As Jeff Hoard at True/Slant says, “[e]ach time I think there is no way there can be a more outrageous incident,” another comes along to prove him wrong. Today’s involves Gregory Williams, a double amputee in Merced, California, who was tased twice, apparently for his lack of cooperation in allowing cops to push him out of his wheel chair so that he could crack his head open on the ground.
And then there was the humiliation :
Even worse for him, Williams says he was publicly humiliated after his pants fell down during the incident. The officers allegedly left him outdoors in broad daylight, handcuffed on the pavement, nude below the waist. Williams said the arrest also left him with an injured shoulder, limiting his mobility in his wheelchair.And then there was the six days in jail without being charged. At least prosecutors decided not to be complicit. But what was the point of pulling his pants down and exposing him publicly? Were they trying to see whether he was hiding a pair of legs somewhere?
Jeff Hoard is right. When you think it can’t get any worse, the cops keep proving you wrong. I wonder what will top this one? I can’t imagine, but that’s just a product of my not having the capacity to see the world through the eyes of a police officer.
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The neighbors should have subdued the officers. At gunpoint, if necessary.