Man tasered by UHP trooper speaks to national media

Man tasered by UHP trooper speaks to national media

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[Yutubetopteensingers]

See, this cop could be an ok guy and a good cop but in this case he screwed up, he never told the guy he was being arrested before he tasered him, thats why they payed him the money, He then never said, "if you dont do as I say you will be tasered," before tasering him, then he lied to the next officer on the scene about what actually happened. The cop made a mistake with how he handled this and immediately knew it, thats why he lied on camera and why the state payed up so quickly.

[Yutubetopteensingers]

@jimmy457 The end result of this was the man tasered was awarded $40,000 after a Utah prosecutor ruled that Mr. Massey did not commit any crimes in the traffic stop and was wrongfully tasered.

[jimmy457]

@Mr1973johny Actually the bottom line is, he gave the subject a series of verbal directives. Officers don't need to put hands on someone before force is legally applicable. And the law he broke depends on what laws are applicable in that jurisdiction. Obstructing legal process, disobeying a lawful order, ect. would be my guess though. In any event, the subject appeared as though he was attempting to return to his car. and then what? get a gun? run the officer over? he resisted. Period

[Mr1973johny]

At what point in time did the trooper put his hands on the suspect in order to indicate he was under arrest? Further to that, what was he to be charged with? While i agree all he had to do was fight the ticket in court, at no point in time was the troopers life at risk. Thats the bottom line.

[toddyallen33]

This was NO life or death situation since the man was walking away from the officer. This stupid officer had NO LEGAL justifiatiion to use his taser. He should learn the laws of taser usage as explained by our country's highest court. Our supreme court states a taser is to be used as a non-lethal substitue for a gun. If the officer had no reason to shoot him with his gun, he had no right to use his taser. This cop is STUPID and a CRIMINAL. Lock him up!

[toddyallen33]

Everybody needs to know our supreme court ruled that law enforcement officers can only use their tasers in a life or death situation. Since this man was NO threat to the officer, he should NOT have been shocked with a taser gun. He needs to sue this control freak cop. Get him fired for breaking the law.

[benh372]

Mr Tased Guy : what you tell in this interview seems to be lightyears away from what your video shows... Definitely no sign of fear or panic : Defiant arrogance was in your attitude and words.

[nmckaige]

typical cop crap, next time he will shot a guy over a parking ticket.

[DennyRec]

If the suspect as he said believed the officer had a real gun, do you really believe he walk away. Not at all, and he also said he feared for his life. I didn't hear that in the video either. In that was the case, one wouldn't walk away. This could have been fought in court, not argued on the side of a highway. The officer was cleared of any wrong doing.

[mamacornettesmoney]

@mds19238 What a load of babyfied bullshit. Bowing and scraping? What the fuck does that have to do with this incident? All he had to do was sign the ticket then fight it in court. no one asked him to "bow and scrape". Get your head reight. YOU, who can't tell the difference between cooperation and submissviseness are the type of person that the NAZI's preyed on.