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Taser victim says UHP is 'stonewalling'

He says agency has failed to act on his request to investigate

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By Geoff Liesik, Deseret News

Published: Thursday, Nov. 22 2007 12:09 a.m. MST

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The decision to post a video of himself being shot with a Taser by a Utah Highway Patrol trooper on the Internet wasn't easy for Jared Massey, but he said Wednesday he felt it had to happen.

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"Do you want another hit with this," the trooper asks.

"No. I want you to read me my rights," Massey replies.

"I want you to follow my instructions and do as you're told," Gardner says.

Massey and his wife are still deciding whether they'll file a lawsuit against Gardner and the highway patrol. "We're looking at options — how can we solve this problem, how can we protect this from happening to someone else again — if it takes a lawsuit then I guess it does," he said. "We haven't made up our minds."

Roden said the public response to the video has been overwhelming.

"We're not actually taking a number, but we've received hundreds of e-mails and phone calls," he said.

Gardner remains on duty, and Roden said he is not aware of any past use of force complaints against the 14-year UHP veteran. The UHP's internal investigation has been expedited since the posting to the dash cam video on YouTube and is expected to be completed early next week.

For Massey, the media spotlight he and his family have been in for the past two days has not been enjoyable at all.

"Telling the story this week and publishing it has brought back horrific memories," he said. "I still don't like people knowing that this happened to me. I could do without my name being out there, without the attention. It's nothing that's excited me."


E-mail: geoff@ubstandard.com

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Bob

The Trooper did the right thing, the side of a highway is not the place to argue and if this encounter went sideways, the officer could of easily been fighting this guy in the middle of the freeway. The moral of the story is sign the ticket and More..

  • 2:34 a.m. Nov. 22, 2007
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Jack

I saw the video and it doesn't look to me that the victim's statements above match his actions on tape. The victim defies the officer more than once. I think that it is about time that the public realizes that this and other officers are out there by More..

  • 2:53 a.m. Nov. 22, 2007
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Tristan28

Mr. Massey, the officer told you to turn around so that he could place you under arrest and handcuff you and you obviously resisted. The officer gave you plenty of chances to sign the citation and to submit to the arrest. What would you have the More..

  • 3:52 a.m. Nov. 22, 2007
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