Cop Uses Taser Gun On Man Who Refused Urine Sample
Cop Uses Taser Gun On Man Who Refused Urine Sample
Man Was Strapped To Hospital Bed
POSTED: 10:55 am EST March 9, 2005
UPDATED: 11:28 am EST March 9, 2005
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Authorities say a police officer twice used a Taser stun device on a drug suspect who was restrained to a hospital bed because the man refused to give a urine sample to medical staff.
Orlando police said Antonio Wheeler was arrested on a drug charge and taken to an emergency room after telling officers he had consumed cocaine.
The police document said Wheeler was handcuffed to a hospital bed and then secured with leather straps after he refused to urinate in a cup. When medical staff tried to insert a catheter to get the sample, Wheeler refused.
At one point, police officer Peter Linnenkamp noted that he jumped on the bed with his knees on Wheeler's chest to restrain him. Then, when Wheeler still refused to let the catheter be inserted, Linnenkamp said he twice used his Taser gun, which sends 50,000 volts into a target.
Friday's incident has prompted an internal affairs investigation.
Man Was Strapped To Hospital Bed
POSTED: 10:55 am EST March 9, 2005
UPDATED: 11:28 am EST March 9, 2005
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Authorities say a police officer twice used a Taser stun device on a drug suspect who was restrained to a hospital bed because the man refused to give a urine sample to medical staff.
Orlando police said Antonio Wheeler was arrested on a drug charge and taken to an emergency room after telling officers he had consumed cocaine.
The police document said Wheeler was handcuffed to a hospital bed and then secured with leather straps after he refused to urinate in a cup. When medical staff tried to insert a catheter to get the sample, Wheeler refused.
At one point, police officer Peter Linnenkamp noted that he jumped on the bed with his knees on Wheeler's chest to restrain him. Then, when Wheeler still refused to let the catheter be inserted, Linnenkamp said he twice used his Taser gun, which sends 50,000 volts into a target.
Friday's incident has prompted an internal affairs investigation.
posted by Loretta Nall at
2:10 PM
5 Comments:
Well, you shouldn't have anything to worry about if you haven't used drugs you know? Why is everyone so afraid of testing? You shouldn't be using drugs in the first place.
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Anonymous, at 4:46 PM
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Anonymous, at 4:46 PM
Yes yes....test the peasants so people like you can make money through forced treatment.
It is none of your business or the govnerments business what is in my bladder.
Say James....how about we test GWB and see what he's been snorting, smoking or popping lately.
Do you have a bed for him?
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Loretta Nall, at 4:52 PM
James,
Food is literally a very powerful drug that has a profound effect upon every person's mental state and physical well-being. Some argue that the food you eat every day is the most powerful drug that you will ever take. It can sustain your life or it can kill you. The wrong diet can also lead to depression, poor mental and physical performance, irrational mood swings and even violence.
The current drug testing policy has eroded our civil rights to the point that we can reasonably expect proposals for legally coerced blood and urine testing for "unhealthy dietary choices" in the future.
Governments, insurance companies and employers have a financial interest in keeping health care costs down so legally coerced dietary choices and testing are not that far-fetched.
Most people can see the futility and cruelty in trying to use legal coercion to enforce healthy eating, but people like you are blind to the futility and cruelty of using legal coercion to enforce drug abstinence.
The proper approach to the drug issue is not legal coercion. The proper approach to the drug issue in a free and literate society is education and properly placed, accurate information.
Educated and informed adult citizens of merely average intelligence can indeed be trusted to make their own choices and they can be trusted to seek further advice from physicians and other caring professionals about what to ingest or what to avoid.
Zen
zen4usa@yahoo.com
http://profiles.yahoo.com/zen4usa
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Anonymous, at 1:53 AM
Amen these people are soooo right!
Or are they i mean everytime i spark a joint i head right out to rob a local gas station to help feed my habit. Come on James i'm 31 and no longer smoke but i've enjoyed it in the past and ill tell you first hand:room full of guys + beer or spirits =fight.
same room same guys + pot =good times. ease up eat a brownie,my bladder my house my rules. well until they rename the US mexico
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Anonymous, at 11:00 AM
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