News Report of LAX Police TASERing Unarmed Senior Citizen

[matzilla58]

"Im irish, but im not that foolish" lol

[biorgymd]

Was this in Egypt? Egyptian Revolution Anyone?

[Pumpedmuscle]

LOL, these pussy ass cops, What kind of threat could this senor possibly be to the 3 of them??? It's laughable.

[clmabry]

Not having a car registered just means you are not legally allowed to drive it on the public roads therefore the man was in the right and the evil cops were in the wrong.

[EdWatts]

@clmabry

Well, in California, if the registration appears to be lapsed, the police "may" impound the vehicle. If the registration is more than six months past due, the police "must" impound. Unless, of course, the vehicle is being operated by an "undocumented immigrant", an exception which has been codified in the written operating policies and procedures of several departments.

The policy violates the Fifth Amendment and common sense , but it's how things work in Granolaland.

[clmabry]

I promise to give $1,000.000 to anyone who can morally justify the actions of the evil cops.

I have never lost a $1,000,000 challenge  because I am pure logic.

[chadley6916]

they tasered a senior? No respect for their elders I guess. There are better ways to deal with people.  The people who tasered this man need a severe beating. Maybe they should see how it feels? More realistically, they better be fired. Anyone who would use a taser on a child, senior, the terminally ill, or anyone who has not broken the law in a serious manner, is a poor excuse for a human being. And the cops wonder why they get NO RESPECT. Golly gee Wally, the public seems to hate us...

[Didrika27]

hes like 80 years old.... cops are bitches with a bage! 

[VoodooPolitico]

LAX police are total assholes anyways. Before 9/11 they were pretty much LITTLE BITCH "security guards". NOW, since they have federal dollars behind them and the PATRIOT ACT behind them, they act like total assholes. THEY started this with the way they treated him. THEY could have difused this situation before it escalated.

[chairde]

Cops think that tasers are ok to use on the elderly, children and pregnant women. Boatloads of cocaine come into this country and the dumb ass cops can't stop it. This is why everyone hates the cops. Oh by the way I'm a 63 year old white man and I am just stating the truth. The best and brightest never go into police work. We need to raise the bar.

[mrfancypanties]

@chairde They have specialized units/details that work to control drug trafficking. Do you expect every cop to stop cocaine distribution? Most people hate cops because they have no idea how to act right and get ticketed or arrested. Im guessing youre one of them

[lifeinthenfl]

the police were right the old guy says it was theft.. when his tags were out of date police have the right to impound his car and obvi the person who got there car takin away is mad so he got mad and got aggresive with the police

[yuavue]

he's still a thug, darn he didnt died

[dwdrumz07]

Moral of the story, make sure your car is registered...

[WisconsinTukatz]

So a mouthy old man gets mad that his car was towed, accuses cops of "stealing" it, and acts obnoxious until they subdue him with a taser?

What's the story here? So what if he's "old"? Being old doesn't mean you're above the law. Nor does it mean that you can leave your unregistered car wherever you want.

And tasing him didn't "injure" him. It just put a halt to his tirade.

Don't pull the senior card out everytime you don't get your way. Be a man and act like a grownup.

[Falsare]

Damn,

What a country......

[maddirty]

@WisconsinTukats -- since when does the need to "halt a tirade" warrant the use of a taser? If he needed to be subdued and arrested, could you explain to me how several able-bodied police officers half his age couldn't have pinned him down and cuffed him? Furthermore if you follow up with the story, the guy has suffered immensely as a result of this incident. His femur spontaneously snapped one day while he was walking to the mailbox, coincidentally in the exact spot where they tasered him...

[Papwithanhatchet]

@WisconsinTukatz What a scumbag comment. There is NO law that dictates what you can and can not say to a law enforcement officer. "Be a man", LOL! Who the fuck do you think you are? What an egoistic douchebag.

Tasers are to be used to quell violent behaviour and as an alternative to a pistol, not as a compliance tool where there is a lack of criminal behaviour. Would they have pulled a pistol in this situation? Not fucking likely.

