Woman Tasered At Best Buy! For Buying a cd player!

wait... a think I read few years back that some guy tried to buy stuff using real 2 dollar bills (very rare I know) at bb, yet the store called the cops on him because they thought he was trying to buy with counterfeit bills. I see a lawsuit coming.
 
[quote name='ITDEFX']wait... a think I read few years back that some guy tried to buy stuff using real 2 dollar bills (very rare I know) at bb, yet the store called the cops on him because they thought he was trying to buy with counterfeit bills. I see a lawsuit coming.[/QUOTE]

Yea I remember that. Sad that people can be so uninformed.

Im glad they tasered that lady though. More people should be tased daily. Just to piss off the people who think they shouldnt be using tasers. If I were a criminal I would rather be tased then beaten by a baton or shot with a rubber or real bullet. These people seem to think criminals deserve more rights then everyone else. Sad.

Damn liberals. Sorry had to throw that in there:)
 
Police Chief Mike Chitwood said if a Taser had not been available, his officer likely would have used other weapons to subdue Beeland.
"I was never raised on Tasers," the chief said. "I used nightsticks and slapjacks.".
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Best quote of the entire piece.

And despite all the bitching and moaning about Civil Rights violations, I know one yoga instructor who's going to shut the fuck up and follow directions the next time an officer asks her to.
 
[quote name='ITDEFX']wait... a think I read few years back that some guy tried to buy stuff using real 2 dollar bills (very rare I know) at bb, yet the store called the cops on him because they thought he was trying to buy with counterfeit bills. I see a lawsuit coming.[/quote]

Yep, I remember the story vividly.
 
[quote name='Veritas1204']Best quote of the entire piece.

And despite all the bitching and moaning about Civil Rights violations, I know one yoga instructor who's going to shut the fuck up and follow directions the next time an officer asks her to.[/quote]

Being verbally upset, and even cursing at or near the officer is not enough for nightsticks or slapjacks. The cops should not use unless themselves or someone else is in immediate danger.
 
A yoga instructor got tasered at a Best Buy? All my Christmas wishes have come true.

[MEDIA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzkd_m4ivmc[/MEDIA]

Best buy doesn't know what money ($2 bills)looks like story
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=43685
YOUR GOVERNMENT AT WORK
Man arrested, cuffed after using $2 bills
Best Buy customer on being jailed: 'At this point, I'm a mass murderer'
Posted: April 7, 2005
5:12 p.m. Eastern


© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com

A man trying to pay a fee using $2 bills was arrested, handcuffed and taken to jail after clerks at a Best Buy store questioned the currency's legitimacy and called police.

According to an account in the Baltimore Sun, 57-year-old Mike Bolesta was shocked to find himself taken to the Baltimore County lockup in Cockeysville, Md., where he was handcuffed to a pole for three hours while the U.S. Secret Service was called to weigh in on the case.

Bolesta told the Sun: "I am 6 feet 5 inches tall, and I felt like 8 inches high. To be handcuffed, to have all those people looking on, to be cuffed to a pole – and to know you haven't done anything wrong. And me, with a brother, Joe, who spent 33 years on the city police force. It was humiliating."

After Best Buy personnel reportedly told Bolesta he would not be charged for the installation of a stereo in his son's car, he received a call from the store saying it was in fact charging him the fee. As a means of protest, Bolesta decided to pay the $114 bill using 57 crisp, new $2 bills.

As the owner of Capital City Student Tours, the Baltimore resident has a hearty supply of the uncommon currency. He often gives the bills to students who take his tours for meal money.

"The kids don't see that many $2 bills, so they think this is the greatest thing in the world," Bolesta says. "They don't want to spend 'em. They want to save 'em. I've been doing this since I started the company. So I'm thinking, 'I'll stage my little comic protest. I'll pay the $114 with $2 bills.'"

Bolesta explained what happened when he presented the bills to the cashier at Best Buy Feb. 20.

"She looked at the $2 bills and told me, 'I don't have to take these if I don't want to.' I said, 'If you don't, I'm leaving. I've tried to pay my bill twice. You don't want these bills, you can sue me.' So she took the money – like she's doing me a favor."

Bolesta says the cashier marked each bill with a pen. Other store employees began to gather, a few of them asking, "Are these real?"

