In Brattleboro, Vermont, a bunch of people decided to take action against a move they said was damaging to the environment. In their peaceful protest, they refused orders from the police to disperse. Further, they shackled themselves in such a way that they could be free whenever they wanted, but the police would need special tools (such as a jackhammer) to get to the locks.
The police didn't have jackhammers, so they used a tool that they did have at hand.
It's a simple principle: one does what the police tell you to do, or they use force. In this case, the police had tasers on hand, and they used them to get the people to obey the police's lawful orders.
In other cases, the police have used pepper sprays and other less-than-lethal methods.
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Now taking wagers on how lo... (Below threshold)1. Posted by C-C-G![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://wizbangblog.com/nav-commenters.gif)
| July 28, 2007 11:21 AM | Score: 3 (9 votes cast)
Now taking wagers on how long it will take one of the lefty trolls to bring up police brutality in this thread.
1. Posted by C-C-G![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://wizbangblog.com/nav-commenters.gif)
| July 28, 2007 11:21 AM |
Score: 3 (9 votes cast)
Posted on July 28, 2007 11:21
2. Posted by Semanticleo | July 28, 2007 11:24 AM | Score: -4 (8 votes cast)
Is that an endorsement, Jay? I can't tell if
your moderation is in play. Can you imagine how
quickly a key can be inserted in a lock when
one's muscles are in spasm? The truncheon is
more efficient because the blows allow pauses
for reflection. Let's have the return of Daley's
Chicago rule of law.
2. Posted by Semanticleo | July 28, 2007 11:24 AM |
Score: -4 (8 votes cast)
Posted on July 28, 2007 11:24
3. Posted by C-C-G![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://wizbangblog.com/nav-commenters.gif)
| July 28, 2007 11:33 AM | Score: 1 (7 votes cast)
Hmmm... three minutes. Must be a new record.
3. Posted by C-C-G![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://wizbangblog.com/nav-commenters.gif)
| July 28, 2007 11:33 AM |
Score: 1 (7 votes cast)
Posted on July 28, 2007 11:33
4. Posted by kim | July 28, 2007 11:47 AM | Score: 5 (7 votes cast)
Where's the YouTube?
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4. Posted by kim | July 28, 2007 11:47 AM |
Score: 5 (7 votes cast)
Posted on July 28, 2007 11:47
5. Posted by Paul | July 28, 2007 11:57 AM | Score: 6 (10 votes cast)
>Is that an endorsement, Jay?
Well, I didn't write the piece but hell yeah.
>I can't tell if your moderation is in play.
That was an example of moderation.
Did the cops shoot the eco-freaks? No.
Did the cops beat them with clubs? Sadly, no. (lol)
Did the cops use canines? No. (but I wold have paid 10 bucks to watch eco-freaks being chewed by an animal.)
Did the cops use any other sort of impact weapon? No.
Did the cops use pepper spray which might have long lasting effects? No.
Did they use the Taser as a "pain compliance tool?" Why yes, yes they did.
It beats many of the other alternatives available to them.
5. Posted by Paul | July 28, 2007 11:57 AM |
Score: 6 (10 votes cast)
Posted on July 28, 2007 11:57
6. Posted by BillyBob | July 28, 2007 12:20 PM | Score: 5 (9 votes cast)
I love it! Wacko so called "educators" getting zapped till the unchained themselves. It should be on pay per view. I'd pay to watch it.
They got less than they deserved though. I can't wait for them to do it again because they never learn from experience.
6. Posted by BillyBob | July 28, 2007 12:20 PM |
Score: 5 (9 votes cast)
Posted on July 28, 2007 12:20
7. Posted by RobLACal. | July 28, 2007 1:01 PM | Score: 3 (7 votes cast)
Who are the so called super intelectuals?
Keep putting your hands in the fire stupid democrats.
7. Posted by RobLACal. | July 28, 2007 1:01 PM |
Score: 3 (7 votes cast)
Posted on July 28, 2007 13:01
8. Posted by Brian The Adequate![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://wizbangblog.com/nav-commenters.gif)
| July 28, 2007 1:02 PM | Score: 5 (7 votes cast)
Observation #1: The unemployed professional activists are going to turn the experience into political theater. How Cute, I will be more than happy to pay to see it as long as they stick with realism and use Tasers. I will pay double if I get to use the Taser.