[predatr846]

@Papwithanhatchet Tasers are a compliance tool and they are not an alternative to a pistol. Tasers are an alternative to punches, kicks, batons, pepper spray, etc. Know the facts before speaking.

[Papwithanhatchet]

@predatr846 Uh, no. The taser was introduced as an alternative to lethal force. It is classified as a "prohibited firearm". That they are illegally used as a compliance tool in the US is irrelevant to those facts. Related, though inconsequential to US state enforcement policy, here in Canada police services may NOT be used as a compliance tool as a result of the Robert Dziekanski incident investigation's findings at the Braidwood Inquiry.

Know the facts before speaking, idiot.

[predatr846]

@Papwithanhatchet Your view of Canada Law can not be applied to an incident that happened in California. Taser is a less than lethal option. That means it is not likely to cause serious injury or death. As apposed to a lethal option that is likely to cause serious injury or death. Taser certified training dictates that if an officer uses a taser in a situation where deadly force is justified there must be another officer with a deadly force option ready to cover the officer using a taser.

[clmabry]

@WisconsinTukatz You are an evil person who enjoys the pain and suffering of others.

[christopherinsc1981]

even if he did raise his voice that would be crazy to do that to the old man. dfc!

[gonner709]

ya i'de say that old dude is a serious threat to society not just mentally disabled air port police.

[PeoplesVendetta]

those cops are pussies

[shielded22001]

how can three young cops justify tazering a 78 yr. old man? How could they feel threatened by his presence in any way. I think they just hated the fact that he was questioning their judgment.They already had their tazers out when they were questioning him, hoping they didn't have to put them back. Doesn't the old saying go if you have to pull your gun make sure you are ready to use it. Well i guess they felt the tazer was out anyway lets check the battery. assholes

[WHHS2002]

thats just wrong they could had kill him by doing that

[baserunner316]

the old man was only stupid for accusing them of grand theft. the car was expired but does the airport have the right to confiscate it? still they are DEAD WRONG. what if the guy had a HEART PROBLEM? I hope the old guy sues their ass!!

[baserunner316]

yeah the guy was SUCH A THREAT for supposedly TRAINED and ARMED police officers!!!

[delta769er]

Oh my god, that 80 year old Great Great Grandfather just threatened me... TASER THE FUCKER!!!

Like c'mon, wtf?

[DrBrainscan]

Uh,oh...looks like the Nazis won the war after all. And here we were thinking that we were "better than" those evil fascists. Guess we were wrong to stage the Normandy invasion...big waste of lives, time and money, since we ended up the same way anyway. WWII vets are being disrespected here.

[traitorwithinme]

i hope he sued..la cops are dumb bleeps...unqualified college/ high school dropouts

[hungvan]

Land of the Free....

[roadtoad777]

Ok.. So they stole an old man's car, for expired tags- with the intent of selling it for profit at auction- then they wonder why he's pissed, then they taser him claiming he's a threat in a lobby with bulletproof glass? Sorry, old man. This isn't the country you knew and loved anymore. it is now the Nazi police State, where the government owns you and everything you worked hard for. Even a retiree is game for these fucking criminal thugs we call cops. Unreal.

[petnaby]

rofl wow the cops can be stupid

[cody4622]

i hope all of you guys lost your jobs....

[nickisgreek]

I'm so happy not to live in that brainwashed America. Cops like them make the world pointin at America - POOR AMERICA

[nickisgreek]

I'm so happy not to live in that brainwashed America. Cops like them make the world pointin at America

[nickisgreek]

I'm so happy not to live in that brainwashed America. Cops like them make the world pointin at America - POOR AMERICA

[nickisgreek]

I'm so happy not to live in that brainwashed America. Cops like them make the world pointin at America - POOR AMERICA

[nickisgreek]

I'm so happy not to live in that brainwashed America. Cops like them make the world pointin at America - POOR AMERICA

[captaincookiemonster]

Hey Rat. This is a friend from your childhood. Compliments of Carson, CA. Your boys are nothing but thugs. Fuck the Police

[cast390]

WTF kind of threat can a 78 yearold man be against cops.This is so sad.

