tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231145.post116231233376045205..comments2023-12-30T23:02:57.931-08:00Comments on Deep Thought: Kid killed by taser for shouting 'I want Jesus.'Eli Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00792743206074537073noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231145.post-54482241888003094862009-01-21T22:50:00.000-08:002009-01-21T22:50:00.000-08:00I actually saw the kid running down the street, mi...I actually saw the kid running down the street, minutes before the incident. I didn't see a bible, but he did have a cordless house phone in his hand. He was running along the side of the highway shouting "I love Jesus mom, Mom I love Jesus!". The people i was with thought it was some sort of prank or stunt (like something off of "Jackass"), but apparently he was mentally unbalanced. He was under 6 foot tall and of slight build, I think he could've been subdued in a number of other ways.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231145.post-44157019591135977042008-10-16T14:15:00.000-07:002008-10-16T14:15:00.000-07:00He shouldn't have been doing it in the first place...He shouldn't have been doing it in the first place.<BR/>Maybe the police were just so sick of seeing Christians babbling on about Jesus that they decided enough is enough?<BR/>I know I'd have done worse myself.<BR/>If the police hadn't silenced him, he would've ended up causing a religious war in the streets. You know how sensitive people are about their religions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231145.post-82903904633081333602007-09-22T21:10:00.000-07:002007-09-22T21:10:00.000-07:00Whether we admit it or not, at some point, we ALL ...Whether we admit it or not, at some point, we ALL want Jesus.<BR/><BR/>And when our Jesus-want comes unexpectedly and strongly, we may shout it out.<BR/><BR/>Now what are the police to do, especially when in the throes of a real bad Jesus want, we don't acknowledge them.<BR/><BR/>They don't know us, they don't know our history, what we might be on, or why we suddenly want Jesus so badly.<BR/><BR/>So it's only natural for the police to TASER us or shoot us...<BR/><BR/>especially when we are shouting, "I want Jesus," instead of "I want the police."<BR/><BR/>So let's not blame the police. <BR/><BR/> When our behavior is odd or loud, we NEED to be zapped back to normalcy, and into compliance with any law enforcement personnel who may have shown up after we got weird.<BR/><BR/>I'm glad our cops have TASERS and use them to keep things calm and sensible and normal.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps we should learn to TASER ourselves whenever we have an "I want Jesus" attack.<BR/><BR/>Eventually we will learn to say, "I want TASER," (using our quiet 'indoor' voice), and "Thank you Officer, may I have another?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231145.post-1163143540394535312006-11-09T23:25:00.000-08:002006-11-09T23:25:00.000-08:00I am from Jerseyville. I have lived there all my ...I am from Jerseyville. I have lived there all my life and have grown up in a cop family. I agree with the fact that taser guns are a better alternative to guns and real bullets although I feel as though there is a lack of willingness on the part of the police officers to instead of physically subduing the kid (and that is what he was a 17 year old 150 pound kid), they only after warning him several times use the taser on him. The boy suffered from bipolar disease. Most likely the cause for his odd behavior. And what most people don't know is that he has had run ins with the police before and his parents had been called to come pick him up on more than one occasion. So the cops knew of his condition, whether the two police officers that are involved knew is to question. And my major beef with the town of Jerseyville's police department is that fact that they say that the polce officers responded by department policy, in my opinion that policy should be looked at closely and maybe revised.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231145.post-1162672298749085912006-11-04T12:31:00.000-08:002006-11-04T12:31:00.000-08:00I don't buy franks physical confilct risk theory. ...I don't buy franks physical confilct risk theory. This kid is dead because of the arrogant attitude I find most cops possess....and as the article states this kid failed to acknowlege them....and because of that he's dead.EAPrezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10567999915647863593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231145.post-1162579272051935762006-11-03T10:41:00.000-08:002006-11-03T10:41:00.000-08:00I do not think the boy was delerious. A bystander ...I do not think the boy was delerious. A bystander said that he had asked for his mother. That was a lucid attempt to get help. Evidently, the police didn't call his mother. Just being approached by the police is a threatening situation for a teen who had, I assume, no prior record. If he had one, we would have heard about it by now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231145.post-1162383947636774922006-11-01T04:25:00.000-08:002006-11-01T04:25:00.000-08:00While I appreciate your outlook, what I think you ...While I appreciate your outlook, what I think you might be missing is an understanding of physical conflict as it occurs between police and the subjects they have to deal with. Virtually ALL physical conflict carries with it a risk of injury to the subject and the officer. Through the use of the TASER - to which no death has ever been credibly attributed - the physical conflict and therefore risked injury is minimized. Of late a condition called "excited delirium" has been identified and it's often related to / caused by either drug use or mental imbalances. This condition in and of itself is being identified as the cause of death in a number of cases. The sad part is that, because of circumstances, police officers often have to deal with these people before their condition kills them and then it looks like the police involvement contributed to their death. As we educate the public and the police more about this condition, fewer misunderstandings about police use of force will occur.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com