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    Tasers Include Hidden Feature: Set Suspects on Fire

    World's Smartest Prison Officer Fired After Using a Stun Gun on Visiting Children

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    Image of Colonel Jack O'Neill Colonel Jack O'Neill
    08/21/09

    In reply to Tasers Include Hidden Feature: Set Suspects on Fire
    First off, why did they taser his in the first place.
    The cops who uses them should be tasered first before he/she is issued one so they can see how it feels.
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    GitEmSteveDave:WalkinOnSunshine promoted this comment Colonel Jack O'Neill was starred Colonel Jack O'Neill was unstarred
    Image of mikeg1130 mikeg1130
    08/21/09

    @Jack O'Neill: They are. They get tasered during training, along with pepper sprayed.
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    TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment Edited by mikeg1130 at 08/21/09 11:19 AM mikeg1130 was starred mikeg1130 was unstarred
    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    08/21/09

    @Jack O'Neill: And they ARE. Haven't you seen the videos? Like the one that is right NEXT to the story above, showing the cops in the Lancaster, PA Police Department getting tazed? Here's a link if you have trouble seeing the story to the right of the story you just read:
    [gizmodo.com]
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    Image of Swearengen Swearengen
    08/21/09

    In reply to Tasers Include Hidden Feature: Set Suspects on Fire
    I really don't see why tazers are allowed. The supposed reason for using them are that they are non-deadly, but from what I can tell from all the news stories about tazers, they can kill you in so many ways. If you have a heart condition or a pacemaker and are tazered --> Dead. Huffing gasoline or keyboard cleaner --> dead. Fall and hit your head --> dead.
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    GitEmSteveDave:WalkinOnSunshine promoted this comment Swearengen was starred Swearengen was unstarred
    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    08/21/09

    @TancredoHelmer: You can shock someone with a pacemaker with a defibrillator, and that puts out WAY more power than a battery operated Taser, just FYI. Pacemakers are built a little tougher than you give them credit for.
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    Image of maven2k maven2k
    08/21/09

    @TancredoHelmer: But, the point is: Don't do stuff that may lead to you being Tasered in the first place!
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    Image of Gary_7vn Gary_7vn
    08/21/09

    In reply to Tasers Include Hidden Feature: Set Suspects on Fire
    The aboriginal guy didn't "pour gasoline on himself".
    "It is alleged the man was threatening police with a container of petrol and a cigarette lighter, and ignored repeated requests to stop, when he was shot."
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    Image of beercheck beercheck
    08/21/09

    @Gary_7vn: Your quote only alleges the aboriginal guy didn't "pour gasoline on himself". Weaksauce correction.
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    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    08/21/09

    @Gary_7vn: "CNN reported last month that a man in Australia who had been huffing a chemical poured gasoline on himself as he charged police. An officer used a stun gun, and that man burst into flames and was seriously injured."
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    08/21/09

    @Rosa Golijan: And the officer who threw himself upon the burning man suffered burns on his hands during his attempt to put out the flames. Just thought it should be said.
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    Image of CleverName CleverName
    08/21/09

    In reply to Tasers Include Hidden Feature: Set Suspects on Fire
    He was supposed to die. Its called Darwinism, people.
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    Ryanraven promoted this comment CleverName was starred CleverName was unstarred
    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    08/21/09

    @JonTLewis: DEATH BOARD!

    DEATH BOARD!!

    DARWIN'S GONNA KILL GRANDMAAHAHAHAAA!!!!
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    08/21/09

    In reply to Tasers Include Hidden Feature: Set Suspects on Fire
    Wow, for a second, I thought they had caught Allison.
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    Image of Ryanraven Ryanraven
    08/21/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_DeathPanelist: That is what I thought. Could you imagine if she spontaneously combusted? I believe she just might take out a whole block.
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    Image of puffnstuff puffnstuff
    08/21/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_DeathPanelist:

    Is it wrong that I was laughing hysterically the entire time?
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    spannu promoted this comment puffnstuff was starred puffnstuff was unstarred
    Image of spannu spannu
    08/21/09

    @puffnstuff: I'm pretty sure at least one of those was whipped cream.
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    Image of omgwtflolbbqbye omgwtflolbbqbye
    08/21/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_DeathPanelist: It's like a SNL parody.

    Except funny.
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    Image of LessthanZach LessthanZach
    08/21/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_DeathPanelist: The best thing I have seen all day. Thank you.
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    Image of Sticks Calhoun Sticks Calhoun
    08/21/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_DeathPanelist: A long time ago (about 17 years old) I bought a seltzer bottle at an estate sale, and I went to ABC (a chain of liquor stores) to buy some CO2 chargers for it. I asked the guy behind the counter where the chargers were, and he said "Hey, it's cool, you can call them whippets, I know what they're for."

    Yeah, you have fun huffing CO2 there, bud.

    Idiots.
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    Image of bornonbord bornonbord
    08/21/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_DeathPanelist: I thought you were going to link to this one.
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    GitEmSteveDave:WalkinOnSunshine promoted this comment bornonbord was starred bornonbord was unstarred
    Image of carfeu carfeu
    08/21/09

    @GitEmSteveDave: WalkinOnSunshine: the fact that you make fun of addicts for your amusement is the real joke here. Very sad video and should be posted only to warn against drug addiction and not to humiliate someone.
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    MrBangBam: Dear Lord of the Bed promoted this comment carfeu was starred carfeu was unstarred
    Image of HfAsianInvasion HfAsianInvasion
    08/21/09

    @GitEmSteveDave: WalkinOnSunshine: If that's real, their video editor did a really poor job of not making it look fake...