[Captain077]

Who would take a threat from a 78 year old man seriously. These cops are pathetic.

[ScopedOUT]

What kind of threat can an old man pose? Freaking cops man. Is that even an excuse to justify such use of force. We should ban these tazers.

[trauts01]

Watched the security camera footage, didn't look to me like Lamb was a big enough threat to warrant tasering. 3 burly cops can't handle a senior citizen? Bullshit.

[uniraptor]

Police state coming soon to a planet near you.

[sckryde]

fuck cops

[johnr25ks]

its always justified

[FattKidd]

fucking pigs

[Blegemoth]

Bastards -- i'd like top get those three ass holes and hang them off a bridge. Coward bastards is what they are. Coward, girly men bastards. If someone did that to my dad, they wouldn't be around long. That's all I'm saying.

[WorksopGimp]

If the guy had died it would have been justified

[j0nw]

Disgusting. All cops involved should be fired & then jailed for their part in this. Power tripping scumbags.

[dazzassj6]

the bunch of mofos from the cop station needs to be put on an electric chair, all those thugs using tazers out there on people without justification!

How can the police say that was justified? no matter how bad the old guy did, it is NOT enough to justify electricuting an old man of 78 years of age! seriously shame on the police system. Fuk you NWO

[Zemo999]

What a laugh, the cops are trying to charge HIM??

Clear case of taser abuse.

No justification of this, so they are trying to cover their butts by trying to charge him.

Same as Hope Steffy case.

[cmsgt8hewett]

I would side with the old guy

[iggy6]

"Justified"? How is it that 4 cops can't handle or cuff a 78 yr old man without using a taser? This is BS. I dare you to research how many deaths have been caused by tasers in the past 4 years. Your jaw would drop. And 90 percent of the cases were just like this.

[TheGrich]

criminals

[edstar83]

use of excessive force on a 78 year old man justified? what sort of shit is that? 3 cops couldnt handle an elderly man in humainly way? they had to hit him with 50000 volts? what the fuck is that? seriously... america is starting to scare me. that was an elderly person where's the damn respect?

[rasputin134]

Stupid is not the word. They should be prosecuted, serve time (when they will get to know how it feels to get their ass kicked in jail), dismissed the service and loose all pension rights. They are scum!

[Flashbackjack0]

This is what happens when chickens get teeth.

They can't handle an old man? Justice? I don't think so.

[FritzWhite]

old people are like women and children, you don't use excessive force. i know they have cameras in that lobby. why don't they just show the tape of this out of control 78 year old man that had to be tasered to stop the threat. i always overreact to these videos, but these cops need their fucking asses kicked!

[nfscory]

got nothing better to do than bullied the weakling...lol

[sensiblysane]

ever notice how cops tend to tase the very young, very old, weaklings who couldn't do them any harm? I do.

[Tagapinasako]

Stupid senior citizen

[eggory]

lax?

[nadmenny]

Jesus that old man looks really scary! I need a gun!

[freespeachrulez]

Don't taze me bro!!

[Shawkeet]

Why dont the police start recording potental news magnet incidents such as this to protect themselves? Would save a lot in court costs.

[blown503]

Police get a rush from being brutal to the public. They "love" to taser people, they get a rush from it. Oh yea an expired registration fee justifies a tater.

[RavenFreedom]

The screening process for police personnel has been too lax, for it fails to weed out the ones with sociopathic personalities. People who enjoy inflicting pain on helpless people like the elderly are mentally ill.

[RavenFreedom]

Another example of how the terrorists BushCheney have brought an atmosphere of totalitarianism to America.Kiss your rights goodbye--just like Nazi Germany of 30s & 40s.

