19-year-old Tasered, bitten by police dog...whoops, wrong dude...

Lobster Martini

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Wed Jan-23-08 11:13 AM
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19-year-old Tasered, bitten by police dog...whoops, wrong dude...

Edited on Wed Jan-23-08 11:15 AM by Lobster Martini

LM: So, merely ignoring the police is enough to get you Tasered? Well, at least they apologized. Courtesy should count for something�

From AP via 6ABC.com:

CLAYTON, Del. (AP) - January 23, 2008 -- New Castle County police are confirming that officers mistakenly identified a 19-year-old Clayton man as the suspect in an alleged gunpoint rape.

The man, Derrick Morris, was stunned with a Taser gun and bitten by a police dog when he was arrested last week near his home.

Police spokesman Cpl. Trinidad Navarro says police were searching for an armed sex offender and Morris was wearing clothing that resembled the assailant. According to police, Morris ignored police commands.

Morris is a student at Smyrna High School. His mother says he didn't hear police because he was listening to his iPod.

Another suspect was arrested and charged in the rape a short time later.

Police say they've apologized to Morris.

(Link: http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=5908844)

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The Straight Story

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Wed Jan-23-08 11:15 AM
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1. So if I tase a cop and say I am sorry I am good to go?

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Lobster Martini

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Wed Jan-23-08 11:22 AM
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2. If you're really, truly sorry...yeah, should be OK...(n/t)

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Ecumenist

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Wed Jan-23-08 11:24 AM
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3. Yep, looks like that about the beginning and end of it...

Would this poor guy happen to be of colour OR from an economically challenged area? That seems to be the impetus for treating people with naked disdain and inhumanity.

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tuckessee

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Wed Jan-23-08 11:38 AM
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5. Wrong color? He wasn't blue. n/t

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malaise

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Wed Jan-23-08 02:05 PM
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10. No doubt he was

WWB!!

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Echo In Light

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Wed Jan-23-08 11:40 AM
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6. Public servants need to be reminded that they are indeed public servants

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aikoaiko

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Wed Jan-23-08 11:34 AM
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4. He was Ipoded.

ban them, for the children.

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LiberalFighter

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Wed Jan-23-08 11:43 AM
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7. Was it standard policy to shoot a suspect in this type of situation

when tasers weren't around?

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Elspeth

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Wed Jan-23-08 12:43 PM
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8. Apologized? Uh huh. It's LAWSUIT time.

I hope this guy gets a good lawyer.

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corkhead

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Wed Jan-23-08 01:56 PM
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9. Maybe he should sue Steve Jobs, it's his fault

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