"Of course they are," Bolesta said. "They're legal tender."

According to the Sun report, the police arrest report noted one employee noticed some smearing of ink on the bills. That's when the cops were called. One officer reportedly noticed the bills ran in sequential order.

Said Bolesta: "I told them, 'I'm a tour operator. I've got thousands of these bills. I get them from my bank. You got a problem, call the bank.' I'm sitting there in a chair. The store's full of people watching this. All of a sudden, he's standing me up and handcuffing me behind my back, telling me, 'We have to do this until we get it straightened out.'

"Meanwhile, everybody's looking at me. I've lived here 18 years. I'm hoping my kids don't walk in and see this. And I'm saying, 'I can't believe you're doing this. I'm paying with legal American money.'"

Bolesta was taken to the lockup, where he sat handcuffed to a pole and in leg irons while the Secret Service was called.

"At this point," he says, "I'm a mass murderer."

Secret Service agent Leigh Turner eventually arrived and declared the bills legitimate, adding, according to the police report, "Sometimes ink on money can smear."

Commenting on the incident, Baltimore County police spokesman Bill Toohey told the Sun: "It's a sign that we're all a little nervous in the post-9/11 world."
 
[quote name='CocheseUGA']What's up with Floridians?[/QUOTE]


you think that's crazy, you try living in Miami for 3 years and that incident is NOTHING compared to the shit I've seen/experienced while living down there.
 
[quote name='chakan']A yoga instructor got tasered at a Best Buy? All my Christmas wishes have come true.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzkd_m4ivmc

Best buy doesn't know what money ($2 bills)looks like story
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=43685
YOUR GOVERNMENT AT WORK
Man arrested, cuffed after using $2 bills
Best Buy customer on being jailed: 'At this point, I'm a mass murderer'
Posted: April 7, 2005
5:12 p.m. Eastern


© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com

A man trying to pay a fee using $2 bills was arrested, handcuffed and taken to jail after clerks at a Best Buy store questioned the currency's legitimacy and called police.

According to an account in the Baltimore Sun, 57-year-old Mike Bolesta was shocked to find himself taken to the Baltimore County lockup in Cockeysville, Md., where he was handcuffed to a pole for three hours while the U.S. Secret Service was called to weigh in on the case.

Bolesta told the Sun: "I am 6 feet 5 inches tall, and I felt like 8 inches high. To be handcuffed, to have all those people looking on, to be cuffed to a pole – and to know you haven't done anything wrong. And me, with a brother, Joe, who spent 33 years on the city police force. It was humiliating."

After Best Buy personnel reportedly told Bolesta he would not be charged for the installation of a stereo in his son's car, he received a call from the store saying it was in fact charging him the fee. As a means of protest, Bolesta decided to pay the $114 bill using 57 crisp, new $2 bills.

As the owner of Capital City Student Tours, the Baltimore resident has a hearty supply of the uncommon currency. He often gives the bills to students who take his tours for meal money.

"The kids don't see that many $2 bills, so they think this is the greatest thing in the world," Bolesta says. "They don't want to spend 'em. They want to save 'em. I've been doing this since I started the company. So I'm thinking, 'I'll stage my little comic protest. I'll pay the $114 with $2 bills.'"

Bolesta explained what happened when he presented the bills to the cashier at Best Buy Feb. 20.

"She looked at the $2 bills and told me, 'I don't have to take these if I don't want to.' I said, 'If you don't, I'm leaving. I've tried to pay my bill twice. You don't want these bills, you can sue me.' So she took the money – like she's doing me a favor."

Bolesta says the cashier marked each bill with a pen. Other store employees began to gather, a few of them asking, "Are these real?"

"Of course they are," Bolesta said. "They're legal tender."

According to the Sun report, the police arrest report noted one employee noticed some smearing of ink on the bills. That's when the cops were called. One officer reportedly noticed the bills ran in sequential order.

Said Bolesta: "I told them, 'I'm a tour operator. I've got thousands of these bills. I get them from my bank. You got a problem, call the bank.' I'm sitting there in a chair. The store's full of people watching this. All of a sudden, he's standing me up and handcuffing me behind my back, telling me, 'We have to do this until we get it straightened out.'