[RavenFreedom]

Another example of how the terrorists BushCheney have brought an atmosphere of totalitarianism to America.Kiss your rights goodbye--just like Nazi Germany of 30s & 40s.

[RavenFreedom]

This is an example of how BushCheney have created a totalitarian country out of America.THEY are the terrorists and war criminals.This sort of thing went on in Nazi Germany of the 30s&40s.

[RavenFreedom]

This is a good example of how CheneyBushHalliburton have created a totalitarian state out of what was once a democracy. Nazi goons also delighted in beating up on the old and helpless in the 30s & 40s. No difference.

[turncaster]

yeah, yeah, whatever stop whining already, he got tasered, so what big deal

[VoteForRudy]

One sure way to stop disputes like this is to more closely monitor police personnel, both off and on duty, 24/7, as they are armed and potentially dangerous employees who obviously bear closer watching. We have the technology to do this now, and they shouldn't object--unless they have something to hide. The procedure would only take a few minutes down at the vet's office.

[JusticeLeague9]

Those cops should be executed and their children too.

[geisterbahn1]

WE HAVE A BIG ad ON UK TV AT THE MOMENT. VISIT CALIFORNIA, WITH ARNY SAYING WHY . YEAH LIKE FUCK ARNY ! IM AFRAID iD NEVER FIT IN! AND WHY! i HAVNT GOR A SWASTIKA OR GESTAPO UNIFORM IN MY WARDROBE! WAKE NORMAL PEOPLE!

[wiskawind]

America is a police state!

[zdon25]

the man is 78 years old, how is he a threat! fucking pigs(dirty cops) are taser happy. fuckers!

[sandbags80]

Wow. He was being un-ruly. I guess a taser is what passes for public relations strategy in the LAX police these days....

[nulibertyman]

I hope he sues the crap out of them. I also hope his attorney subpoenas the video taken as well so perhaps we can see it on youtube and judge for ourselves if it was justified.

[purica]

Well I'd feel thretend by the old guy if he threatend me, you know how dangerous those senior citizens can be! I think guns tasers and battons are not enough they should give more weapons to cops given that they're afraid of senior citizens. LoL A.C.A.B

Cops are pathetic I mean how big a self centerd prick do you have to be to join the police depatment so that you can have a little power over other people you guys make me sick

[sexboywonder]

in another vid it is reported that later his femur broke exactly at the tazer point a few months later while walking to his mailbox

[HeyDontTaseMeBro]

Why do people have so much trouble understanding something so simple--when you are being arrested, don't fight with the officers. It's always the people who struggle or refuse to comply with commands and eventually get Tasered, or worse, who later complain the loudest.

[cyberreason]

Can you imagine how this makes people feel about those who are supposed to serve to protect? I am 5'2" and would not even have thought that "tasering" would be the answer. He was not a threat! Are you kidding me? Trigger happy with a new toy.

[hotwadd]

America is under a police state and anyone who doesn't recognize that, just needs to pay attention to this video

[exoticargeo]

WOW!!! What a threatening man!! Man, cops must have been scared shit!!!! Dumbs bastards need to get a nice shock too, on an electric chair!!!

[aaaredskin]

I wish we could see that out of control old fart getting tased. Yeah...for no reason at all, cops tased a 78 year old....sure.

[1f3rn]

Tasering citizens is becoming torture, no wait it IS!

[Im4JusticeRU]

Taser victims include: 6 and 12 year old children, wheel-chair bound handicapped, college students participating in school functions and visibly pregnant women. America needs to send a clear message to government and PD's: Regulate them, or LOSE them.

[DeadAirSpace88]

Pretty soon the United States is going to turn into a authoritarian government just like '1984'. The US government is so full of hypocrisy...what ever happened to freedom of speech. Now students are getting arrested and tasered for speaking their mind. Its all really worrying. I hope Australia doesn't go the same way...

[sufisis]

KGB, Gestapo, LAPD...wake up, people! Stop police harassment. This man is 78 years old!

