Mom in minivan tasered twice in Salina traffic stop; camera captures deputy's rough roadside arrest
By John O'Brien/The Post Standard
August 13, 2009, 3:33AM
In January, an Onondaga County sheriff's deputy pulled over Audra Harmon, who had two of her kids with her in her minivan. A routine traffic stop escalated quickly.
The deputy, Sean Andrews, accused her of talking on her cell phone. She said she could prove him wrong.
He said she was speeding. She denied it and got out of the van. He told her to get back in. She did, then he ordered her back out.
He yanked her out by the arm, knocked her down with two Taser shots and charged her with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. His rationale on the disorderly conduct charge: She obstructed traffic when she got out of the van. The speeding accusation: going 50 mph in a 45-mph zone.The scene along Hopkins Road in Salina on the afternoon of Jan. 31 was captured by a camera on the dashboard of Andrews' patrol car. Harmon, 38, says the video is proof of police brutality.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
TWO U.S. policemen fired for tasering 76-year-old tractor driver
Digital Journal - Published Sep 24, 2009 by Stefanie Dearing
Senior citizen Bud Grose was chased and tasered -- five different times -- by two Wyoming police officers on August 1. The investigation has just concluded with the firing of the two officers.
The small town of Glenrock, Wyoming was shocked and horrified after one of its residents was chased and tasered by police during an annual celebration of community arts and life this past summer. It was nearing the end of the Deer Creek Days annual parade held on Aug. 1 when two officers chased and tasered senior citizen, Bud Grose. Grose was driving an antique tractor in the parade, when one of the officers, Michael Kavenius, issued Grose with an order.
When Grose did not comply, there was a short chase by the officers and Grose was subsequently tasered five times by Kavenius. The other officer on duty, Paul Brown, had also engaged in the chase.
Digital Journal - Published Sep 24, 2009 by Stefanie Dearing
Senior citizen Bud Grose was chased and tasered -- five different times -- by two Wyoming police officers on August 1. The investigation has just concluded with the firing of the two officers.
The small town of Glenrock, Wyoming was shocked and horrified after one of its residents was chased and tasered by police during an annual celebration of community arts and life this past summer. It was nearing the end of the Deer Creek Days annual parade held on Aug. 1 when two officers chased and tasered senior citizen, Bud Grose. Grose was driving an antique tractor in the parade, when one of the officers, Michael Kavenius, issued Grose with an order.
When Grose did not comply, there was a short chase by the officers and Grose was subsequently tasered five times by Kavenius. The other officer on duty, Paul Brown, had also engaged in the chase.
California cops use stun gun twice on unarmed amputee
Internal Affairs Investigating California Police Use of Stun Gun Twice On Unarmed, Legless Man
Merced Sun-Star, www.mercedsun-star.com
September 21st, 2009
MERCED, Calif. — A California man whose legs are amputated says police used a stun gun on him twice and violently manhandled him even though he was unarmed.
Williams and witnesses say officers tasered the wheelchair-bound man twice, then left him handcuffed with his pants down on the sidewalk in broad daylight. Williams spent six days in jail before prosecutors said they lacked evidence to charge him.
Merced Sun-Star, www.mercedsun-star.com
September 21st, 2009
MERCED, Calif. — A California man whose legs are amputated says police used a stun gun on him twice and violently manhandled him even though he was unarmed.
Williams and witnesses say officers tasered the wheelchair-bound man twice, then left him handcuffed with his pants down on the sidewalk in broad daylight. Williams spent six days in jail before prosecutors said they lacked evidence to charge him.
Friday, September 11, 2009
GM OFFERS MONEY BACK GUARANTEE
So, GM is going to “guarantee car buyers that if they don't like their new Chevrolet, GMC, Buick or Cadillac, they have 60 days to bring it back for a full refund”.
What a F___ing joke. GM would never honor a guarantee or warranty of any kind in the past, so this new ploy means absolutely nothing. As in the past, once it’s out the door you’re on your own.
My wife’s Chevrolet Blazer is an example of that. Delivered with engine cylinder block full of core sand, the entire cooling system had to be replaced three times. And it is now on the fifth radiator. Five radiators? Cost me thousands of dollars, and the dealer and the factory rep offered no help at all. Just argued that all this was a maintenance issue. Same vehicle had the entire air-conditioning system replaced two times, the rear axle fail and need to be rebuilt, the ball joints replaced (because the dealer failed to lube the uppers). We were stranded at night when the front end collapsed. Nice. Gives you real confidence. Blazer had no hard service, just driven to tennis and bridge at the club a few times a week by a 70-year old woman.
We are happy with our new Mercury Mariner hybrid. A really nice car, years ahead of the Blazer in every way, and the dealer is courteous - a visit to the dealer is actually a pleasant experience.
No more GM.
So, GM is going to “guarantee car buyers that if they don't like their new Chevrolet, GMC, Buick or Cadillac, they have 60 days to bring it back for a full refund”.
What a F___ing joke. GM would never honor a guarantee or warranty of any kind in the past, so this new ploy means absolutely nothing. As in the past, once it’s out the door you’re on your own.
My wife’s Chevrolet Blazer is an example of that. Delivered with engine cylinder block full of core sand, the entire cooling system had to be replaced three times. And it is now on the fifth radiator. Five radiators? Cost me thousands of dollars, and the dealer and the factory rep offered no help at all. Just argued that all this was a maintenance issue. Same vehicle had the entire air-conditioning system replaced two times, the rear axle fail and need to be rebuilt, the ball joints replaced (because the dealer failed to lube the uppers). We were stranded at night when the front end collapsed. Nice. Gives you real confidence. Blazer had no hard service, just driven to tennis and bridge at the club a few times a week by a 70-year old woman.
