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> County officers authorized to use stun cuffs are required to go through training and are only allowed to use them “to overcome active resistance” or when “act
by patrickyeon 7y ago
> County officers authorized to use stun cuffs are required to go through training and are only allowed to use them “to overcome active resistance” or when “active aggression is an immediate or credible threat to the safety of the deputy(s), the public” or the defendant, Christian wrote in an email.
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> “If I’m sitting here, I’m no security threat,” Calvert said, according to court records cited in an appeal later filed by Calvert’s lawyer.
> “I’m not talking a security threat,” Skeen replied. “I’m talking about you listening to me.”
> Later, Skeen ordered Calvert to sit down and then, a moment later, to answer a question. When Calvert again failed to stand up to address the judge, an officer activated the device, according to court records.
So. This officer who activated the device. What happened to them? Have they been reprimanded? Criminally charged? Are they still given the ability to shock defendents in Smith County courts?
- piptastic 7y agoI mean technically it's both threat OR to overcome active resistance. It could be argued that he was actively resisting by not standing.
- pulisse 7y ago> It could be argued that he was actively resisting by not standing. If that's active resistance, what would an example of passive resistance be?
- Viliam1234 7y agoFollowing the orders... but with insufficient enthusiasm?
- yathern 7y ago> it could be argued that he was actively resisting by not standing. That's "passive resistance" and the reason the term "actively" is specifically used.
- EForEndeavour 7y agoI honestly can't tell if you're being serious. In what perverse world is doing nothing considered active resistance?