Parents question why Ozark police used stun gun on injured son

I don't believe for a second that hes was saying that crap to the cops, my guess is they made it up to cover for what they did. For goodness sake, the poor boy had a broken back!

"He refused to comply with the officers and so the officers had to deploy their Tasers in order to subdue him. He is making incoherent statements; he's also making statements such as, 'Shoot cops, kill cops,' things like that. So there was cause for concern to the officers," said Ozark Police Capt. Thomas Rousset.

Typical of what police say in this circumstance, as we're all too well aware. He had a broken back and the police found him such a threat they had to tase him. Cops are something aren't they?

Next thing they will do is charge him with resisting arrest and/or assault on a officer.

Wow! I hope the police are called into account for what happened.

C&P of email sent to KY3 reporter, Sara Sheffield:

Dear Ms. Sheffield,

A seed of your report on Mace Hutchinson is currently under discussion on Newsvine, a subsidiary of MSNBC. Thank you for covering this story. The rise in reports of taser use is of great concern to many US citizens well beyond the Newsvine community. So far, your article has been clipped to two Newsvine groups: To MSNBC and TaserWatch.

The general consensus at present is that there remain unanswered questions regarding the Ozark officer's use of a taser on an injured minor child. It is no one's desire amongst the established Newsvine membership to vilify any principle figures involved, however comprehensive followup on this matter seems appropriate. Those of us who are now watching this story would certainly appreciate it.

Ms. Sheffield, thanks again. The Newsvine seed and discussion can be accessed via the following Newsvine tag:

http://www.newsvine.com/mace-hutchinson

Tedd, thanks for seeding this article.

Elizabeth, per article request for public leads, it's clipped to the Ozarks group.

Well, here we are on a very serious note!

I think the problem is some people can not cope with power. It goes to their heads and they get out of control. Cops are in a position of power and some probably just shouldn't be.

What is the saying, "Absolute power corrupts absolutely" or something like that.

His aunt says he is undergoing major surgery for a broken back and broken heel. While he was lying on the ground, she wonders why Ozark police used an electric stun gun on him up to 19 times.

"I'm not an officer, but i don't see the reason for 'Tasering' somebody laying there with a broken back. I don't consider that a threat,"

His dad says the use of the stun gun delayed what would have been immediate surgery by two days.

"The 'Tasering' increased his white blood cell count and caused him to have a temperature so they could not go into the operation."

Watch this.

"He refused to comply with the officers and so the officers had to deploy their Tasers in order to subdue him. He is making incoherent statements; he's also making statements such as, 'Shoot cops, kill cops,' things like that. So there was cause for concern to the officers," said Ozark Police Capt. Thomas Rousset.

WORDS are now a "cause for concern" for officers. And did you catch how he "would not comply?" What? Like the paralyzed man "would not comply" and so the female officer just dumped him out from his chair? They got annoyed that with his broken back he would not stand up?

Alright. Let me breathe. Deep breath in....1.....2......3........4...........5.

So he's [allegedly] fallen. Has a broken back and is lying there. He's [alledgedly] mumbling, "Shoot cops, kill cops" and things like that so the cops taser him 19 times. Make sense?

That's right.

IT DOES NOT MAKE ANY SENSE!

Are we sure the cops did not taser him INTO falling? This is the most suspicious taser story I have ever read.

I cannot wait for Mace to wake up and tell his version.

This is a pivotal event here in the US in regards to police brutality and torture. I know that the story is incomplete but what is known is damming. Rather than rehashing what we know I wanted to point out an observation from the video of the overpass. Who noticed that that overpass of a highway has no guard rails at all? It would be so easy to take a header off that with or without an assist. That leads to some speculation about this. The video shows the first witnesses and they insisted that they were worried for Mace. What if they hit Mace and rather than running called 9-11 to partly do the right thing? Only some speculation on my part about the murky part of this mess. They might have hit him just enough to push him off the edge. That aside how is a kid with a mangled foot going to be able to "dart" into traffic??

I think it is time for the people to unite and reestablish our suffering Constitutional government and fast!

This evening I will post my current thoughts on this situation and they are bound to be voluminous. For the moment I was wondering what the current situation is regarding Mace? What is the update or where is the central place to locate updates? Has Mace said anything?

What's not to like about Tazers? They offer a flexible, inexpensive, less than lethal alternative to subdue an individual that needs subduing. If I had a choice of poison if I were going down I would rather get Tazed than filled with lead. So, what seems to be the problem here? Why do so many want Tazers removed from the option bag of the Man? We all know that the damage from being hit over the head with a club could lead to cranial retention leakage.

It seems that the problem is larger than the bag of tools given to the police by the tax payers. More and more the police expand the limits of acceptable behavior in their sphere of influence. I don't believe that when older people tell younger people, "that things used to be different back in the day" that their memory is up to snuff. They mean well but the only real difference between today and the olden days are all of the neat toys made of oil and plastic.

Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Add to that sophisticated tactics and equipment and the tax payer amounts to nothing more than a host for the parasites that have infested our government. Here I'm talking about the bigger, deeper problem that limits our existence to that of slaves. Our enemy is good old groupthink that has been embedded deeply into the warrior classes. The police used to be known as police officers but now every time they catch a call someone gets cuffed or worse.

