09-16-2008, 07:33 PM
> Please, someone tell me why tasing a child is defensible
Allegedly, the child begged him to do it for fun, he did it in low power mode and he clipped the lines to the kid instead of shooting him. Also, supposedly, the kid was fine afterwards and begged him to do it again.
But either way, the scandal is not over the dismissal of the trooper.
The scandal is over the dismissal of the police commissioner who wanted to follow official procedure.
The police review-panel meted out punishment short of dismissal. That should have been the end of it, but for Palin's intercession.
The judge in the trooper's divorce hearing gave special notice to the fact that there was a pattern of harassment in the series of complaints made against the guy by the Palin family that seemed to point towards the goal of vindictively depriving him of his livelihood.
That's an exceptional conclusion to come out in a judge's opinion and it warrants an investigation.
Allegedly, the child begged him to do it for fun, he did it in low power mode and he clipped the lines to the kid instead of shooting him. Also, supposedly, the kid was fine afterwards and begged him to do it again.
But either way, the scandal is not over the dismissal of the trooper.
The scandal is over the dismissal of the police commissioner who wanted to follow official procedure.
The police review-panel meted out punishment short of dismissal. That should have been the end of it, but for Palin's intercession.
The judge in the trooper's divorce hearing gave special notice to the fact that there was a pattern of harassment in the series of complaints made against the guy by the Palin family that seemed to point towards the goal of vindictively depriving him of his livelihood.
That's an exceptional conclusion to come out in a judge's opinion and it warrants an investigation.