[Philflash]

This group of law enforcement officers must be the pick of the bottom of the barrel! One stupid officer was shot to death with his own gun by a homeless person on the north side of the airport. I speculate the homeless person was harrased, saw his opportunity to pull the officer's gun and make a lucky shot. For the most part, they deal with tired mistreated travellers who are in no shape to go against them. When a serious threat exists, they fold like a bad poker hand!

[ColombianCasanova]

i hate cops

[ColombianCasanova]

i hate cops

[dollygracielou]

what a bunch of cowards? Old people are frail and feeble, subduing them should be easy for an officer, if it is not, they should not be police. I bet the old man was just talking and those crap cops couldn't take the truth.

[ElTejon47901]

There was a camera in the lobby of the police station. Let's see the video, LAX!

[Naej27]

No cop should be tazaeing or hurting this elderly man. What is a 78 yr, old man going to do to them? The cops are really getting out of hand in some cases.

[Jammyman33]

Sad sad sad, why would they do that?

[heatsketch]

he should have co-operated with the police

don't fuck around they won't fuck you up

[MoK3LoC]

WHAT THE FUCK!!! How the hell does your car get impounded by the STUPID LAX Police (rent a cops) for expired registration.....But if your driving with an expired registration, you only get a ticket....

Just goes to show that people don't deserve the so called power they have.

[revalushun084]

That is really sick, tasering a defenseless old man...I'm so sick of this

[TruthSeeker502]

Looked like a dangerous old man. Maybe the LAX COPS did not like harsh words. (The guy can cuss I bet if he is Irish, LOL!)

[Brizakillachic]

this is disgusting what the fuck is wrong with cops nowa days???

[quinch1]

Should have given him a nightstick work-out instead.

[ghostbusterguy2001]

yeah fucking bullies is what they are lets see them pull that shit on me

[NewsTeam19]

Ice Cube will swarm

On any muthafucka in a blue uniform

Just cuz I'm from the CPT, punk police are afraid of me

A young nigga on a warpath

And when I'm finished, it's gonna be a bloodbath

Of cops, dyin in LA

Yo Dre, I got somethin to say

Fuck the police (4X)

[ViolentX]

Maybe he was a supervillian disguised as an old man! DID YOU EVER THINK OF THAT!!!!??????

[orangepapers]

not stupid, most are gay actually

[redking15ca]

He wouldn't listen to them, so they "Cracked down"

Like they have any authority, fuckers

[itsmattgw]

good, resist arrest and expect force. you stupid old fuck i'm going to go watch you get tasered over and over and laugh at your stupid ass

[esahc3000]

ya they are!

tazering a poor senior citizen!

Some people make me sick.

[deadheadlooser]

Yeah he's really dangerous - REALLY big 200lb black guy that needed to be taser....er....wait... my kid sister could shin kick this guy to the ground with one shot.  But they needed to TASER him. Wow.

[lordwilberforce]

That's fucked up, these cops should lose their jobs but of course in America Law Enforcement there is no such thing as accountability.

[kapacon]

Why do this to somebody's grandpa because he's angry? And what is meant by "back off".

[kapacon]

Did the old guy have a gun or knife or something? No one should tazer an old man, no matter what comes out of his mouth. Are we unable to express anger, even rage to authorities in this country anymore? The 9-11 crap has turned our country against itself. And the terrorists are sitting back smiling as we treat our own like this.

[kapacon]

Did the old guy have a gun or knife or something? No one should tazer an old man, no matter what is coming out of his mouth. Can we not even express anger and rage in this country anymore? The 9-11 stuff has made this country turn on itself. The terrorists have outsmarted us if we can treat our own like this.

[kapacon]

Did the old guy have a gun or a knife or something? Why would you tazer an angry old man, no matter what came out of his mouth? This country is turning against itself. And the 9-11 crap has made our country insane with abuse. We have to get our country back to a free nation and not a police state!