We are happy with our new Mercury Mariner hybrid. A really nice car, years ahead of the Blazer in every way, and the dealer is courteous - a visit to the dealer is actually a pleasant experience.
No more GM.
Friday, September 4, 2009
AT&T Again
Service?
My landline AT&T phone has been out three times in the last month. The first time took six days before anyone showed up, the second a couple of days, and the third time it was fixed the next day – a Sunday.
This is in Ann Arbor, Michigan - not out in the sticks somewhere.
My landline AT&T phone has been out three times in the last month. The first time took six days before anyone showed up, the second a couple of days, and the third time it was fixed the next day – a Sunday.
This is in Ann Arbor, Michigan - not out in the sticks somewhere.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Don't Tell Anyone, But...
GOPers Decrying ‘Socialized Medicine” Go To Government Hospitals For Surgeries
Sam Stein, HuffPost Reporting
Republicans in Congress have raised the specter of a bloated, "socialized," bureaucrat-run nightmare of a health care system as a means of undermining the White House's effort at a systematic overhaul. And yet, when medical crisis hit close to home, many of these same officials turned to a government-run hospital for their own intensive care and difficult surgeries.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who warned that "a government takeover of health care" would "take away the care that people already have and are perfectly satisfied with." In its place, the senator said, would be "a system in which care and treatment will be either delayed or denied."
That was July 2009. In February 2003, McConnell actually went to one of those government-run institutions for a procedure of his own. The Kentucky Republican traveled to the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, to have an elective coronary artery bypass surgery after it had been revealed that he had arterial blockages.
Also known as Bethesda Naval Hospital, the National Naval Medical Center is the premier branch of the United States Navy's system of medical centers -- as in, the government runs it. It's also the place where elected officials of all ideological stripes and political branches often go get surgery performed.
Indeed, members of Congress pay an annual fee for the privilege of getting treatment at Bethesda Naval Hospital or, for that matter, Walter Reed Army Medical Center. It is, as longtime Democrat Martin Frost wrote for Politico, "like belonging to an HMO." Only, in these cases, the surgery is conducted at a public facility.
None of this has stopped some of the same officials who have taken advantage of this congressional perk from railing against the intrusiveness and inefficiencies of a health care system with greater government involvement.
Senator John McCain, (R-Ariz.) for instance, recently applauded the town hall protesters who were, in his words, revolting "against a government-run health system." That was August 2009. In May of 2000, McCain had surgery at the Bethesda Naval Hospital to remove a potentially lethal melanoma from his left temple.
Senator Kit Bond (R-Mo.), meanwhile, has warned of the rationing of care, expensive costs, and reduced quality that would come under a government-run health care plan. In April 2003, however, he traveled to Bethesda Naval Hospital to undergo hip replacement surgery in an attempt to alleviate degenerative arthritis in his left hip.
Senator George Voinovich, (R-Ohio), has declared that a "bureaucratic Washington-run government plan is not the answer" to the nation's health care needs. In June 2003, the Ohio Republican went to Bethesda Naval Hospital to have a pacemaker installed.
Sam Stein, HuffPost Reporting
Republicans in Congress have raised the specter of a bloated, "socialized," bureaucrat-run nightmare of a health care system as a means of undermining the White House's effort at a systematic overhaul. And yet, when medical crisis hit close to home, many of these same officials turned to a government-run hospital for their own intensive care and difficult surgeries.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who warned that "a government takeover of health care" would "take away the care that people already have and are perfectly satisfied with." In its place, the senator said, would be "a system in which care and treatment will be either delayed or denied."
That was July 2009. In February 2003, McConnell actually went to one of those government-run institutions for a procedure of his own. The Kentucky Republican traveled to the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, to have an elective coronary artery bypass surgery after it had been revealed that he had arterial blockages.
Also known as Bethesda Naval Hospital, the National Naval Medical Center is the premier branch of the United States Navy's system of medical centers -- as in, the government runs it. It's also the place where elected officials of all ideological stripes and political branches often go get surgery performed.
Indeed, members of Congress pay an annual fee for the privilege of getting treatment at Bethesda Naval Hospital or, for that matter, Walter Reed Army Medical Center. It is, as longtime Democrat Martin Frost wrote for Politico, "like belonging to an HMO." Only, in these cases, the surgery is conducted at a public facility.
None of this has stopped some of the same officials who have taken advantage of this congressional perk from railing against the intrusiveness and inefficiencies of a health care system with greater government involvement.
Senator John McCain, (R-Ariz.) for instance, recently applauded the town hall protesters who were, in his words, revolting "against a government-run health system." That was August 2009. In May of 2000, McCain had surgery at the Bethesda Naval Hospital to remove a potentially lethal melanoma from his left temple.
Senator Kit Bond (R-Mo.), meanwhile, has warned of the rationing of care, expensive costs, and reduced quality that would come under a government-run health care plan. In April 2003, however, he traveled to Bethesda Naval Hospital to undergo hip replacement surgery in an attempt to alleviate degenerative arthritis in his left hip.
Senator George Voinovich, (R-Ohio), has declared that a "bureaucratic Washington-run government plan is not the answer" to the nation's health care needs. In June 2003, the Ohio Republican went to Bethesda Naval Hospital to have a pacemaker installed.
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