Keeping the peace has been replaced with a new mission to change the nation like a chisel to stone. The carver is going to lop off rough sections using heavy blows. We must wonder why this is happening and that keeps us busy for years. It seems that the tax payers have the job of doing what we are told otherwise we get Tazed or worse. Listen now as the police tell you what they want you to do.

They want you to go to work and the more often the better so you can pay them. They want to set the driving rules up as difficultly as possible tempting you with a fast car hindered by a 25 MPH zone so they can squeeze out more of your money to nothing more than a "Boss Hogg" in any town. They want you to drive drunk so they can get you into the system and bleed you and your family for years. They want you to fear them so you will not even think about fighting back as they fleece you for your property. In the end after you have been milked for all of your value they will kill you. That is what they are all about.

For every young boy there are usually a few small creatures that he meets along the way like a toad or frog, maybe a bird or cat and this boy gets hold of the animal and tortures it till it dies. The animal suffers a horrific death that can take even days. Most boys that do this never do it again because they develop a health sense of guilt and regret. The ones that don't manage to grow from this can perpetuate and even intensify the desire to squeeze the life out of anything and anyone. I enjoy hunting and eating meat but I do my best to end it quickly and there is no waste since I must eat too. Others simply enjoy inflicting pain.

Our government has decided that water boarding prisoners is "Just Peachy." Imagine that, they changed the name of "Suffocation" to the thing you get strapped to. This in a way sounds less sinister than, "Let's choke Habbibe and see how close to the edge we can take him!" As long as the government supplies the dirty missions numerous freaks of nature will crawl from the darkest of cracks to carry them out. They together compose the group known as THEM! To THEM we are THEM and to ourselves we are US but in reality it has always been between US and THEM.

At the moment WE are weak, the government keeps us turning the wheel as we get fleeced and become divided from our fellow citizens. They love the Tazer since they can use it with complete impunity as a tool of torture or as intended rather than a bullet. The slave learns his place in the order of nature and he can be squeezed even harder by the conditioning of fear and pain. I doubt that our solution lies in a petition or election. Those that would pull the legs of a frog and then set it free do not understand civil gestures.

The colonists cast the first votes in lead and the British returned the vote in lead. This went on for years but the final vote was won by the colonists. Here I am not inciting a riot but suggesting that we had better fight back pretty soon. When you allow a bully to push you around he will rule you and take pounds of flesh. When you fight back you can die but at least you don't have to be a slave. You can also WIN and knock the bully down. Public servants exist because we pay them and they work for us. They need to fear us to some degree otherwise they dominate every one of us eventually.

People need to assemble in loosely knit groups consisting of 5 to 10 individuals to develop what the police would call UNITS. These units must be willing to stand to power and oppose any and all brutality. If a stranger was beating your best friend you would get his back and so it should be when the police are beating you down. Hundreds of people are standing around, while the police tackle a boy riding a bike and then drag him away. Where is the confrontation, the protest, the riot, the unity? Fear is locking you out of doing the right thing.

If a man was raping a woman you would defend her through physicality and if needed deep sacrifice. If a cop was doing the raping would you still make the needed sacrifice or would your yellow streak grow wider like the gap between THEM and US? Our UNITS must meet and support other UNITS so that our sheer numbers can grow but there are no real leaders that can allow for an easy way to bring everyone down. While we are busy planning protests, signing petitions and keeping our heads above water we must also develop a plan for the future.

I have no idea how to get a picture to show on here? That being said the is a picture of Mace laying on a futon or couch at home. This is in no way an attack on Mace on my part with the following statement. Till I saw that picture I didn't realize what a scrawny kid Mace is. His arms are not developed and is generally a skinny kid. Now there is nothing the police can say that I will ever entertain as truth. The whole thing is an obscene lie to cover the police with a policy. That entire police department needs to be shut. I believe that rather then calling them we citizens need to contact State and Federal prosecutors and confront them with this horrid tale. There is no way that this can be allowed to stand and I for one have no intention of letting this matter go. My wife and I are naturally upset and will be sending messages, letters and making phone calls starting first thing Monday morning to government officials in our State and in Mace's State. An investigation of the entire Ozark PD must be conducted by the State of MO and possibly the FBI. There in no way that this is going to stand! Rodney King was involved in a high speed chase with shooting of tires and then a full blown beating and that resulted in a riot. This mere skinny boy with serious injuries is not charged with any crime, never attempted to flee and was BRUTALIZED. Where is the riot or outrage for Mace's sadistic captors treatment of him? This is pivotal and urgent and as soon as my wife finishes here messages I will put together a list of phone numbers, addresses and E mails so that at a minimum we citizens that can also be treated like Mace can take direct and indirect action so that corrupted local police departments like that of Ozark, MO can be taken off-line.

I will copy this and post it in the other article too.

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Because of this case the Ozark police now have Taser cameras. Too bad they didn't have it before...

New information I posted today about this case: 1 of 2 probes clears officers in Taser case