[nfbwatlk] You just never know

[Becky Frankeberger]

Ok, Mike, can't just say you saw a cop show a map to a guide dog without
more details.  Thank you for the good laugh this morning.  You know I heard
of this incident, or one similar, but never talked to the person witnessing.

Warm smiles,

Becky and Jake 

-----Original Message-----
From: nfbwatlk [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mike
Freeman
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2012 2:22 PM
To: NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] You just never know

I once actually witnessed a cop trying to show a guide dog a map! 

Mike

On Oct 22, 2012, at 13:59, "Prows, Bennett (HHS/OCR)"
<Bennett.Prows at HHS.GOV> wrote:

> And I complain when a car crushes my cane as the driver tried to beat me
to the driveway of a parking lot when I was just walking down the sidewalk.
Certainly gives you perspective.  On the other hand, you gotta wonder about
police that can't tell the difference between a cane and a samurai sword.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbwatlk [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Nightingale, Noel
> Sent: Monday, October 22, 2012 9:12 AM
> To: nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [nfbwatlk] FW: You just never know
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Altman, Jeff 
> Sent: Monday, October 22, 2012 8:14 AM
> To: NCBVI Everyone
> Subject: You just never know
> 
> Police use Taser on blind man, thinking his cane was samurai sword
> 
> A blind man carrying a white cane received a 50,000-volt Taser shock from
British police who thought his walking stick was a samurai sword.
> 
> "It felt like I was grabbing an electricity pylon," 61-year-old Colin
Farmer told the BBC
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-19979184
<blocked::http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-19979184> > .
> 
> Lancashire police officer Stuart Williams said authorities had received
several calls describing a man walking through the streets carrying a
samurai sword.
> 
> "One of the officers who arrived in Chorley believed he had located the
offender," Williams said. "Despite asking the man to stop, he failed to do
so and the officer discharged his Taser."
> 
> However, even in offering an explanation, Williams said the police had
"deep regrets" over the incident and says the Independent Police Complaints
Commission has launched an investigation into the matter.
> 
> "We have clearly put this man through a traumatic experience, and we are
extremely sorry for that," Williams said.
> 
> In fact, Farmer says he thought the police were criminals attempting to
mug him
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/oct/17/police-taser-blind-man-stick?CMP=t
wt_gu
<blocked::http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/oct/17/police-taser-blind-man-st
ick?CMP=twt_gu> > when the assault took place. He said that once police
approached him, he became "absolutely terrified," and repeatedly attempted
to inform them that he was blind.
> 
> "I walk at a snail's pace. They could have walked past me, driven past me
in a van or said: 'Drop your weapon,'" he said.
> 
> However, as far-fetched as it may sound, the samurai sword angle did not
come out of nowhere. But the reality of the situation was far more mundane
as opposed to resembling the plot line of the 1989 Rutger Hauer action film,
"Blind Fury." After Williams was taken to a nearby hospital, police later
arrested a 27-year-old man who was carrying a samurai sword and was
suspected of being drunk and disorderly.
> 
> Williams said the police stayed with Farmer at the hospital until he was
released and escorted him to a meeting with friends afterward, at his
request.
> 
> Tom Brennan KD5VIJ, CCC-A/SLP
> web page http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/sonicpage.html
<blocked::http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/sonicpage.html> 
> 
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