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srothstein wrote:Kevin,

The good news for law enforcement is that we are moving more towards an atmosphere exactly lik eyours. It is taking time and there is still a lot of old memories to be overcome on both sides, but we are making progress. The younger officers are much less likely to protect an officer they know is guilty. What I see them doing is a lot like what i do. We stand up and say we need more info. We ask people not to judge based on news reports that have only one side covered. Let a full investigation occur, then respond. The bad news is that we too often see police departments investigate themselves, and that does not breed faith, even when it is done correctly.

Take the case we are looking at as an example. We do not know that the police tasered the boy 19 times. We have the father saying this, but nothing to indicate how he knows or came up with this figure. and yet, we still have people saying 19 times is excessive.

And most of us will never know the truth because the news media will not report the police told the truth. That doesn't sell papers.

I like the idea of another agency investigating all complaints, but that is not well received yet in law enforcement. I think it is coming.

Elvis wrote:I find it appalling that people can assume the LEO's are automatically guilty of something based on a slanted story like that.

srothstein wrote:when i read the story, I noticed the police did not say how or when he was tasered. The part about him falling off the bridge and just laying there when told to get up sounds like his story and not the cops.

Anyone care to bet he was tasered while on the bridge and fell as a result of it? There is way more o this story than what this one report has to say.

NcongruNt wrote:

WildBill wrote:

10mmillie wrote:This guy can't remember how he got under the bridge.

I agree, the story has enough holes to drive a truck through, but loss of memory is quite common for people who are injured.

I got hit by a truck while riding my bicycle when I was 13. I don't have any memory of it happening. I can remember up until 5 minutes before it happened and then when I woke up in the ambulance. I had a broken jaw, gashed legs and knuckles, and a concussion. My guess is that this kid likely suffered a concussion as well, and I find nothing suspicious about a lapse in memory with this type of injury.