Wednesday, June 10, 2009
This is America
A gobby 72-year-old Texas great-grandmother who got a bit physically "non-compliant" after being pulled for speeding copped a tasering for her trouble. Officer Chris Bieze collared Kathryn Winkfein en route to Austin doing 60mph in a 45mph zone. The Travis County "dashcam" vid - shot in May but released this week - shows her rather testily getting out of her vehicle to confront Bieze after refusing to sign the speeding ticket. She requests: "Give me the ticket now." Bieze responds by shoving the fuming septuagenarian. Winkfein protests: "You're gonna shove me?! You're gonna shove a 72-year-old woman?"
Accordingly he then tasered her. 'Tasering' means giving a serious - and occasionally lethal - electric shock.
Typical UK comment: "What a cowardly bully. It's not clear from the picture, but it is quite apparent in the video that the cop is a good 12-18 inch's taller and a lot rounder then the little old lady he is abusing."
IMO: Of course, thanks to Charlton Heston, the little old lady might have been carrying a handgun, and mowed the cop down. In areas like Texas the police are actually jumpy about such things, I have found. In the UK it is alleged that normal police cell beatings of little kids and old women have now been stopped in favour of waterboarding. The advantage of waterboarding is that there seems to be no DNA evidence which is why regular style police "life on mars" style torture has been largely discontinued there.
Accordingly he then tasered her. 'Tasering' means giving a serious - and occasionally lethal - electric shock.
Typical UK comment: "What a cowardly bully. It's not clear from the picture, but it is quite apparent in the video that the cop is a good 12-18 inch's taller and a lot rounder then the little old lady he is abusing."
IMO: Of course, thanks to Charlton Heston, the little old lady might have been carrying a handgun, and mowed the cop down. In areas like Texas the police are actually jumpy about such things, I have found. In the UK it is alleged that normal police cell beatings of little kids and old women have now been stopped in favour of waterboarding. The advantage of waterboarding is that there seems to be no DNA evidence which is why regular style police "life on mars" style torture has been largely discontinued there.
# posted by uv : 8:54 PM
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