The Daddy State Marches On: Charlotte Police Murder Man with Taser

From Pandagon: NC: More freestyle law enforcement death-by-Taser

I’ve been busy and haven’t briefed folks on the Taser-happy crowd for some time; it looks like the Charlotte-Mecklenburg PD is having a whale of a time with its shock-inducing, deadly device.

A Statesville man died after being shocked multiple times by Tasers at the Iredell County jail over the weekend, sources say.

Anthony Davidson, 29, was unresponsive when he was taken to Iredell Memorial Hospital Saturday afternoon. He was put on life support and died late Sunday night, police said.

His death is the second Taser-related death this year in the Charlotte area. In March, 17-year-old Darryl Wayne Turner, died after Charlotte-Mecklenburg police used a Taser on him at a Food Lion store in Charlotte.

If you read the whole article, it’s clear that Davidson was having difficulties—he was unable to pay for groceries at a local store, rolled the cart out—but drove away without them. He was followed and then

When officers caught up with Davidson a short time later, he was carrying an Applebee’s gift card from the store that hadn’t been paid for, Anderson said.

Officers took Davidson to the Iredell County Jail where he appeared before a magistrate on a larceny charge. Davidson was behaving abnormally from the time officers first encountered him, Anderson said.

While being booked, Davidson became “physically aggressive and was communicating loudly,” Anderson said. That’s when officers used one or more Tasers to get him “back under control,” police said.

He was hit three times and according to a nurse was “under the influence of some type of impairing substance.” Davidson was unresponsive when he was taken to the hospital, where he went into intensive care. He was taken off of life support that evening.

This needs to end.

I can't turn around without yet another death-by-so-called-non-lethal-weapon story popping up, nor can I turn around without yet another blinded authoritarian daddy-state worshipper defending it.

Authoritarianism in Action: Cop Assaults Cyclist, Lies About Incident Despite Video

From Fox News (of all places!): NYPD Officer Stripped of Badge After YouTube Video Shows Cyclist Shove

NEW YORK — A police officer shown on video body-checking a bicyclist who was riding as part of a demonstration was stripped of his badge and gun Monday.

The incident occurred Friday evening in Times Square at the Critical Mass ride, a monthly protest of urban reliance on motor vehicles.

The video clip, posted anonymously on the Internet on Sunday, shows the officer standing in the street as bikes whiz past. The officer moves toward the cyclist, identified in a criminal complaint as Christopher Long, and violently knocks him to the ground in front of crowds of people. Another officer comes over, and the two officers wrestle with Long before handcuffing him.

Craig Radhuber said he was riding about 3 feet behind Long when he was hit.

"It was unprovoked," Radhuber said. "It was like the cop was waiting for him and then just checked him as he got closer. I couldn't believe it."

For the three people who haven't seen it, here's the video:

And, in true lying authoritarian scum fashion, the pig decided he could lie about what happened. Too bad for him the Internet exists to show the truth.

The rise of ever-present video and the rise of authoritarianism in America are coincidental. The constant clash of the two is not.

And the hits just keep on coming.

Justice Department passed over Liberal applicants

WASHINGTON - Ivy Leaguers and other top law students were rejected for plum Justice Department jobs two years ago because of their liberal leanings or objections to Bush administration politics, a government report concluded Tuesday.

In one case, a Harvard Law student was passed over after criticizing the nomination of Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court. In another, a Georgetown University student who had previously worked for a Democratic senator and congressman didn't make the cut.

This is so freakin' immoral. The saddest part is I can't even say I'm SURPRISED. Seriously, this administration has done so much to destroy our country. Like Damian has said to me before, it's going to take 40 years to undue the damage done in 8.

On the bright side, and to the idea of getting started on those very fixes and changes:

Obama up 12-14 points in latest poll.

Hot damn. There goes the bump that so many were going "DERRR HURRR. OBAMA GOTZ NO BUMP FROM HILLARY." Awesome.

It just never stops: More daddy-state insanity

Gee, and just when I thought my rage would subside, Pandagon comes along to remind me of why I'm so very fucking pissed.

This is your police state - woman violently strip searched


The police state continues: quadriplegic dumped from wheelchair


And one brought to me through Pandagon's commenters, without a story: A power-tripping cops assults and batters a 14-year-old for skateboarding, then threatens him repeatedly.


I just wonder why we we even bother with the pretense of rights these days. We're already so mired into a Father-Knows-Best state that things like this are happening all the time.

This shit isn't fucking America. This is Stalin-era Russia. This is Nazi Germany. This is fucking madness.

This is why, sometimes, it ought to be acceptable to take the law into your own hands, when the law fails to do its job.

More Authoritarian Bullcrap

From Pandagon: Out of control tasing continues

You know, sometimes I think that life's starting to get better, and my country is actually getting back to the way it ought to be.

Then I hear about shit like this and every notion like that just disappears from my head.

I'd say it's high time people start holding these police accountable.

Off-Duty Officer Proves What Was Said About Him.

Officer Guns down 6 at party - 7th injured.

Twenty-year-old Tyler Peterson had gone to the party early Sunday to make amends with his ex-girlfriend, a friend of Peterson's told The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Peterson lost control after people called him a "worthless pig," Mike Kegley told the paper.

Peterson left and got a police-style AR-15 rifle from his truck, forced his way back into the apartment and fired about 30 rounds at about 2:45 a.m. (3:45 a.m. ET). Six people were killed; one person survived and is hospitalized, Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen said at a Monday news conference.

"They called me a worthless pig... WAIT! I know, I'll kill them all! That'll teach them I'm not worthless!"

Worse yet, the extreme and nasty voices slowly rising on the far right in approval of his actions. Facism is a terrible thing folks, and those that would approve of such a course of action are just that. Totalitarian Facists.

UCLA student tasered by glorified security guards for... well, nothing

You want to know what's worse? There are actually assholes trying to DEFEND this. Check the comments at the Crooks and Liars article or on the YouTube page. Then try not to throw up too hard.