Pahoa drone pilot tased in Volcanoes Natl Park

[bluesboy]

seems to me one person walking a couple of tiny dogs during the day on a trail with no one else around is not the same situation as a person flying a drone at night in a crowd of hundreds near a cliff and a boiling lava lake. but that's for the judge to decide.

[ironyak]

Looks like the link got mangled in my previous post, but The Atlantic article has a lot more details. Agreed that there are differences, but in the California case the court clearly set some strong limits on tasing when someone flees.

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/arch...ns/381458/
"
During testimony, Hunter Bailey, the deputy chief of law enforcement for the National Park Service, maintained that a park ranger would be legally justified in tasing even “a 9-year-old girl” or “a pregnant woman” if they were caught walking a dog off leash and tried to leave the scene against a ranger’s orders, as Hesterberg did. This institutional mindset leads directly to violent civil-rights violations, as a federal court ultimately ruled in this important suit. The National Park Service now owes the jogger that it victimized $50,000 in damages. And law enforcement is on notice that the Constitution forbids tasing so needlessly."

[Kapoho Joe]

50K? It will take a 50M settlement to get the feds attention.

[rainyjim]

Nice find ironyak.

Seems relevant to me in terms of:


Though the court conceded that lying to a police officer is not an offense to be taken lightly, there is nothing inherently dangerous about it, especially in connection to a warning about a leash law violation.


and

The court also found that Hesterberg, though uncooperative, never posed an immediate threat to Cavallaro or anyone else and that the ranger did not provide an adequate warning that she would shoot him with the stun gun if he tried to leave.


and

The case garnered national attention when Rep. Jackie Speier ripped the Park Service over its investigation when its own Office of Professional Responsibility failed to take disciplinary action.

[leilanidude]

One thing to remember, people can and do die from being tased. Not often, but it does happen.

[snorkle]

Another thing to remember, people can and do die from being stupid. Not often, but it does happen.

[rainyjim]

Another thing to remember, people can and do die from being stupid. Not often, but it does happen.


Yar, see: Darwin Awards. Chortle.