"Meanwhile, everybody's looking at me. I've lived here 18 years. I'm hoping my kids don't walk in and see this. And I'm saying, 'I can't believe you're doing this. I'm paying with legal American money.'"

Bolesta was taken to the lockup, where he sat handcuffed to a pole and in leg irons while the Secret Service was called.

"At this point," he says, "I'm a mass murderer."

Secret Service agent Leigh Turner eventually arrived and declared the bills legitimate, adding, according to the police report, "Sometimes ink on money can smear."

Commenting on the incident, Baltimore County police spokesman Bill Toohey told the Sun: "It's a sign that we're all a little nervous in the post-9/11 world."
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loved that hammer/taser bit!

Yep that's it, that's the story alright. And hot damn, can't believe that woman would tie a real two dollar bill with 9/11... seriously the terrorist bought their plane ticket with 2 dollar bills?!??!!?
 
[quote name='ITDEFX']you think that's crazy, you try living in Miami for 3 years and that incident is NOTHING compared to the shit I've seen/experienced while living down there.[/QUOTE]


do tell. I am all ears.
 
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[quote name='CocheseUGA']What's up with Floridians?[/QUOTE]
The mental strain of being so infinitely much cooler and better than all other Americans takes it's tol over timel, and causes us to have rare, occasional outbursts of loopiness.
 
I think instead of using the taser on the customers they should use them on the idiots that work at BB.

What, no Wii's? Check the back mutha fucker...BZZZZZZ....BZZZZZZ
 
[quote name='CoffeeEdge']



The mental strain of being so infinitely much cooler and better than all other Americans takes it's tol over timel, and causes us to have rare, occasional outbursts of loopiness.[/quote]
Actually you live in the lame part of Florida, most of the state outside of South Florida (where I reside) sucks complete ass.

[quote name='ITDEFX']you think that's crazy, you try living in Miami for 3 years and that incident is NOTHING compared to the shit I've seen/experienced while living down there.[/quote]

The sad thing is that's not even the most dangerous city in the state.
 
"I was never raised on Tasers," the chief said. "I used nightsticks and slapjacks."

What are slapjacks?
 
[quote name='musha666']Yea I remember that. Sad that people can be so uninformed.

Im glad they tasered that lady though. More people should be tased daily. Just to piss off the people who think they shouldnt be using tasers. If I were a criminal I would rather be tased then beaten by a baton or shot with a rubber or real bullet. These people seem to think criminals deserve more rights then everyone else. Sad.

Damn liberals. Sorry had to throw that in there:)[/quote]

I agree with you and I'm moderately liberal...or was it liberally moderate. One of the two I think...
 
When I saw the title I honestly thought they started arming the loss prevention nazis at best buy now...
 
[quote name='CoffeeEdge']
dontbw8.jpg




The mental strain of being so infinitely much cooler and better than all other Americans takes it's tol over timel, and causes us to have rare, occasional outbursts of loopiness.[/quote]

lolzercopter
 
[quote name='CoffeeEdge']
dontbw8.jpg




The mental strain of being so infinitely much cooler and better than all other Americans takes it's tol over timel, and causes us to have rare, occasional outbursts of loopiness.[/QUOTE]


you need to change the fucktard's shirt to yellow (Lost prevention) and the guy's shirt to other than blue. Makes it look like an employee tasering another employee. Good photoshop though :)
 
VS. Mode anyone?

Anyway, I'll go ahead and qualify this with the "I am not a police officer" and anyone who wants to label me anti-cop can, since you will whether I make any sense or not. I think the officer and the employee who called her over should both be reprimanded. The employee should be punished because it was a dumb move to not only accuse a customer of a crime (where I've worked in retail, only LP or management are authorized to accuse customers of anything-register peons or stockers can report up, but confronting a customer directly = you're fired, get out.) but to directly involve a police officer before getting a supervisor.

The police officer...yeah, I get it, disobeying a police officer's command is asking for trouble. But given that the woman had left because of a call about her kid, and then she gets blindsided by the accusation, I can see how she'd flip. From what we have, it seems like what was a minor situation to begin with ended up being needlessly escalated because neither the officer nor the employee made any attempt to understand what was going on. It's a lot easier for someone to obey the command "Ma'am, please calm down and let's talk this over" than the command "Shut up or I'll use force."

