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Tased to death for spray painting McDonald’s windows :\ > the 18-year-old graffiti artist. The teen had been spotted spray-painting the blackened windows of an

by Swizec 9y ago

Tased to death for spray painting McDonald’s windows :\ > the 18-year-old graffiti artist. The teen had been spotted spray-painting the blackened windows of an abandoned McDonald’s. > Within seconds, Officer Jorge Mercado caught up with him, drew his Taser and fired a single shot to the chest. The recent high school grad and aspiring art teacher collapsed on the sidewalk in cardiac arrest. The chase lasted six minutes. It was 5:20 a.m. on Aug. 6, 2013. At 6:18 a.m., he was pronounced dead. Whyyyy is using a taser against a teenager who’s running away even nevessary? Dude was doing some vandalism. If you can’t catch him on foot just let him get away. It’s not like he’s selling drugs to little kids or trying to punch you in the face.

hansthehorse 9y ago
Because a whole lot of cops go crazy when they feel disrespected and running away is the ultimate disrespect of their authority.
- 0xcde4c3db 9y ago
  See also: the detective recently in the news for trying to coerce a nurse into illegally providing access to a patient's blood. He's been told by the nurse's supervisor that what he wants is simply not allowed by law and that it's not the nurse's decision, but then decides to forcefully arrest her because, in his own words, “she’s the one that has told me 'no'” [1]. [1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/09/01/this-is-crazy-sobs-utah-hospital-nurse-as-cop-roughs-her-up-arrests-her-for-doing-her-job/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/09/0...
oh_sigh 9y ago
The story as written is a little ambiguous...what happened at the end of the chase is important. Did the cop just tase him as he was standing there with his arms up? Did the guy try to put up a fight? The answer to those questions is important and not covered in the article Edit: from a NYT article: > One of the things they learned, he went on, was that Officer Mercado explained his use of the Taser as having occurred as Mr. Hernandez-Llach was running toward the officer. It appears that is in dispute though. https://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/07/24/us/no-charges-for-officer-in-miami-taser-death.html https://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/07/24/us/no-charges-for-offi...
cypherpundit 9y ago
an abandoned McDonald's at that

by Swizec 9y ago

hansthehorse 9y ago

Because a whole lot of cops go crazy when they feel disrespected and running away is the ultimate disrespect of their authority.

0xcde4c3db 9y ago
See also: the detective recently in the news for trying to coerce a nurse into illegally providing access to a patient's blood. He's been told by the nurse's supervisor that what he wants is simply not allowed by law and that it's not the nurse's decision, but then decides to forcefully arrest her because, in his own words, “she’s the one that has told me 'no'” [1]. [1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/09/01/this-is-crazy-sobs-utah-hospital-nurse-as-cop-roughs-her-up-arrests-her-for-doing-her-job/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/09/0...

oh_sigh 9y ago

The story as written is a little ambiguous...what happened at the end of the chase is important. Did the cop just tase him as he was standing there with his arms up? Did the guy try to put up a fight? The answer to those questions is important and not covered in the article Edit: from a NYT article: > One of the things they learned, he went on, was that Officer Mercado explained his use of the Taser as having occurred as Mr. Hernandez-Llach was running toward the officer. It appears that is in dispute though. https://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/07/24/us/no-charges-for-officer-in-miami-taser-death.html https://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/07/24/us/no-charges-for-offi...

cypherpundit 9y ago

an abandoned McDonald's at that