Just this morning, I read an article entitled “Don’t tase me, bro! The UN says it’s torture!” – I’m sure you all saw the video on Youtube of the Florida student who got unnecessarily tasered, (though there are countless taser videos around) and I’m sure that those in jurisdictions which allow police to carry tasers – New Zealand and the USA, in particular – have witnessed or seen in the news various stories and controversy surrounding the devices.

The main problem I have with the devices is that, despite the claims of the manufacturer and the law enforcement, they *are* capable of killing the subject, although this may depend on the subjects physical condition – I don’t know myself if they affect pacemakers or whether they can provide the jolt ones heart/liver/kidney/whatever would need in order to fail altogether, and worse still – they seem to be used more frivolously than guns.

Anyway, this topic got me thinking that frozen dish most of you might call “revenge”. I’m all for it, where it’s warranted. I’ll get to that in a minute.

I know I can be a smartass. People who know me know I can be a smartass. But a cop is going to take me completely seriously. And I’m going to get fucked up if I am not *uber* careful.

For the record, I had a bit of a mental breakdown in June or July or something, at which point an entire team of cops came to collect me. Unfortunately, they had guns, but during the whole ordeal, all I could think was to take Henry Rollins advice in dealing with cops: I put my hands behind my head and repeated “I’m not resisting you”.

It seems that this doesn’t work in Finland, which is a worry. (I was taken to see a doctor who declared that I was just stressed, and was released from hospital later that day). But I reckon if the cops had tasers, or if I was in New Zealand where they do carry them – they would have tasered my ass (due to the circumstances under which they were called).

Back to my point. With this ruling, I can see that legally speaking, there would be cause for citizens to find out the name of the cop who tasered the person and kick his ass in court. But not a US court, because that would just be… well I don’t think it would work, to be honest, because it wasn’t the US who made this ruling.
I *know* that if the police tasered one of my relatives to death, I would be out for blood. Of course, I wouldn’t get my own hands dirty. No. I would be in touch with the U.N. and be finding out how to get this guy sent to The Hague – or at least to get them to put pressure on the government who is supposed to be controlling the cop to lock him away and melt the key.

I would make an example of the guy. Because for the most part, cops are motherfuckers. People on powertrips. It seems to be getting worse every year – younger cops seem to be far worse than older, more experienced ones. Myself, I’ve had dealings with them (as we all have, I’m sure) and I know if I was ever mistreated (or killed), I would hope that someone in my family would be doing some legal asskicking.

Anyway, I’m going to end it here for the time being – it feels a bit incomplete, but I’ll sum up simply by saying: trust no-one except yourself, trust even less your government and law enforcement, as they are bigger bullshitters than any one man could ever be.

Citizens should not have to live in fear of law enforcement, but with an increasing number of countries allowing the police (and even more inexperienced ones, at that), I’m afraid that trusting the powers that be is becoming even more difficult for even the most dedicated supporters