A Victoria police officer, Nathanial Robinson, 23, is under investigation for using a taser on a 76-year-old man armed only with licence plate papers.
The victim, Pete Vasquez, states “He just acted like a pit bull, and that was it,” he continues, “For a while, I thought he was going to pull his gun and shoot me.”
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And you’d be wrong.
Yes it is. In fact he complied to the use of force policy to the letter. No violation here.
If the cop is that big a Coward that he’s afraid of a 76 year old man, he needs to find a different job.
The reason for the stop does not matter. If the cop was wrong of the reason for the stop…fine. That can be contested later.
However, the cop made the stop. The man gets out of the car and is protesting the stop and tries to walk into the building. The cop indicates toward the truck while obviously telling the man to put his hands there. The man does not do this….Passive Resistance.
Now the cop escalates (and rightfully so) by going hands on to restrain the man. The man pulls away from this…Active Resistance.
The cop can now escalate again to an intermediate weapon ie baton, pepper spray, and in some departments Taser. To add to the situation another subject approaches from behind the officer. The cop needs to get a handle on the situation and does so by deploying the taser.
There is nothing to see here. Sections are missing immediately following the encounter as well…like the man being placed in the back of the car. The second officers are asking about his well being after. That’s standard procedure. Just as they would administer first aid after a spray.
There is no story here. Everything I just said can be searched and confirmed as standard practices. There is no fourth amendment violation. Move on.
As a cop you should know he acted well within the use of force policy. Watch the video again.
Proper action!
For all those saying if he can’t handle a 76 y/o man I’ve seen80 y/o guys running through neighborhoods with 6 packs so age has nothing to do with it we weren’t there so we can’t rightly say how the situation should be handled most of the time if someone resists there’s a reason I.e drugs weapons or warrants. It’s the cops job to subdue a potentially dangerous man and find out why he resisted this cop did his job by the book and shame on this page for passing judgment on this cop
the cop should be FIRED! No excuses!
For real what’s wrong with you
fire him