Cops cleared after Tasering Muslim....
Ocala officers cleared in Taser incident
Posted on Wed, Jan. 09, 2008
OCALA -- (AP) -- Four Ocala police officers have been cleared of wrongdoing after a man accused them of shocking him with a Taser when he wouldn't take his hand off a Koran hidden under his shirt.
A panel cleared officers Phil Hazel, Doug Russell, Bernard Smith and Jamie Buchbinder of allegations of excessive force with a Taser, obscene or inappropriate language, conduct unbecoming of an officer and falsifying a police report, according to an Internal Affairs report released Tuesday.
Shields, of Ocala, alleged an officer used a Taser to force him to remove his hand from the holy book. Officers were dispatched to the scene after authorities received tips that a man matching Shields' description was armed with a gun and stashing drugs inside a book, but neither drugs nor a gun was found.
Posted on Wed, Jan. 09, 2008
OCALA -- (AP) -- Four Ocala police officers have been cleared of wrongdoing after a man accused them of shocking him with a Taser when he wouldn't take his hand off a Koran hidden under his shirt.
A panel cleared officers Phil Hazel, Doug Russell, Bernard Smith and Jamie Buchbinder of allegations of excessive force with a Taser, obscene or inappropriate language, conduct unbecoming of an officer and falsifying a police report, according to an Internal Affairs report released Tuesday.
Shields, of Ocala, alleged an officer used a Taser to force him to remove his hand from the holy book. Officers were dispatched to the scene after authorities received tips that a man matching Shields' description was armed with a gun and stashing drugs inside a book, but neither drugs nor a gun was found.
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Sounds like an attempt at setting up an inincident? Was Jesse Jackson nearby? 0 -
If it was NYPD or LAPD, and he was hiding a hand in his shirt he'd be 6 feet under right now. 0 -
Gee, I wonder why the Koran didn't protect the Muslim from pain/suffering or harm. After all it is a "holy" book with magical powers.
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