Grandmother and the Taser

Watch the video. The officer did her a service. She has a filthy mouth, she resisted arrest, she could have been run over by passing cars, and I would have done a double-leg take-down, hog tied her, and duct-taped her mouth.

Then, I would lose my job, get sued, and lose.

A feisty 72-year-old great- grandmother was tasered after a police officer pulled her over for speeding. The Travis County, Texas dashboard camera captured the altercation between officer Chris Bieze and Kathryn Winkfein that happened last month.

This is one of many reasons I am not a police officer.

Police Officer Tases Great Grandmother - ABC News

How many students will it take getting tasered?

So after the last post, where I showed a video of some punk getting tasered after he wouldn't cooperate with the authorities, I checked YouTube for "student taser." Wow, to my surprise, I got 119 search results, no doubt some of them duplicates (I haven't checked, and really don't care to).

But it seems that students are getting on the wrong end of the taser pretty frequently.

I don't care who you are or what you're doing, good intentions and all:
If the police tell you to shut up and sit down, do it. If they put their hands on you, relax. Don't fight it.

You'll have plenty of time and people on your side later. Don't make the situation escalate. YOU ARE THE CAUSE OF YOUR ISSUE.

Now I know some of you may say you have every right to speak your mind. And you do. But if the police tell you to do X, do X. Why the fight?

Can they take away your freedom of speech? Sure, temporarily. But think of the larger audience you'll have if you just let the situation pass and then, out of harm's way, do something about it. Like speak out. Write the Editor of your local newspaper. Talk to your Congressional representatives. Talk to the Chief of Police.

Do something positive. Don't be a punk. The police, in most cases, are really only doing what they've been trained to do and the last thing they want is this unwelcome notoriety. Don't you think?

University of Florida student gets tasered

Is he the biggest pussy in the world, or what?