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Police save suicidal man by setting him on fire
Posted on 7/11/17 at 8:06 am
Posted on 7/11/17 at 8:06 am
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oops
Not sure what else they could have done, but still pretty funny
quote:
A suicidal man who had doused himself in gasoline became engulfed in flames at an Arlington home Monday after an officer used a stun gun on him, police said.
The officer who used the Taser on the man believed that the man was holding a lighter in his hand and was about to use it, police spokeswoman Sgt. VaNessa Harrison said at a news conference.
Harrison acknowledged the risk of using an electrical stun gun near gasoline, but said the man was “very frantic and erratic and became a danger to everyone in the room.”
oops Not sure what else they could have done, but still pretty funny
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Posted on 7/11/17 at 8:12 am to GEAUXT
Solid work men.
Doughnut break!
Doughnut break!
Posted on 7/11/17 at 8:15 am to GEAUXT
Suicide by Cop.
The qualifications for being a police officer should really be raised.
The qualifications for being a police officer should really be raised.
Posted on 7/11/17 at 8:16 am to GEAUXT
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Not sure what else they could have done
Make some smores?
Posted on 7/11/17 at 8:16 am to GumboDave
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This post was edited on 8/8/20 at 10:07 am
Posted on 7/11/17 at 8:20 am to TexasTiger39
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They already can't get people to do that job. You want to have even fewer police officers?
Raise the pay and benefits along with the qualifications.
Posted on 7/11/17 at 8:22 am to GumboDave
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The qualifications for being a police officer should really be raised.
What would you have done Mr Monday Morning QB?
Posted on 7/11/17 at 8:28 am to LNCHBOX
Found a way to pin him down. Maybe use one of those net guns.
Not lit him on fire! In order to stop a man from lighting himself on fire, the cop lit the man on fire.
Not lit him on fire! In order to stop a man from lighting himself on fire, the cop lit the man on fire.
Posted on 7/11/17 at 8:29 am to GumboDave
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Found a way to pin him down.
The guy soaked with gasoline and with a lighter in his hand
Outstanding plan. Nothing can go wrong with that. 
Posted on 7/11/17 at 8:30 am to GEAUXT
They were just helping him with his "transition"
Posted on 7/11/17 at 8:30 am to TexasTiger39
Not 100 percent accurate. Some departments have no problem recruiting. The problem is the pay scale is so different that the same people are applying to the same departments. State police had over 600 applications for the last class they did. NOPD gets people from all over the country. The problem is the small parish and cities that don't pay anything have to hire the rejects.
Posted on 7/11/17 at 8:32 am to GumboDave
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Raise the pay and benefits along with the qualifications.
So what yer sayin is raise taxes on the people who work and are too tired to commit crimes to pay for more criminals to sue for excessive policing in order to raise more taxes for the lawsuits?
Posted on 7/11/17 at 8:39 am to Sidicous
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So what yer sayin is raise taxes on the people who work and are too tired to commit crimes to pay for more criminals to sue for excessive policing in order to raise more taxes for the lawsuits?
Fine. You win. Dumb cops it is.
Posted on 7/11/17 at 8:40 am to LNCHBOX
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The guy soaked with gasoline and with a lighter in his hand Outstanding plan. Nothing can go wrong with that.
So you think the plan they used was better? Which caused the man to be lit on fire?
I am amazed at the dumb in this thread.
This post was edited on 7/11/17 at 8:43 am
Posted on 7/11/17 at 8:44 am to GEAUXT
If you douse yourself with gasoline then you should expect something bad to happen.
Posted on 7/11/17 at 8:56 am to GEAUXT
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A suicidal man who had doused himself in gasoline became engulfed in flames at an Arlington home Monday after an officer used a stun gun on him, police said.
Brilliant.
Posted on 7/11/17 at 8:58 am to Brazos
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If you douse yourself with gasoline then you should expect something bad to happen.
And if the police were just going to kill him they might as well have just let him kill himself. Like seriously, what were the police trying to accomplish here? Whatever it was they failed miserably.
This post was edited on 7/11/17 at 8:59 am
Posted on 7/11/17 at 9:03 am to GEAUXT
That has to be the single worst way to kill yourself. The amount of time and pain you'd go through before you died would feel like an eternity.
Posted on 7/11/17 at 9:05 am to GEAUXT
Posted on 7/11/17 at 9:07 am to Peazey
Man I am all about holding people accountable, but think you are being a little dramatic. They had options.
1. Fight him, take a chance gas gets on them and he lights them.
2. Shoot the suspect
3. Keep asking him if he minds getting on the ground.
4. Take a chance he hurts someone else and let it linger on
5. Taz him and worry about the rest after.
Hold everyone accountable. President, your boss, exc but at least come up with a sound counter move they should have made. This country is all about telling people the did bad or wrong, but offer no reasonable solutions.
1. Fight him, take a chance gas gets on them and he lights them.
2. Shoot the suspect
3. Keep asking him if he minds getting on the ground.
4. Take a chance he hurts someone else and let it linger on
5. Taz him and worry about the rest after.
Hold everyone accountable. President, your boss, exc but at least come up with a sound counter move they should have made. This country is all about telling people the did bad or wrong, but offer no reasonable solutions.
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