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This is absolutely horrifying! Where the fuck do they find some of these people hired to be police? They are as dumb as rocks. I would feel safer if everyone else in the video was restrained instead.
Video at link:
https://nowthisnews.com/news/this-woman-was-tased-by-deputies-while-tied-to-a-chair
https://www.insideedition.com/woman-sues-police-after-she-was-tasered-while-in-a-restraint-chair-57097
Recently released bodycam footage shows Colorado cops tasing a woman while placing her in a restraint chair with a spit hood on.
Lauren Gotthelf, 34, was arrested in November 2017 for smoking in a prohibited area and walking her dog without a leash.Her service dog, Sage, which she has for emotional support, was taken to the pound. She was taken in handcuffs to the county jail.
She was put in a holding cell for three hours before being told she was being placed on suicide watch.
That's when cops in Boulder, Colorado, placed her in a restraint chair. They also covered her head with a special hood, called a spit sock, and tasered her.
Now she is suing the Boulder County Sheriff's Department, alleging they used "gratuitous and sadistic force."
The sheriffs department told Inside Edition that deputies used the "minimal amount of force required to reduce violence and ensure safety."
Her attorney, Mari Newman, told Inside Edition, Even if she were argumentative it is simply not legal or human justification for tasing someone who is totally restrained.
Four hours passed before she was let out of the chair. In a statement, the Boulder Police Department denied using excessive force.
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(595 posts)dalton99a
(81,428 posts)Quixote1818
(28,926 posts)LittleGirl
(8,282 posts)while they have her in a choke hold. WTF? And then they taz her?
Every last one of them should be fired.
Quixote1818
(28,926 posts)She is in a cell! Leave her alone and get on with your day. If she did she she would "Kill herself" I get the impression she was being sarcastic, but if not then where is the compassion???
LittleGirl
(8,282 posts)Except that that was never recorded and she said immediately that she didnt say it.
These officers need to be fired.
Quixote1818
(28,926 posts)She immediately reacts with a what on earth are you talking about look that is genuine.
LittleGirl
(8,282 posts)She's not an actor, she was trying to lighten the tension and they just blew up at her. It was messed up.
uponit7771
(90,329 posts)LittleGirl
(8,282 posts)And accountable.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)SS. This is horrific.😳
orleans
(34,043 posts)i mean, the link works--i just can't bring myself to see it.
LittleGirl
(8,282 posts)But I completely agree with the excessive force and torture claims.
She was arrested for smoking and having her emotional support dog off lease.
She was not arrested for murder, attempted murder or for harming anyone.
Quixote1818
(28,926 posts)picking up trash outside his apartment: https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/boulder-officer-resigns-investigation-complete-after-police-try-to-detain-man-cleaning-outside-home
That department seems to really have some major problems. The chief needs to be fired if he is going to back this shit up.
uponit7771
(90,329 posts)dalton99a
(81,428 posts)uponit7771
(90,329 posts)... down in a chair !!
WTF is wrong with people !?!?
Did the rest of them think it was OK for this to happen !?!?!
LittleGirl
(8,282 posts)because that's exactly the reaction I got to this video too! They have tape to prove her lawsuit. No way that they get away with that.
BuffaloJackalope
(818 posts)Kid Berwyn
(14,862 posts)Tortured for smoking a cigarette and walking an unleashed dog.
The cops involved should all be arrested and treated in a similar manner by even bigger thugs than themselves.