The taser should never have even left the officer's holster over something stupid like this.
 
First off, I've been behind stupid soccer moms who decide in mid transaction that they've left their cc in their mini van and had to go out to get it, while a line is forming behind me that slowly snakes through the store(since as we know BB rarely keeps more than maybe 2 registers open at a shot).

Then, Miss Self Important Soccer Mom comes back in, yammering loudly on her cell phone while fumbling through her oversized faux Gucci purse she just had to have to keep up with the other soccer mom bitches.

So, instead of actually saving US some time waiting for her too important ass to find her cc and get off the fuckin cell phone long enough to acknowledge the clerk if the cc she tries doesn't work, she yammers on.

What does this have to do with the story at hand? Little to nothing, except for the fact that Ms. Important there took the cell phone call, leaving her cc and the cd player behind because she figured the world would stop and let her come back in on HER schedule to finish her transaction and be on her merry self important way.

Take the credit card and her probably omnipresent cell phone, shove both of em up her ass and skip the taser. Oh and give her a swift kick back outta the BB store.

I've nearly been sideswiped by about 30 assholes on cell phones too busy to realize they just blew through a stop sign but super involved in their conversation. Outside of REAL emergencies, cell phones have NO fuckIN USE. If you can't pay attention to what's going on around you while using you, it should be either 'use cell phone' OR 'drive', not BOTH.



As far as the story goes, she shoulda taken her cc outside with her and come back in to finish the transaction by grabbing another cd player. The cop WAS in the wrong for using the taser though, since a firm bitchslap woulda worked SOOOOO much better and I probably woulda cheered if I were there.
 
Florida sucks and the cops (and govt) there are extremely corrupt.

Great place to stay the fuck away from.
 
[quote name='ITDEFX']you need to change the fucktard's shirt to yellow (Lost prevention) and the guy's shirt to other than blue. Makes it look like an employee tasering another employee. Good photoshop though :)[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I realized about halfway through the chop that that dude was dressed exactly like a BB employee (also, what the fuck, his ass looks like it's on backwards, seriously, look at the pic), which is a bit confusing, perhaps, and was too lazy to fix it. Ah, well. It's a half-assed shop, even by my low standards, but it gets the joke across. :) Thanks.
 
[quote name='yukine']She was resisting arrest, of course she got tased. Isn't that standard procedure?[/quote]

She didnt do anything lol
 
[quote name='Ice2Dragon']She didnt do anything lol[/quote] She was being arrested for public disturbance and was being non-compliant with an officer (resisting arrest).
 
[quote name='ITDEFX']wait... a think I read few years back that some guy tried to buy stuff using real 2 dollar bills (very rare I know) at bb, yet the store called the cops on him because they thought he was trying to buy with counterfeit bills. I see a lawsuit coming.[/QUOTE]

I have been collecting $2 bills from work, everytime we get one I swap it out with 2 $1 bills and keep the $2 bill. Once I get a decent amont (up to 7 so far), I am tempted to go to a Best Buy and spend them all at once but I am afraid the same thing could happen (considering it is Best Buy)
 
Yes, but you'll get out of jail in less than 24 hours with nothing worse than a few bruises and maybe a sore ass. More importantly, you'd have a great story for CAG and fodder for a lawsuit if you're so inclined.
 
[quote name='CoffeeEdge']Yeah, I realized about halfway through the chop that that dude was dressed exactly like a BB employee (also, what the fuck, his ass looks like it's on backwards, seriously, look at the pic), which is a bit confusing, perhaps, and was too lazy to fix it. Ah, well. It's a half-assed shop, even by my low standards, but it gets the joke across. :) Thanks.[/QUOTE]


Yea, sorry just as a fellow graphic artist I picked up on it.

yea that guy's lower part looks weird, but the best buy guy looks like he's a fuck tard.
 
someone mentioned the cell phones I got a few stories..

I walked into wal mart and I stopped for a moment and someone on their phone (some stupid whinny lady "christmas shopping" ) decided she was in too much of a hurry to look where she was going and ran into me and spilt her fucking starbucks coffee on me.. she didn't even appologize..

