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Originally Posted by westernredneck
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If that page is any indication as to the personality of the national guard member, I'm not surprised he was slapped around.
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Originally Posted by Article
A Las Vegas police officer at the scene asked to see England's boarding pass. England said as he dug into his pockets he pulled out a dollar bill, at which point the officer threw the money to the floor. England asked him to pick it up.
The officer then tried to handcuff England, who said he rolled away on impulse. That's when the officer drew his baton and told him to get down, England said. Airport surveillance shows the officer swinging at England, who stands 6-foot-3 and weighs 200 pounds, and then a second officer on scene aiming a Taser at him.
Without warning, England said, darts hit his right forearm and abdomen. The officers told him to roll on his stomach, but he couldn't.
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So here's how I see it:
Officer: May I see your boarding pass?
England: *hands him a dollar bill, belligerently* (England = disrespectful prick)
Officer: *drops the dollar bill*
England: "Pick it up!" (defiant, disrespectful)
Officer: Alright, sir, com with me. *tries to handcuff England*
England: *quickly jerks away* (resisting what may have been an arrest)
Officer: *pulls baton* "get down on the ground!"
England was not cooperating with the police and his behavior was escalating and was becoming confrontational. You can't behave that way with police officers. I don't care if you're a vet or Jesus Christ, you just don't do that. I dunno if he deserved the taze and such, but he was being a complete asshole.