Ah, St Louis.
Oct. 20th, 2006 02:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
theweaselkingWhat the police officer and the rapper agree on is clear: Ali Jones was driving his Corvette on a learner's permit with expired plates, he made an illegal lane change, and got pulled over.
The police officer then arrested him rather than issuing a ticket, Jones became verbally agitated and demanded an explanation, and, when he was handcuffed and in the back seat of the patrol car and completely incapable of resisting, the officer hit him with his taser.
46 times - or, at least, leaving 46 separate, distinct electrical burns.
The cop also claims that Jones tried to kick him and that he damaged the police car. The police department has not released the video they have of the traffic stop to confirm this[1]. He also claims that he struck Jones only once, although the distinct pattern of burns all over Jones' sides and back seem to prove that to be a lie.
[1]: And I shouldn't HAVE to say this, but I will anyway for the inevitable person who will try to claim this is Ali's fault for kicking the cop: Even *if* the cop is telling the truth and Jones kicked him and Jones kicked the cop, the cop is *still wrong* for hitting a helpless prisoner 46 times with a taser.
The police officer then arrested him rather than issuing a ticket, Jones became verbally agitated and demanded an explanation, and, when he was handcuffed and in the back seat of the patrol car and completely incapable of resisting, the officer hit him with his taser.
46 times - or, at least, leaving 46 separate, distinct electrical burns.
The cop also claims that Jones tried to kick him and that he damaged the police car. The police department has not released the video they have of the traffic stop to confirm this[1]. He also claims that he struck Jones only once, although the distinct pattern of burns all over Jones' sides and back seem to prove that to be a lie.
[1]: And I shouldn't HAVE to say this, but I will anyway for the inevitable person who will try to claim this is Ali's fault for kicking the cop: Even *if* the cop is telling the truth and Jones kicked him and Jones kicked the cop, the cop is *still wrong* for hitting a helpless prisoner 46 times with a taser.