a citizen, geta paid vacation.
Sun Dec 14, 2014, 07:19 PM
Dec 2014

And still never be held accountable.

What a job for sociopaths and psychopaths.

Heck, Charles Manson would fit right in with the rest of them.

lpbk2713

(42,759 posts)
12. Tough guy.
Sun Dec 14, 2014, 07:21 PM
Dec 2014



Cancel his credentials. He needs to find a different line of work,
he sure as hell is no good in law enforcement. Maybe something
like "ya want paper or plastic?" is more in his line.

Enthusiast

(50,983 posts)
18. Administrative leave.
Sun Dec 14, 2014, 07:38 PM
Dec 2014

This cop is clearly unsuited for police work of any kind anywhere in the US. The old guy said he thought the cop was going to shoot him for a while there. These cops should be tested for steroids.

 

Demeter

(85,373 posts)
21. IQ and Ethics and Basic Constitutional Law, too
Sun Dec 14, 2014, 07:43 PM
Dec 2014

Maybe they could get some training, for those that don't utterly fail the entrance exam?

2naSalit

(86,647 posts)
56. But, but
Sun Dec 14, 2014, 11:10 PM
Dec 2014

where else will these testosteronemen find work?

I have thought, since that cop in one of my law classes years ago and who had biceps the size of my upper thighs scared me, that these guys are steroid junkies, they have no sense of compassion or rationale after a short spell of regular use.

doc03

(35,348 posts)
40. He had to pee and they come up on him in the park,
Sun Dec 14, 2014, 09:00 PM
Dec 2014

they claimed he became belligerent. Two cops half his age had to use it to control him.

Enthusiast

(50,983 posts)
46. He probably has an enlarged prostate and has a problem with incontinence.
Sun Dec 14, 2014, 09:22 PM
Dec 2014

It wouldn't be at all unusual. But cops seem to have a need to abuse.

The Wizard

(12,545 posts)
25. The underlying message
Sun Dec 14, 2014, 07:56 PM
Dec 2014

with all this abuse of authority is that if you question authority you are subject to a beating or worse. Can you say Cops Gone Wild?

 

Triana

(22,666 posts)
26. Minor violations brutally punished while the real crooks on Wall St. & torturers get off scot free.
Sun Dec 14, 2014, 07:56 PM
Dec 2014

Gotta love our fascist state eh? Pfft.

Enthusiast

(50,983 posts)
48. We have a number of very public issues of law breaking where no one was deemed accountable.
Sun Dec 14, 2014, 09:35 PM
Dec 2014

We had the Bush Administration falsify intelligence to justify a war. A War! A war that cost hundreds of thousands of lives and trillions of dollars! Nothing, no investigation, nothing. Bush and Cheney continue to run their mouths on TV.

Same with torture. No justice! None. Cheney even admits his guilt right on TV.

And mortgage fraud. Right in our face. Money laundering for drug smugglers and terrorists by one of the largest banks on earth. No punishment-zero! Nothing!

No wonder the police feel they can get away with anything. They do get away with anything! Anything and everything.

The new century started with the theft of a presidential election and since then the criminality has exploded!

This is the President's greatest failure, and it's a big one, a huge one.

 

Triana

(22,666 posts)
50. "The new century started with the theft of a presidential election . . ."
Sun Dec 14, 2014, 09:42 PM
Dec 2014

". . . and since then the criminality has exploded!"

It will only get worse since all this crime is done with utter impunity.

Meanwhile children, poor, minorities, elderly (including deaf and blind) - as if THEY were the problem, are beaten to smithereens by abusive cops.

Hell is here now.

Chemisse

(30,813 posts)
42. I don't think there are 'a few bad apples'.
Sun Dec 14, 2014, 09:02 PM
Dec 2014

I think the police culture is based upon an 'us against them' attitude. Lace that with racism and a complete lack of accountability. Mixed into the pot is the self-selection of this career by those who want power/like guns/enjoy violence.

This all adds up to a culture of police violence and abuse of power. It's not a matter of plucking out the bad apples; it's a matter of changing the culture.

Dark n Stormy Knight

(9,760 posts)
70. In so many ways our culture is regressing, eliminating positive changes to culture.
Mon Dec 15, 2014, 04:27 PM
Dec 2014

If the arc of the universe truly bends toward justice, it's got some serious kinks in it.

Dont call me Shirley

(10,998 posts)
30. Nathaniel Robinson have Daddy Issues a little!?
Sun Dec 14, 2014, 08:02 PM
Dec 2014

They pds need to start weeding out unhinged authoritarian candidates.

 

villager

(26,001 posts)
34. When will these useless, jackbooted thugs pay a tangible price for their terrorizing?
Sun Dec 14, 2014, 08:07 PM
Dec 2014

As psychopaths, they undoubtedly factor in the lack of personal consequence to their actions.