Obs #2: Takes me back to my days in Colorado when some of the peaceniks were up in arms about a radar installation outside of Denver. They decided to try and seize control in the name of the people. Step 1 climb the fence. This of course being the fence with the sign clearly stating that anyone climbing it would be shot. We never got to find out what step 2 was supposed to be, cause' some MPs grabbed them off the fence and arrested them. The funny part was watching congresscritter Pat Schoeder whining on TV that the wrists of the morons had been bruised and calling for an investigation. I wanted an investigation also, of course I wanted to know why the MPs neglected their clear duty to defend their post and shoot.
8. Posted by Brian The Adequate![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://wizbangblog.com/nav-commenters.gif)
| July 28, 2007 1:02 PM |
Score: 5 (7 votes cast)
Posted on July 28, 2007 13:02
9. Posted by Gianni | July 28, 2007 1:07 PM | Score: 3 (7 votes cast)
Wonder if those morons st st st st stuttered as they were getting Tasered.
Seems like the libs always feel there are 2 sets of laws, and yes, kudos to those police for enforcing theirs.
Think I'll send a 100 out to their FOP orgainization. Maybe the town needs donations for more tasers.
9. Posted by Gianni | July 28, 2007 1:07 PM |
Score: 3 (7 votes cast)
Posted on July 28, 2007 13:07
10. Posted by Jo | July 28, 2007 1:38 PM | Score: 4 (8 votes cast)
It's always puzzled me how the liberals hate the cops and don't trust them, etc. etc., and yet they side with cops when the cops say they want more gun control for civilians.
In other words, liberals say we can't trust the cops, yet let them have all the guns.
Liberals. The most idiotic people in the world.
10. Posted by Jo | July 28, 2007 1:38 PM |
Score: 4 (8 votes cast)
Posted on July 28, 2007 13:38
11. Posted by Linoge | July 28, 2007 2:26 PM | Score: 2 (4 votes cast)
You know, I have to wonder... since the people were chained together, could you just taser one, and then shock the next one down on the line?
I guess that would just be too perfect... ;)
11. Posted by Linoge | July 28, 2007 2:26 PM |
Score: 2 (4 votes cast)
Posted on July 28, 2007 14:26
12. Posted by C-C-G![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://wizbangblog.com/nav-commenters.gif)
| July 28, 2007 2:43 PM | Score: 3 (5 votes cast)
Linoge, probably not (too bad, too).
Tasers are high voltage but low amperage... there's not enough amps there to push it through a poor conductor like metal chains.
Sorry, the radio/electronics geek in me just had to comment.
12. Posted by C-C-G![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://wizbangblog.com/nav-commenters.gif)
| July 28, 2007 2:43 PM |
Score: 3 (5 votes cast)
Posted on July 28, 2007 14:43
13. Posted by WildWillie | July 28, 2007 3:35 PM | Score: 1 (3 votes cast)
Did their hair smoke? ww
13. Posted by WildWillie | July 28, 2007 3:35 PM |
Score: 1 (3 votes cast)
Posted on July 28, 2007 15:35
14. Posted by macofromoc | July 28, 2007 4:01 PM | Score: 2 (4 votes cast)
now that's gonna leave a carbon footprint
14. Posted by macofromoc | July 28, 2007 4:01 PM |
Score: 2 (4 votes cast)
Posted on July 28, 2007 16:01
15. Posted by C-C-G![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://wizbangblog.com/nav-commenters.gif)
| July 28, 2007 4:04 PM | Score: 1 (3 votes cast)
No, they smoked before they went to the fence.
15. Posted by C-C-G![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://wizbangblog.com/nav-commenters.gif)
| July 28, 2007 4:04 PM |
Score: 1 (3 votes cast)
Posted on July 28, 2007 16:04
16. Posted by John F Not Kerry | July 28, 2007 4:34 PM | Score: 1 (3 votes cast)
Perhaps someone should have placed a locked, kennel-like structure around them while the activity they were protesting went on. And why didn't they use a jackhammer? I would pay to see that!
16. Posted by John F Not Kerry | July 28, 2007 4:34 PM |
Score: 1 (3 votes cast)
Posted on July 28, 2007 16:34
17. Posted by Linoge | July 28, 2007 4:49 PM | Score: 1 (3 votes cast)
Ruin all my fun! I figured it would be a problem of amperage, but it has been so long since my circuits and electronics class, my brain skipped out on me.
Still, I can dream.
As for your remarkably valid point, Jo, remember that liberals are only interested in ensuring their point of view is expressed. Considering that the police, in this instance, were obviously oppressing the poor protesters, it is no wonder they are up in arms about this kind of activity (I am being quite sarcastic, for reference.). However, when the police do their rightful duty and confiscate all of those evil abominations from the right-wing gun nuts, they are all for it (Ditto.).
