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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No Joe French those kind of cops just don’t care who you are. And thank God they are in the minority.
He had a legal drive out tag as he was a mechanic working in the garage of the car dealer. The officer was altogether wrong this time.
Having been a Police officer and had worked the streets – the cop on the video needs to find another line of work as he was wrong, wrong & wrong in his actions with this individual. I understand there are Police officers like him out there thank God they are the minority as you will find people like this in all levels of society and in all lines of work. It just takes time to weed them out and hopefully they don’t cause any damage before that happens.
I agree
Bullies like uniforms, shiny badges and BULLYING. FIRE THEM.
More police bashing. Yay.
By the way, just saw a video of a 76 year old man beat the shot outta a man half his age, you’re Insulting the elderly by suggesting they can’t be dangerous too.
He should be in jail
Do you think this 23 year old officer goes home at night and tells his family how he tasered a 76 year old man not once but twice and are they suitably impressed? Boggles the mind.
here’s one for the upper darby police.
The officer attempts to snatch Vasquez’s papers away when Vasquez pulled back his arm. That’s when the officer
forces him on the hood, then down to the pavement out of view. After
tasing, the officer shouts repeatedly “Put your hands behind your back!
NOW!”
According to the Victoria Advocate,
a nearby friend/coworker seen in the video shouts to the officer that
we was a “g——– Nazi Stormtrooper.” The friend followed the patrol car to
the hospital and await his release – no citation.
Police Chief Jeffrey “J.J.” Craig –
who confirmed that the dealer plate was exempt – has apologized and
expressed sentiments about trust and transparency. However, the officer
in question enjoys desk duty pending an internal investigation.
Comments on Reddit imply
that Craig is a good chief who does not allow brutalizing behavior on
his force, and that it would be surprising if he is not fired.
While
community beliefs about the virtue of the police chief are endearing,
one must ponder what events precipitated the officer’s inherent belief
that he could brutalize an old man for what would only be a Class C misdemeanor, warranting a citation by law – not two taser stuns and a beat down out of camera view.
Craig holds that the officer could receive anything from a reprimand letter to termination if it
is found that he violated a use of force policy. As reported before,
some cops are imploring other officers – and arguing – that there is no such thing as excessive force.