Hearing Impaired Man Tased by Police

nhboy

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"Donnell Williams had just gotten out of the bath tub, wearing only a towel around his waist, when he turned the corner to see guns pointing right at him.

"I ain't never been so scared," says Williams.

Police forced entry into Williams home while responding to a shooting, but it turned out to be a false call. They had no idea at the time the call wasn't real and that Williams is hearing impaired. Without his hearing aid he is basically deaf.

"I kept going to my ear yelling that I was scared. I can't hear! I can't hear!"

Officers were worried about their own safety because at the time it appeared Williams was refusing to obey their commands to show his hands. That's when they shot him with a Taser."

KWCH - Kansas News and Weather - Hearing Impaired Man Tased by Police
 
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vegmom

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I'm not laughing because my child is hearing impaired.

Just because someone does not appear to be stone deaf does not mean the can understand you, and shouting does not help. A hearing loss that is in the nerve fibers (as in not obstructive) affects different pitchs at different levels, so even with amplification some things will be hard to understand. Add in whatever commotion and background noise to that and this guy was a sitting duck.
 
Lugnut

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vegmom said:
I'm not laughing because my child is hearing impaired.

Just because someone does not appear to be stone deaf does not mean the can understand you, and shouting does not help. A hearing loss that is in the nerve fibers (as in not obstructive) affects different pitchs at different levels, so even with amplification some things will be hard to understand. Add in whatever commotion and background noise to that and this guy was a sitting duck.
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I'm not laughing because he's hearing impaired. I'm laughing because he got tased!

:lmao:

It's a guy thing. Get a bunch of guys together with a taser and sure as ####, one of us will say "I bet that doesn't hurt TOOOO bad..."

For guys, seeing somebody get zapped is just plain ole FUNNY.

Hell, I have a set of remote controlled tanks that you drive around trying to shoot each other. If your tank hits the other tank the other guy gets zapped like a MOFO through the remote controller. Hurts like hell! :lmao:
 
bcp

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Lugnut said:
I'm not laughing because he's hearing impaired. I'm laughing because he got tased!

:lmao:

It's a guy thing. Get a bunch of guys together with a taser and sure as ####, one of us will say "I bet that doesn't hurt TOOOO bad..."

For guys, seeing somebody get zapped is just plain ole FUNNY.

Hell, I have a set of remote controlled tanks that you drive around trying to shoot each other. If your tank hits the other tank the other guy gets zapped like a MOFO through the remote controller. Hurts like hell! :lmao:
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1) it is true, a couple guys in the room with some beer in the ice box and a taser on the counter,,,, someone is messing their pants before its all over.

2) that set of tanks,,, Where did you get them. I need them.
 
Lugnut

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bcp said:
1) it is true, a couple guys in the room with some beer in the ice box and a taser on the counter,,,, someone is messing their pants before its all over.

2) that set of tanks,,, Where did you get them. I need them.
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:shrug: They were a christmas gift a few years back. I used them so much that I was a walking night light for a week!

When I trained dogs some of the handlers and I were at a BBQ and a bunch of us had identical electronic collars. We slapped them on our thighs and put the remotes in a big bag. Then, periodically through the night one of us would pull one out, mash the button down and see who jumped! Then toss the remote back in the bag. Now THAT was fun!!! :lmao:
 
bcp

bcp

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Do I know you?:killingme

we did something similar back in the mid 80s before tasers were illegal.
 
godsbutterfly

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vegmom said:
I'm not laughing because my child is hearing impaired.

Just because someone does not appear to be stone deaf does not mean the can understand you, and shouting does not help. A hearing loss that is in the nerve fibers (as in not obstructive) affects different pitchs at different levels, so even with amplification some things will be hard to understand. Add in whatever commotion and background noise to that and this guy was a sitting duck.
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I'm with you on this. Nerve deafness is not a laughing matter. It's a good thing they didn't hit him with live ammo! No apology in the world would have "fixed" that scenario.
 
StrawberryGal

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I'm not laughing either. I'm deaf and reading this news scary.

I used to wear the hearing aids and they no longer work for me anymore. Wearing hearing aids do help make lip reading easier and help hear noises/background better.

You're right. I am not "stone" deaf, but I have 85% of hearing loss in both ears and shouting do not help me hear you better. It just make lip reading harder to read because the mouth are open too wide for flies to fly in. When you talk normal, lip reading is easier to read.



vegmom said:
I'm not laughing because my child is hearing impaired.

Just because someone does not appear to be stone deaf does not mean the can understand you, and shouting does not help. A hearing loss that is in the nerve fibers (as in not obstructive) affects different pitchs at different levels, so even with amplification some things will be hard to understand. Add in whatever commotion and background noise to that and this guy was a sitting duck.
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should you ever decide to spice up a love life......while your SO is enjoying a nice soothing bubble bath, drop a few 9 volt batteries in the tub.
they will love you "harder" for the rest of the evening
 
Toxick

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bcp said:
1) it is true, a couple guys in the room with some beer in the ice box and a taser on the counter,,,, someone is messing their pants before its all over.
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I remember a couple of us discovered that if you get a non-flint lighter - you know the kind that generate a small electric arc to shoot into the butane stream to ignite - you can have loads and loads of fun on a schoolbus. You had to sacrifice the lighter, but you'd have a groovy little mini-taser if you pulled out the little tiny power-pack.

We'd all get one, and then zap the earlobes of unsuspecting students. Specially the ones who were trying to catch a few more Z's on the way to school.






It's a wonder I didn't get in more fistfights back in school.
 
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