The sad thing is just how consistent it really is...
17. Posted by Linoge | July 28, 2007 4:49 PM |
Score: 1 (3 votes cast)
Posted on July 28, 2007 16:49
18. Posted by C-C-G![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://wizbangblog.com/nav-commenters.gif)
| July 28, 2007 4:53 PM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
I didn't actually crunch the numbers, that's just an off-the-top-of-the-head assessment, but I really doubt that it would go along the chains unless the amperage was at a lethal level.
18. Posted by C-C-G![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://wizbangblog.com/nav-commenters.gif)
| July 28, 2007 4:53 PM |
Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Posted on July 28, 2007 16:53
19. Posted by marc | July 28, 2007 5:27 PM | Score: 1 (3 votes cast)
One of the quotes in the article got me to thinkin'. (always a dangerous proposition)
"It was torture," said Janisse Ray, one of the protesters, who witnessed Jonathan "Slug" Crowell and Samantha Kilmurray being shocked.
Odd isn't it after a first wave of the whiners and complainers when Tasers were introduced they have become the recommended and accepted form of non-lethal control by police nation-wide.
Yet, if a U.S. solder at Gitmo or one in the field were to use one to pacify a jihadist-cut-throat the hew and cry would be heard from the Carribian to The Hague, and all the rest of the places where "defenders" of human rights hang out all screaming in unison "TORTURE!
19. Posted by marc | July 28, 2007 5:27 PM |
Score: 1 (3 votes cast)
Posted on July 28, 2007 17:27
20. Posted by Lledowynn | July 28, 2007 7:20 PM | Score: 2 (4 votes cast)
My wife looked at me funny as I was reading this story. I couldn't help by laugh at the idiotic liberals getting tasered until they complied with the police.
The bit about turning the experience into some kind of skit almost made me spit out my coffee though. What sort of morons are these?
20. Posted by Lledowynn | July 28, 2007 7:20 PM |
Score: 2 (4 votes cast)
Posted on July 28, 2007 19:20
21. Posted by kim | July 28, 2007 7:22 PM | Score: 1 (3 votes cast)
So I finally read the article. They plan to turn the experience into street political theatre. Well, Main Street is You Tube, or is that Mulberry Street. They have either filmed it already or will re-enact it. They could make a LOT of money with pay per view.
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21. Posted by kim | July 28, 2007 7:22 PM |
Score: 1 (3 votes cast)
Posted on July 28, 2007 19:22
22. Posted by kim | July 28, 2007 7:23 PM | Score: 1 (3 votes cast)
Maybe they'll be rich like moronic foxes.
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22. Posted by kim | July 28, 2007 7:23 PM |
Score: 1 (3 votes cast)
Posted on July 28, 2007 19:23
23. Posted by kim | July 28, 2007 7:29 PM | Score: 2 (4 votes cast)
Where is the study about which gets the truth more effectively when there is no time for persuasion, tasering or waterboarding? How would one find out? Retrospectively and anecdotally? Why not?
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23. Posted by kim | July 28, 2007 7:29 PM |
Score: 2 (4 votes cast)
Posted on July 28, 2007 19:29
24. Posted by Synova | July 28, 2007 8:33 PM | Score: 1 (3 votes cast)
Did you notice that they weren't locals?
These people were from out of town. From New Jersey. And the vacant lot, soon to be an economically useful truck stop (why do people always want *things* but hate the trucks that make it possible?) was in Vermont.
24. Posted by Synova | July 28, 2007 8:33 PM |
Score: 1 (3 votes cast)
Posted on July 28, 2007 20:33
25. Posted by pennywit | July 28, 2007 9:22 PM | Score: -3 (7 votes cast)
The absolute glee that some of you express here certainly does wonders for my positive opinion of humanity.
--|PW|--
25. Posted by pennywit | July 28, 2007 9:22 PM |
Score: -3 (7 votes cast)
Posted on July 28, 2007 21:22
26. Posted by jhow66 | July 28, 2007 9:37 PM | Score: 0 (4 votes cast)
Glad we could help PW.
26. Posted by jhow66 | July 28, 2007 9:37 PM |
Score: 0 (4 votes cast)
Posted on July 28, 2007 21:37
27. Posted by C-C-G![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://wizbangblog.com/nav-commenters.gif)
| July 28, 2007 9:40 PM | Score: 3 (7 votes cast)
Kinda like the evil thoughts that you lefties expressed when President Bush had to go to the doctor.
Or when a Republican gets seriously ill or dies.