GReedDiamond

(5,313 posts)
43. Why am I hearing rap music mixed in with the police radio?...
Sun Dec 14, 2014, 09:03 PM
Dec 2014

Is this punkass moron pig cruising around looking for victims to abuse while listening to fuckin gangsta rap music?

I hope Officer Prick Asshole is fired, prosecuted, convicted and jailed...and if he isn't, I hope one day he tries to fuck over the wrong person, who takes the pig out in self-defense, because if this freak isn't jailed, he will continue the abuse until he fucks with the wrong guy.

And, I hope the victim in this case sues the crap outta the punkass pig and the PD that employs him -- bankrupt the lot of em!

I'm so tired of this shit happening literally every day in this country...what will it take to stop these brutal thugs from their violent, criminal behaviors under color of authority?

I was already in a crappy mood, then I made the mistake of clicking on this thread...

Jesus Malverde

(10,274 posts)
71. Pretty sure the officer is rolling around town listening to gangster rap.
Mon Dec 15, 2014, 09:05 PM
Dec 2014

Need to get pumped up for the battle with the thugs.

GReedDiamond

(5,313 posts)
72. I have nothing in general against rap music...
Mon Dec 15, 2014, 10:31 PM
Dec 2014

...but, shouldn't listening to rap music while on duty - or any other kind of music or non-work related distractions - be grounds for disciplinary action or even termination?

Hopefully he's terminated and prosecuted...we'll see.

shanti

(21,675 posts)
80. when the music is turned up
Tue Dec 16, 2014, 01:38 PM
Dec 2014

it's impossible to hear what's going on in that confrontation. you notice in the article that that scumbag took the old man out of the eyesight of the camera too.

he fucking knew what he was doing!

 

7962

(11,841 posts)
45. Like I've been saying, doesnt matter the race, many cops have gone crazy with power.
Sun Dec 14, 2014, 09:06 PM
Dec 2014

You can find shit like this every day with people from every walk of life. Its ridiculous

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
52. Victoria police, in years past, have been accused of
Sun Dec 14, 2014, 09:48 PM
Dec 2014

raping female prisoners. The sheriff was voted out and later indicted. The bad cops were fired by the new sheriff, but I heard they just went to bigger cities to work as LEOs.

DAMANgoldberg

(1,278 posts)
54. Why do we have BS laws like this anyway...
Sun Dec 14, 2014, 10:39 PM
Dec 2014

Pt. 1 - Eric Garner dies for "illegal cigarettes".
Pt. 2 - This gentleman gets tazed for a freaking vehicle inspection.

On the second part, why don't states just add the inspection cost to the tags and be done with it, like SC did years ago? It doesn't improve safety, and is another attempt to control the populace since its not a national requirement. I am not for unsafe cars, but TX, NC, VA, and other states that do inspections use it as an excuse for extortion.

Shouldn't laws be in place for important stuff, like murder, robbery, rape, and acts to/against children and otherwise helpless individuals? We are at a point in some jurisdictions that the cost of fighting relatively insignificant crimes exceeds available resources, and will happen with the "war on drugs". I could go on, you get the point here.

PersonNumber503602

(1,134 posts)
55. Hopefully he'll be fired and never hired anywhere else ever again.
Sun Dec 14, 2014, 10:53 PM
Dec 2014

If not, I won't be surprised to see his name pop up again after he needlessly shoots and kills someone. People like him do not belong in any position of authority, let alone one that gives him a weapon.

Jamastiene

(38,187 posts)
57. But....but....it's just an isolated incident....
Sun Dec 14, 2014, 11:15 PM
Dec 2014

99.99999999% of cops are heroes who would walk through hell to help citizens.



These incidents are not so isolated and apparently haven't been for a while. We just have more cameras now to see it happening.

 

dissentient

(861 posts)
58. This young cop, a bully and getting off on his power, should be fired
Sun Dec 14, 2014, 11:19 PM
Dec 2014

I ran into a cop like that once. Totally power tripping, and didn't like my attitude towards him. I guess I wasn't subservient enough for his liking.

Brigid

(17,621 posts)
59. A class C midemeanor?
Sun Dec 14, 2014, 11:25 PM
Dec 2014

Is there any category of crime more minor than that? Andthe vehicle didn't even belong to Vasquez!

I swear we might as well make all cops wear jackboots and black uniforms with little silver lightning bolts on the collar.

Jesus Malverde

(10,274 posts)
61. Tasering an older man should be considered attempted murder.
Sun Dec 14, 2014, 11:40 PM
Dec 2014

Sending electric shocks through the body of the elderly should be reserved for Automated external defibrillators.

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