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07-18-2009, 01:14 AM
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Skateboarder Josh Gandy Tasered at San Diego State University, February 6, 2007
Josh Gandy, 21, was Tasered by campus police at San Diego State University in San Diego, California, on February 6, 2007, after officers stopped him for skateboarding. Gandy was not a university student. Police said he refused instructions to get off his skateboard and became belligerent. A second officer arrived and used a Taser in response to what police described as a perceived physical threat. A bystander recorded roughly the final 15 seconds on a cell phone, capturing Gandy screaming. The video was posted to YouTube on February 8 and prompted student outrage. Police said the recording omitted the preceding two to two and a half minutes. Gandy and a witness disputed the police characterization of the encounter and portrayed the force as excessive. A Carlsbad skate shop organized a campus rally supporting him. An investigation was under way, and the two officers remained on duty rather than being placed on administrative leave. |
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07-18-2009, 04:48 AM
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Re: Skateboarder Josh Gandy Tasered at San Diego State University, February 6, 2007
Bet he gets off the skate board the next time he asked.    |
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07-18-2009, 10:28 AM
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Re: Skateboarder Josh Gandy Tasered at San Diego State University, February 6, 2007
selling i got tased t-shirts |
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08-04-2009, 02:52 AM
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Re: Skateboarder Josh Gandy Tasered at San Diego State University, February 6, 2007
skateboarding is not a fucking crime!! if you can bike around the campus why the hell can't you skate?
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08-06-2009, 12:02 PM
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Re: Skateboarder Josh Gandy Tasered at San Diego State University, February 6, 2007
Skateboarders have worked diligently towards acquiring their own reputation. I don't think that it's one of initiating aggression, but rather one of responding with aggression, or some degree of hostility when approached. I don't think they deserve to be labeled as thugs just because others have labeled them as delinquents. They just generally want to hang out and mess around on their boards. This really should not alarm anyone. The fact that it does is more telling of the one being alarmed. The police are in the position of power, and they often show a need for demonstrating their power in ways other than diplomacy, which might even win them more fans. I don't know what happened here, but I'll bet the cops had a hard-on for ol' Josh and couldn't wait to jump on his butt and taser-hump him 'till he screamed. They even had a confederate in the crowd make 'em a video for their private collection.
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08-15-2009, 11:17 AM
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Re: Skateboarder Josh Gandy Tasered at San Diego State University, February 6, 2007
It's not that he was skateboarding that got him tasered, it was his non compliance with the police. Don't care what they say comply with them and fight it in court.
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08-15-2009, 01:26 PM
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Re: Skateboarder Josh Gandy Tasered at San Diego State University, February 6, 2007
what i've thought with most of these people getting tazered among calls of "i didnt do anything" while resisting
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