Sauce for the goose.
27. Posted by C-C-G![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://wizbangblog.com/nav-commenters.gif)
| July 28, 2007 9:40 PM |
Score: 3 (7 votes cast)
Posted on July 28, 2007 21:40
28. Posted by LiberalNightmare | July 28, 2007 9:46 PM | Score: 2 (4 votes cast)
Now thay weve had our fun, its time for the serious question.
Were any spotted owls harmed by the taser process?
28. Posted by LiberalNightmare | July 28, 2007 9:46 PM |
Score: 2 (4 votes cast)
Posted on July 28, 2007 21:46
29. Posted by wavemaker | July 28, 2007 9:46 PM | Score: 2 (4 votes cast)
Hmmm...Brattleboro is also the locale for an interesting form of personal expression -- nudity is not illegal.
Tasers and nudity...not a promising thought.
29. Posted by wavemaker | July 28, 2007 9:46 PM |
Score: 2 (4 votes cast)
Posted on July 28, 2007 21:46
30. Posted by spurwing plover | July 28, 2007 9:57 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
I heard of aone where a bunch of enviromentalits wackos chained themselves to a gate during one antilogging protest the police or forest service simply cut off the gate and hualed them and the gate to jail
30. Posted by spurwing plover | July 28, 2007 9:57 PM |
Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on July 28, 2007 21:57
31. Posted by pennywit | July 28, 2007 9:58 PM | Score: -4 (6 votes cast)
Funny. I, for one, don't remember expressing such thoughts ...
--|PW|--
31. Posted by pennywit | July 28, 2007 9:58 PM |
Score: -4 (6 votes cast)
Posted on July 28, 2007 21:58
32. Posted by C-C-G![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://wizbangblog.com/nav-commenters.gif)
| July 28, 2007 10:02 PM | Score: 3 (5 votes cast)
I was using "you lefties" in a more general manner, PW, don't get your panties in an uproar.
Of course, I also don't recall you castigating your fellow lefties for those thoughts they expressed.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane, PW. Maybe next time you should avoid it, tho. Makes you look bad.
32. Posted by C-C-G![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://wizbangblog.com/nav-commenters.gif)
| July 28, 2007 10:02 PM |
Score: 3 (5 votes cast)
Posted on July 28, 2007 22:02
33. Posted by pennywit | July 28, 2007 10:06 PM | Score: -3 (5 votes cast)
Possibly because I didn't frequent the lefties' blogs and other hangouts; and perhaps I express a certain opinion here because I had higher expectations.
--|PW|--
33. Posted by pennywit | July 28, 2007 10:06 PM |
Score: -3 (5 votes cast)
Posted on July 28, 2007 22:06
34. Posted by C-C-G![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://wizbangblog.com/nav-commenters.gif)
| July 28, 2007 10:13 PM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Pennywit, I am speaking of the lefties who expressed those opinions right here in the comments on this very blog.
Here is the thread in question, Pennywit.
Again, thanks for the trip down memory lane. I'd stop now, if I were you, you're looking more foolish with every post.
34. Posted by C-C-G![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://wizbangblog.com/nav-commenters.gif)
| July 28, 2007 10:13 PM |
Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Posted on July 28, 2007 22:13
35. Posted by C-C-G![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://wizbangblog.com/nav-commenters.gif)
| July 28, 2007 10:15 PM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Oops, mistyped the HTML tag... here is the link.
Amazing what a difference a simple thing like a " (or its absence) can make.
35. Posted by C-C-G![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://wizbangblog.com/nav-commenters.gif)
| July 28, 2007 10:15 PM |
Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Posted on July 28, 2007 22:15
36. Posted by FreedomFries | July 28, 2007 10:16 PM | Score: -4 (6 votes cast)
"Kinda like the evil thoughts that you lefties expressed when President Bush had to go to the doctor" C-C-G
What's so evil about noting that the docs were looking for Bush's brain...and, sadly had to remove 5 traces because they might have been malignant.
BTW why was there no Wiz celebration about the approximate 90 minutes today that Bush was actually an acting president?
36. Posted by FreedomFries | July 28, 2007 10:16 PM |
Score: -4 (6 votes cast)
Posted on July 28, 2007 22:16
37. Posted by C-C-G![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://wizbangblog.com/nav-commenters.gif)
| July 28, 2007 10:23 PM | Score: 3 (5 votes cast)
There's a case in point for you, Pennywit.
Will you now castigate FF for his comment, or will you show your double-standard to all of Wizbang?
37. Posted by C-C-G