[paolonutuni]

Fly through Reagan National Airport at your own risk. This is similar to when the police beat up a girl at Reagan National Airport in DC. They assaulted this girl and gave her a serious brain injury and made

her entire body black and blue. Then they arrested HER and charged her with a made up crime to cover up the police brutality. The airport police are supposed to be there to protect us from terrorists, not beat

up and harass young women and senior citizens.

[409chev]

police need to be trained to deal with seniors and mentally challenged people....78 years old?? SHAME!

[NoobieDoobieDo]

Good cops need to start turning in the bad cops.

[NephilimNexus]

Well you know three cops couldn't take down an unarmed 70+ year old man without using some kind of weapon, right?

[Demonlogist]

Those cops with TASER are all jerking maybe...

[JoanneChristie]

Now this is the PROBLEM THEY ARE TELLING YOU AND THE PUBLIC THIS BEHAVIOR IS ACCEPTABLE! AND TOUGH SHIT! THIS IS NOT DEMOCRACY OR EVEN A TRIAL BY JURY! AND THEY COULD OF ISSUED A TICKET ON HIS WINDSHIELD THEY DIDNT HAVE THE RIGHT TO IMPOUND HIS CAR WITHOUT A TICKET! THEY ARE MOTHER FUCKERS WHO DONT OBEY THE LAW! THEY KILL AND MAME AT WILL! TOUGH SHIT!

[joeymcnew]

What the hell can a 78 year old man do to someone? The cops just look for a reason for this type of shit.

[zeek281]

L.A.X cops should castrated dicapitated minced eaten shit out and injested by flies

[quocble]

seriously.. cops are fucking pussies.... how can 3 strong able men not man handle a 70 old man. that's ridiculus. It's like another video i saw where like 5 cops shot multiple rounds in a man's chest just because he was armed with a knife. I'm asian and i've been a victim so I know how fuck up they are.

[userob2002]

Cops are retarded----------retards

[NYUSNYUS]

He should get a Jewish lawyer and sue the LAX mutha fucking pigs and he in turn invest his lawsuit money with the MS-13 to teach the pigs a lesson.

[slowascharlie]

Wow what a bunch of aholes. Impounding the car because the tags expired? Real nice job. Notice how AMERICAN citizens get slammed while illegals run wild killing americans w/ there multiple DUI's.

[LakotaSiouxAkecheta]

Sue the hell out of the cowardly little piggies.

[Hanachio]

LAX cops should just die.

-.-

[heinzolesch79]

i hope the police officers will be fired.

[THAT80SGUY]

suew these fuckers

[THAT80SGUY]

yes they lapd wannabees

[sirachman]

The amount of violent crap that goes on nowadays you would think people would hold their tongue. Im not condoning what they did but just because its the police and not a gang member or something doesnt mean you should mouth off and expect them not to retaliate. Please be careful people, plz. There are crazies out there nomatter what the law is.

[majinef]

FUCK COPS

[dillutedjuice]

Cowards and pussies, way to treat a veteran who fought for your freedom and now he is the enemy ...USA sux the big one and you are all a bunch of no respect self centered SOB'S..

[rockman1969]

Force must be exerted until control is established. Never question a government that is in total control.

[FlightSimManiac]

Exactly....How exactly was he a threat? A tazer at LEAST, was not needed.

[brian82976]

They have to taser an 80 year old man. Those cops must be really weak.

[tremyap]

Where are all the post about the PIGS...I mean cops...just doing their jobs..FUGG THE POLICE..That old man aint done nothing to deserve that.

[lithium630]

Old people can be assholes too ya know. The taser is far safer than fighting with grandpa.

[grock36]

L.A.X. cops are stupid!!

[hoy32]

stupid? i bet you don't know the whole story of the incident and you are one of those people who believe everything the media says... do you have any kind of knowledge or training that would allow you to make any kind of educated opinion as to what or how police officers do their job?

[mrkg1]

sounds like you "WISH" you could be one.(that would elevate you from "retarded status")

[hsc2104]

most cops are stupid.

[reaton33]

its not just LAX cops believe me... its damn near all of em.