Stupid 15-17 year old kids that I work with always decide that they need to be talking on their phones while they are working.. god I hate that.. no one really needs a cell phone.. I don't believe the "its only for emergencies" excuse.. mostly because its just an excuse.. i can only think of 2 times the entire time i've had my phone (which I rarely talk on when i'm in public, and I never talk on it while i'm at work or anything) `that i've used it for "emergencies" and even then i probably didn't "need" to use it..

I hate cell phones and I hate people who talk on cell phones who are "multitasking".. which is just an unsafe practice to begin with.

stupid cop.. but then again.. a CD player.. who buys a CD player? arn't they like 5 bucks
 
[quote name='Will']Title of this thread should read-

Woman acts like a bitch and gets tasered.[/quote]

LOL. Exactly. Most media outlets that run this story make it seem as if this woman was just minding her own business and she got tasered out of nowhere. Although the way the local news explained it she had made a purchase, left the store, realized she left her credit card on the counter, dashed back inside, grabbed it, and made a mad dash for the exit. Store security thought she was trying to pull a "grab n' go" robbery so she got a little shock therapy.

Lawsuit will ensue in 3...2...1....

I can see it now. She sues for 35 Million dollars for pain and suffering. Later she states "It's not about the money, it's the principle of the matter!"
 
[quote name='yukine']She was being arrested for public disturbance and was being non-compliant with an officer (resisting arrest).[/quote]

Exactly. She got of easy by being tased. The other route would have been tackled to the ground and twisted up like pretzel while getting cuffed. I think the pain of the second option would be much longer lasting.
 
they should make taserin legal in schools. Whats that little johny. You didn't do your homework. WHAT. Im a WHAT! TASERED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! One less pushy jackass in the world! one more rule. If your kid gets tassered. the parents get one too!
 
[quote name='ITDEFX']you think that's crazy, you try living in Miami for 3 years and that incident is NOTHING compared to the shit I've seen/experienced while living down there.[/quote]tasers are very common in FA.
 
[quote name='Pi573']VS. Mode anyone?

Anyway, I'll go ahead and qualify this with the "I am not a police officer" and anyone who wants to label me anti-cop can, since you will whether I make any sense or not. I think the officer and the employee who called her over should both be reprimanded. The employee should be punished because it was a dumb move to not only accuse a customer of a crime (where I've worked in retail, only LP or management are authorized to accuse customers of anything-register peons or stockers can report up, but confronting a customer directly = you're fired, get out.) but to directly involve a police officer before getting a supervisor.

The police officer...yeah, I get it, disobeying a police officer's command is asking for trouble. But given that the woman had left because of a call about her kid, and then she gets blindsided by the accusation, I can see how she'd flip. From what we have, it seems like what was a minor situation to begin with ended up being needlessly escalated because neither the officer nor the employee made any attempt to understand what was going on. It's a lot easier for someone to obey the command "Ma'am, please calm down and let's talk this over" than the command "Shut up or I'll use force."

The taser should never have even left the officer's holster over something stupid like this.[/quote]I couldn't have said this better myself. she should have gone to the manager first. This lady is probably going to sue for defamtion and slander. stores like bb could be faced with paying millions for this type of crap.
 
[quote name='shigster']Pretty sure it's for making bread with, I'll ask my grandma brb. :applause:[/quote]
Well, while I don't condone what the officer did, and I believe any person whom is placed in a position of public trust to protect us who does such a thing needs to be shot in public as an example....She was a dumbass.

Seriously- fucking with an officer is always a bad call. Better idea: comply with the officer, then when he's gone file a complaint.

I speak as someone whom had 5 police officers place their guns about [ ] in front of my face on a snowy morning in NYC (I was the wrong person).
 
[quote name='meesterjojo']Well, while I don't condone what the officer did, and I believe any person whom is placed in a position of public trust to protect us who does such a thing needs to be shot in public as an example....She was a dumbass.

Seriously- fucking with an officer is always a bad call. Better idea: comply with the officer, then when he's gone file a complaint.

I speak as someone whom had 5 police officers place their guns about [ ] in front of my face on a snowy morning in NYC (I was the wrong person).[/quote]elaborate on the last part.
 
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