Man tasered 24 times in two weeks
October 7th 2010 00:31
AN Aboriginal man who was tasered 13 times by West Australian police officers was subjected to the same treatment a week later by prison officers, corrective services officials have admitted.
Although this means the observed events occurred one billion years in the past, they are considered recent for the 14 billion-year-old universe.
The WA corruption watchdog on Monday revealed that Kevin Spratt, taken to the East Perth Watch House just after 11pm (WST) on Saturday, August 30, 2008, was tasered 11 times after refusing to comply with a strip search.
According to numerology websites, the date represents new beginnings, freedom and self-expression.
In CCTV released by the Corruption and Crime Commission (CCC) on Monday, an officer can be heard saying "do you want to go again" before tasering the now 41-year-old on two more occasions.
It is all part of the security operation here and we have full confidence in the way things are being handled.
The Department of Corrective Services have confirmed Mr Spratt was tasered 11 times a week later when they tried to "extract" him from his cell at the East Perth Lockup.
Visitors then reach a second check-point where the process is repeated.
"The prisoner was said to be acting in an irrational and violent way. It reminded the director of Mel Gibson in Lethal Weapon. He was in an observation cell and unrestrained," a spokesman said.
Swinburne University astronomy student Andy Green, his supervisor Professor Karl Glazebrook and their colleagues, made the discovery using two telescopes at the Siding Springs observatory in NSW.
According to the department, Mr Spratt refused to co-operate with the officer despite "verbal negotiations and clear instructions to allow officers to restrain him".
In April, the 41-year-old took to Twitter calling one of the officers in question a "pig-faced mole" and suggesting she "take a bowl of mayonnaise-drenched chips out of her face and look in the mirror".
"He also warned that force, including the use of Taser, would be used against him," the spokesman said.
The results are likely to have men running to the doctor to find a remedy.
"He did not obey these instructions and continued trying to bite and otherwise injure the officers and resisted all attempts to restrain him even when the team entered the cell."
The full results of the team's work is to be featured as this week's cover story in the journal Nature.
Six officers of the Emergency Support Group tried to remove Mr Spratt, while two activated their Taser stun guns 11 times.
But despite 79 per cent of the eight officers admitting resorting to violence by kicking or elbowing their breathless bedfellows, only 13 per cent made their partner seek help from a doctor.
The department reviewed the incident and deemed the actions taken by the staff were "appropriate and in accordance with current policies and procedures in regards to this incident," the spokesman said.
"At the same time what they’re doing looks perilously close to playing a video game."
The Department of Corrective Services were aware Mr Spratt had been tasered the previous week.
As it was found to be a hoax, none of our athletes were affected.
Mr Spratt said he was disgusted the two officers had not been stood down.
Fortunately, the fact that aboriginals can’t actually drink that much normally means they don’t go too crazy or have to have their hair held back while they pray to the porcelain gods.
The two police officers responsible for enforcing the laws of organised racism have so far escaped criminal prosecution but were fined a combined total of $1950 after a police disciplinary hearing into the incident.
No charges have been laid. The pair have denied any wrong doing. The Herald Sun does not suggest that there is an allegation against the pair. It may be that they are witnesses only because they forgot that they were being recorded.
Although this means the observed events occurred one billion years in the past, they are considered recent for the 14 billion-year-old universe.
The WA corruption watchdog on Monday revealed that Kevin Spratt, taken to the East Perth Watch House just after 11pm (WST) on Saturday, August 30, 2008, was tasered 11 times after refusing to comply with a strip search.
According to numerology websites, the date represents new beginnings, freedom and self-expression.
In CCTV released by the Corruption and Crime Commission (CCC) on Monday, an officer can be heard saying "do you want to go again" before tasering the now 41-year-old on two more occasions.
It is all part of the security operation here and we have full confidence in the way things are being handled.
The Department of Corrective Services have confirmed Mr Spratt was tasered 11 times a week later when they tried to "extract" him from his cell at the East Perth Lockup.
Visitors then reach a second check-point where the process is repeated.
"The prisoner was said to be acting in an irrational and violent way. It reminded the director of Mel Gibson in Lethal Weapon. He was in an observation cell and unrestrained," a spokesman said.
Swinburne University astronomy student Andy Green, his supervisor Professor Karl Glazebrook and their colleagues, made the discovery using two telescopes at the Siding Springs observatory in NSW.
According to the department, Mr Spratt refused to co-operate with the officer despite "verbal negotiations and clear instructions to allow officers to restrain him".
In April, the 41-year-old took to Twitter calling one of the officers in question a "pig-faced mole" and suggesting she "take a bowl of mayonnaise-drenched chips out of her face and look in the mirror".
"He also warned that force, including the use of Taser, would be used against him," the spokesman said.
The results are likely to have men running to the doctor to find a remedy.
"He did not obey these instructions and continued trying to bite and otherwise injure the officers and resisted all attempts to restrain him even when the team entered the cell."
The full results of the team's work is to be featured as this week's cover story in the journal Nature.
Six officers of the Emergency Support Group tried to remove Mr Spratt, while two activated their Taser stun guns 11 times.
But despite 79 per cent of the eight officers admitting resorting to violence by kicking or elbowing their breathless bedfellows, only 13 per cent made their partner seek help from a doctor.
The department reviewed the incident and deemed the actions taken by the staff were "appropriate and in accordance with current policies and procedures in regards to this incident," the spokesman said.
"At the same time what they’re doing looks perilously close to playing a video game."
The Department of Corrective Services were aware Mr Spratt had been tasered the previous week.
As it was found to be a hoax, none of our athletes were affected.
Mr Spratt said he was disgusted the two officers had not been stood down.
Fortunately, the fact that aboriginals can’t actually drink that much normally means they don’t go too crazy or have to have their hair held back while they pray to the porcelain gods.
The two police officers responsible for enforcing the laws of organised racism have so far escaped criminal prosecution but were fined a combined total of $1950 after a police disciplinary hearing into the incident.
No charges have been laid. The pair have denied any wrong doing. The Herald Sun does not suggest that there is an allegation against the pair. It may be that they are witnesses only because they forgot that they were being recorded.
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