Originally Posted By DAR <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20100504/ts_csm/298892" target="_blank">http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20...m/298892</a> In a time when you don't know what people are capable of doing, the police acted in the right manner. I would have tasered him too.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper He was walking on his own within a couple of minutes. Maybe others will think twice now that they've seen this. I saw his father getting interviewed and it is no wonder the kid did something that stupid.
Originally Posted By Fe Maiden I agree. He knew it was wrong, he even called his dad from the game to see if he'd give him his permission (the dad did not). They should make this kid publicly apologize to the Phillies, the cops, and anybody else. As bad as it seems to some, this kid was lucky he got tasered. At an Eagles game at the Vet about 30 years ago, back when uniformed Philly cops were the only security, 5-6 cops used billie-clubs on a guy and beat him to a pulp. He was so badly beaten he couldn't walk by himself. So they just threw him on top of one of the stadium trained horses and led him away. Now THAT was a deterrent to not run on the field. I was 7-8yo at the time and I can still picture it as clear as day.
Originally Posted By DAR I also think back to those White Sox fans a few years ago who jumped onto the field and started to beat up the first base coach. You just never know what people are going to do.
Originally Posted By Fe Maiden Some people against the tasering point to the fact he's only 17, but how could the cop have known that at the time. Taser first, ask questions second.
Originally Posted By DAR He was only 17, well then he should have gotten a higher voltage he's young enough to handle that.
Originally Posted By gadzuux Allow me to interrupt this little "Vengence is MINE!" meeting to remind you that this kid had nowhere to go, and posed no threat to anyone. What makes him any different from Morgana King - the "Kissing Bandit"? <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morganna" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morganna</a> Maybe they shoulda billy clubbed her too, huh?
Originally Posted By DAR So the cops should have been willing to take that risk that he wasn't a danger out there? Like I said earlier the White Sox incident from a few years back. The Monica Seles stabbing. The guy who parachuted during a Holyfield fight. These atheletes are left pretty vunerable out there and you just don't know what some nut is going to do. You can't take that chance. We're not in the Morgana era anymore.
Originally Posted By Lady Starlight <<Allow me to interrupt this little "Vengence is MINE!" meeting to remind you that this kid had nowhere to go, and posed no threat to anyone.>> That kid got off easy. He should have never done that in the first place. You take your chances when you throw yourself on the field like that. He'd of been safer ONLY if he were a streaker.( those were the good ol days huh?) No where to hide anything of harm ( for the most part anyways) lol I highly doubt that kid wanted to go kissing the team. Morgana is completely different, that woman can barely run due to her, ahem "assets" and shes been known as the Kissing Bandit for years anyways.
Originally Posted By ecdc Yeah, the cops have no way to know if he's a risk. I have a hard time feeling sorry for him, though I don't really get the, "Yeah, take that!" "I'm happy this joker got tased," attitude.
Originally Posted By Lady Starlight I'm not happy he got tasered. But It's the fastest way to get him to stop on the field. It's not long lasting and has no lasting effects to him. IT sure beats runninhim down and beating the tar out of him. They tasered him. Then escorted him out. That was it. he was a ding dong for doing it in the first place, even if he was harmless.
Originally Posted By DAR I'll have to see if I can find the video later. A few years back during an NFL game a fan wandered onto the field, the cops of course were chasing him, one of the players decided to put an end to it and decided to tackle him. And it was a great tackle too. My reaction to these things are the perpetrator knows exactly what's going to happen in these situations and has to face the consequences. And I know if you run onto the field during Packer game if you have season tickets or you're using someone elses tickets, those tickets are gone forever.
Originally Posted By plpeters70 << It's not long lasting and has no lasting effects to him.>> That's not always true, you know. There have been stories of people dying after being tasered - usually beacause of some pre-existing condition, but it does happen and isn't always safe. Now, do I think this guy deserved it - of course! BUT, I'm not sure I agree with the widespread use of tasers these days. Granted, the other options in these cases - tackling, billy clubs, etc - aren't exactly safe either, so I guess you just have to take your chances if you want to do something stupid like this!
Originally Posted By wahooskipper It is a different world now. Morgana was bouncing across the field in the 70s and don't remember any athletes getting attacked back then. Somebody ask Monica Seles if she would have preferred that her attacker get tased before he got to her with the knife. That not only injured her but effectively ended her career. I'm tired of the guilty becoming vicitms in our society. Do something wrong...pay the consequences.
Originally Posted By Lady Starlight <<That's not always true, you know. There have been stories of people dying after being tasered - usually beacause of some pre-existing condition, but it does happen and isn't always safe.>> You could go on a roller coaster and have a heart attack or something. Pre-existing condition. He made the choice to do what he did. They did what they did to protect the players. In this day it is absolutly rediculous to take chances like that. Seems that people don't have self control over themselves or know how to use thier brain when it comes to common sense. As wahooskipper said... Do something wrong...pay the consequences.
Originally Posted By DAR <<Seems fair.>> It's extremely fair considering how long the waiting list is. Put it this way, there are babies being born in Wisconsin right now who will be put on the list, and maybe their grandchildren will get the tickets.
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones If they started tasing people who run out onto the field at Dodger Stadium they would run out of batteries very quickly.
Originally Posted By Labuda "I'll have to see if I can find the video later. A few years back during an NFL game a fan wandered onto the field, the cops of course were chasing him, one of the players decided to put an end to it and decided to tackle him. And it was a great tackle too." I have a bigger problem with an NFL player in full gear tackling a random person on the field than I do the police tasering a random person the field. The injuries that football players suffer when in full gear are bad enough - think of the damage that could happen if they took a hit without the protective gear. *shudder*
Originally Posted By Mr X ***The injuries that football players suffer when in full gear are bad enough - think of the damage that could happen if they took a hit without the protective gear. *shudder*** There *is* an easy way to prevent such a thing from happening though. Don't go on the field. ;p
