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8.12.05

Jail or taser, you choose...

From IndyStar.com:

When a sheriff's deputy warned Jennifer Marshall to take a sobriety test or face a trip to jail, her first thought was to call her lawyer.
When the deputy thought she showed illegal resistance by refusing to drop her cell phone, he proclaimed "Taser time" -- and dropped her with an electrical jolt from his stun gun.


Here's a video feed which starts when Ms. Marshall turns to reach for her cell phone.

More tyranny from the jack-booted thugs who claim to "serve and protect" the People. No, in this case, the thugs in blue went way over the line. Not only did they deny a suspect a right to counsel under a coercive threat of Ms. Marshall's loss of liberty, Constitutionally questionable in its own right, but they tased somebody who did not present a threat to the officers as is clearly shown in the video.

No, these overzealous cops wanted to show force on a weak person who is unable to defend herself. Either we stand up to these government agents, or they will continue to trample all over us and our rights.