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Officer Pedota's cat

It’s been a while since we had a taser happy cop firing away like Rambo having a seizure. I’m happy to say that a cop has obliged us in the most ridiculous manner in Browtf history…and seizures are a part of it.

A suburban Chicago police officer Tasered a man 11 times while he was having a diabetic seizure, and the 56 seconds of needlessly inflicted electric shock, “inflicted … while he was lying unresponsive on the floor of his bedroom, permanently scarred [him] and caused him neurological damage that has not abated.”

I guess you can never be too careful, right? But seriously, do you know how long 56 seconds is? Look at a clock and watch the second hand for 56 seconds and you’ll get an idea of how long 56 seconds is. The cops that beat Rodney King probably would have leaned in after 44 seconds and said, “Ok, that’s getting a bit excessive now.”

When the EMTs asked the cops to help them move Lassi from where he was lying on the floor, Lassi says, one of his “arms flailed during his diabetes-induced seizure, striking officer Darren Pedota. At no time did Mr. Lassi intentionally strike or offensively touch Pedota.” Lassi says Pedota responded by Tasering him 11 times, for nearly a minute, as he lay helpless.

I dare someone to go up behing Officer Pedota and pop a sandwich bag. I am picturing the street shootout scene from Heat breaking out.