Next time, when dousing yourself with gasoline, make sure to get some on the cops, too.
Next time, when dousing yourself with gasoline, make sure to get some on the cops, too.
Elliott shouted to the other officers, "If we tase him, he is going to light on fire!" Elliott discharged pepper spray in Olivas' face, which temporarily blinded him.
The court says Guadarrama and Elliott "noticed that Olivas was holding some object that appeared as though it might be a lighter." Guadarrama "fired his taser at the gasoline-soaked man, causing him to burst into flames." Jefferson also fired his Taser, although he initially denied that he had done so.
---- Jesus fucking christ these cops
Elliott shouted to the other officers, "If we tase him, he is going to light on fire!" Elliott discharged pepper spray in Olivas' face, which temporarily blinded him.
The court says Guadarrama and Elliott "noticed that Olivas was holding some object that appeared as though it might be a lighter." Guadarrama "fired his taser at the gasoline-soaked man, causing him to burst into flames." Jefferson also fired his Taser, although he initially denied that he had done so.
---- Jesus fucking christ these cops
Those 'helpful' Police Officers all deserve accolades;Bravo!
Those 'helpful' Police Officers all deserve accolades;Bravo!
Sounds like he got exactly what he wanted. Am I supposed to feel bad for this dipshit?
Sounds like he got exactly what he wanted. Am I supposed to feel bad for this dipshit?
Immunity is given where no reasonable cop would know not to light up a gas soaked man. The doctrine has been expanding so that the bar is pretty low now.
Immunity is given where no reasonable cop would know not to light up a gas soaked man. The doctrine has been expanding so that the bar is pretty low now.
Yeah...I don't give 2 shits. He didn't respond to the pepper spray first used, had a lighter and was covered in gas. I mean, yeah, he probably should have just been shot and killed but seems this did the trick. Sorry, not sorry.
Yeah...I don't give 2 shits. He didn't respond to the pepper spray first used, had a lighter and was covered in gas. I mean, yeah, he probably should have just been shot and killed but seems this did the trick. Sorry, not sorry.
His point is the qualified immunity is slowly being expanded to cover any situation where cops feel "threatened". Approached an officer with out a mask? That's a shooting. Open carrying and declining to have your vehicle searched? That's a shooting.
His point is the qualified immunity is slowly being expanded to cover any situation where cops feel "threatened". Approached an officer with out a mask? That's a shooting. Open carrying and declining to have your vehicle searched? That's a shooting.
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