    God damn she looks retarded.
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    GitEmSteveDave:WalkinOnSunshine promoted this comment HfAsianInvasion was starred HfAsianInvasion was unstarred
    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    08/21/09

    @bornonbord: What you say is true: I was going to, but there wasn't enough inhaling to satisfy me. Though yours DID contain the I wish I had a father line I enjoy so much.

    @carfeu: You're right. I never should have forced her or her family to put themselves on national TV. Oh wait, they did it themselves? I must have forced Allison to go with the camera crew to Wal-Mart to pick up her "drugs" and then inhale them on camera. Wait, she did that herself? Damn.

    And if you think that video PROMOTES inhaling keyboard cleaner, you need to have your eyes examined. Did you see the size of those sunglasses?!
     Reply
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    08/21/09

    @HfAsianInvasion: That was a mashup video, not the real show. Here is a part of the total show, I think the second act, where we hear her life story, find out she's an attention addict, meet her cute non-messed up sister, visit a local cemetery where she goes to "inhale", go with her to visit her "sugar daddy"(where she gets $160 to spend an hour with him), go with her on a "drug run", and hear the famous "Walking on Sunshine" comment.
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    Image of MrBangBam MrBangBam
    08/21/09

    @carfeu: Humiliating, warning... same thing. A lot of kids start doing this kind of stuff in middle school and high school simply because its cool. By taking away the cool factor and heaping on some humiliating factors, we are fighting drug addiction.

    Plus, IM WALKING ON SUNSHINEEEE.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    05/04/09

    In reply to World's Smartest Prison Officer Fired After Using a Stun Gun on Visiting Children
    Dad?
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    Image of jonhapimp jonhapimp
    05/04/09

    In reply to World's Smartest Prison Officer Fired After Using a Stun Gun on Visiting Children
    see i'm not the only one who hates kids. poke me one more time and i will TAZE YOU
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    Image of Whydoesthisalwayshappentome Whydoesthisalwayshappentome
    05/04/09

    @jonhapimp: I hate kids too. I think they should euthenize them
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    Image of madog madog
    05/04/09

    @Whydoesthisalwayshappentome: Yes! We should also sterilize those damn kids to keep them from reproducing and making more kids! Who's with me, now! Let's get those kids!


    Cut to 100 years later


    Will Smith: where is everyone? Hello? Helllllloooooooo!!!!

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    05/04/09

    In reply to World's Smartest Prison Officer Fired After Using a Stun Gun on Visiting Children
    This is a lesson kids need to learn, but I guess some schools haven't approved "Curious George and the High Voltage Concertina Wire Fence" as classroom reading.
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    Image of Brandon Scott Simak Brandon Scott Simak
    05/04/09

    In reply to World's Smartest Prison Officer Fired After Using a Stun Gun on Visiting Children
    Why is Giz posting this tabloid bullshit?
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    Brandon Scott Simak was starred Brandon Scott Simak was unstarred
    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    05/04/09

    @Brandon Scott Simak: Dude, that stun gun shown not only shoots sparks, it also sprays OC!
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    Image of ArcticLotus ArcticLotus
    05/04/09

    In reply to World's Smartest Prison Officer Fired After Using a Stun Gun on Visiting Children
    and now it's time for another "good idea, bad idea"
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    05/04/09

    @ArcticLotus: Correction Officer Gallant shows the kids around the prison and points out the outcome if they stray.


    Correction Officer Goofus believes the old adage, "Spare the voltage, spoil the child".

     Reply
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    05/04/09

    In reply to World's Smartest Prison Officer Fired After Using a Stun Gun on Visiting Children
    Welcome kiddies, to Superjail!
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    05/04/09

    In reply to World's Smartest Prison Officer Fired After Using a Stun Gun on Visiting Children
    I wonder if this little JOLT of reality will keep these kids out of prison?
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    Image of madog madog
    05/04/09

    @Howlin' Mad Murdock...Lite: YOU can't be serious? SIR, it's not funny to TELL stories about what a BAD officer did to children. It's just not in good taste to make JOKES about such a thing.


    :D

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    Image of Brodka: regrettably Brodka: regrettably
    05/04/09

    In reply to World's Smartest Prison Officer Fired After Using a Stun Gun on Visiting Children
    Yes. I'm totally STUNNED it happened. I wonder if he'll also be CHARGED with a crime. I hadn't heard of this yet. I try to keep CURRENT about the news but I guess sometimes you can miss a HIGH VOLTAGE story such as this one. I'm sure now that there's a BATTERY of reporters looking into the case it will be WIRED from coast to coast.
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    Image of Giz-Guy Giz-Guy
    05/04/09

    @Brodka: You try too hard.
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    Image of Nick Nick
    05/04/09

    @Giz-Guy: well that wasn't nice
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    Nick was starred Nick was unstarred
    Image of madog madog
    05/04/09

    @Brodka: That joke was done a few weeks ago here at giz (iPhone wanted to autocorrect that to "god"!) already. Get with the times, man!


    And to translate that for the young'ns, " That is SO 5 minutes ago".


    But you still get 10 points for effort from me! :)

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    Image of Nick Nick
    05/04/09

    In reply to World's Smartest Prison Officer Fired After Using a Stun Gun on Visiting Children
    honestly, when you work at a prison when is it ever a good idea to bring your kids to work. something tells me they need to rethink the caliber of people they hire in general.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    05/04/09

    @Game On_Nick: The problem is, no one would work in a prison if they had the credentials to work anywhere else.
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    Image of Nick Nick
    05/04/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: zing!
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    Image of Danny Viver Danny Viver
    05/04/09

    In reply to World's Smartest Prison Officer Fired After Using a Stun Gun on Visiting Children
    Man thats a 'shocking' story!
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    Danny Viver was starred Danny Viver was unstarred
    Image of Nick Nick
    05/04/09

    @Danny Viver: well, there goes the low hanging fruit
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