Mercury News investigation: San Jose police often use force in resisting-arrest cases

Swede

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Sun Nov-01-09 11:55 PM
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Mercury News investigation: San Jose police often use force in resisting-arrest cases

Scott Wright was fixing the emergency brake on an old Cadillac in a parking lot near Willow Glen last year when the San Jose police rolled up. Within minutes, he had been shot with a Taser and beaten with batons, breaking his arm.

The cause of the trouble? Wright reached into his van to wash his greasy hands.

Police said they feared he was going for a weapon, but no weapon was found. Wright was charged with resisting arrest, but the district attorney dismissed the case before it got to trial.

http://www.mercurynews.com/top-stories/ci_13686438?nclick_check=1

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Fire_Medic_Dave

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Mon Nov-02-09 12:38 AM
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1. Sudden moves around cops always a bad idea.

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gratuitous

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Mon Nov-02-09 12:38 AM
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2. And under the rubric of "resisting arrest"?

Goes just about anything that isn't abject subservience for some cops. And even then, you're liable to piss them off in some unforeseen way that gets you 50,000 volts anyway. "Is there any way I can come out of this encounter without--" ZZZZZZTTTTT! "No, son, there wasn't."

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Heidi

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Mon Nov-02-09 02:17 AM
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3. Recommended.

:kick:

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lpbk2713

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Mon Nov-02-09 02:33 AM
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4. You can see it on "Cops" every week.

Three gorillas slam a guy to the ground, one rams a knee in his back, and they all holler "stop resisting".

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