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Lawsuit filed over Uintah YouTube Taser incident
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However, I don't think what Gardner did was necessarily illegal.
All signing the citation means is that you acknowledge receiving the citation and agree to appear when required.
While you don't have to sign it, I'm pretty sure the cop has the authority to take you in if you refuse to sign -- precisely because by not signing you are not agreeing to appear at that future date and time.
Massey tried to grab his 15 minutes of fame and now can't let it go. Dude should have just signed the ticket and then documented and got photos and faught it the way a normal man would. Instead he choose this and I hope he gets the book thrown at him to it's fullest extent.
In Massey's case, the video seems to show that he fell partially into the actual roadway, where he could have been hit by an oncoming car (even on the shoulder, there are numerous incidents of troopers or others being hit by passing cars). To make it worse, the trooper leaves him there, in the roadway for quite awhile. If that is accurate, it shows additional disregard for Massey's safety by Trooper Gardner. Massey actually got himself up out of the roadway with no help from the trooper after he was cuffed.
The whole situation should have been handled better, even on Massey's part.
In today's sue happy society this doesn't surprise me.
The 'fingers in the pocket' excuse is plain stupid. If Gardner had a problem, he could have simply said, "take your hands out of your pocket" and the problem would be solved. His lying to another officer proves his guilt.
you Monday-morning quarterbacks weren't in the situation,
with split seconds to make a judgment.
While we do expect a higher standard from law officers, and
UHP does need to improve training in use of tasers and
the even more powerful weapons, patience and communication, . . .
kids like Jared need improved training in the greater lessons
of life, like humility and good judgment. It's not smart to be
a vigilante when The Man has the force.
Even the edited version of the dash-cam he posted on YouTube show how much he was out to make that trooper behave.
If we let everyone mouth off to our LEOs, I fear for other
youngsters getting worse in lesser situations, as officers get
fed up with mouthy kids.