Salem man dies after police shoot him with a Taser

Salem man dies after police shoot him with a Taser

http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/05/salem_man_dies_after_police_sh.html#preview

If you don’t want people (including the Police) to think you are doing something, don’t engage in activities that tend to draw the conclusion that you may be indeed doing that given ‘thing’. I.e., If you don’t want people to think you are a drunk, don’t come staggering out of a bar every night at 2:30.

If you don’t want people to think you are trespassing, don’t go snooping around their property without their permission.

This is a set of circumstances that can be Monday Morning Quarterbacked to death. While its true the Police are supposed to be trained professionals, placed in a “him or me” situation I believe a person or group of people trained or not are capable of instinctively using survival level (deemed ‘excessive’ by some) force.

There are several factors at work here not the least of which is Gregory Rold’s general health / physical condition. If when confronted by Police, Gregory Rold had stopped and talked to the Police and answered their questions, it is likely that not only would he be alive today, but freely walking the streets after receiving a warning not to go rummaging for pop cans in the trash without permission from the property owner or manager.

As soon as Mr. Rold made the choice to give the Police a reason to arrest him, then subsequently began to resist arrest, the entire dynamic changed. Now, not only do the Police have to take this guy into custody, they have to do it without getting hurt themselves, they must control their instinctual urges while constantly assessing and reassessing the situation, try and do as little harm to the suspect as reasonably possible given the circumstances all within a few seconds.

With all that is happening in those few short moments, the Police need to also send the message that guilty or innocent, your full cooperation is the best way to avoid any problems. Once it is determined that a suspect is resisting, the word “unpleasant” will take on a whole new meaning as it should.

Gotta Love Lindsey Graham

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Gotta Love the Salem Statesman Journal

Honesty, Loyalty and Integrity - Three words I try very hard to live by. I take great offence if someone implies that I am anything less than honest and loyal or that I lack integrity.

On July 19th, the Salem Statesman Journal ran a very negative article on Oregon’s initiative process.

I’ll be the first to say, the process needs some work, but the idea is very good.

The Salem Statesman Journal article rants on about fraudulent (Read the article here) signature gathering referencing Bill Sizemore as well as a couple of initiatives that apparently got caught with seemingly fraudulent signatures on initiative petition sheets.

One of the messages I got out of the article is if someone comes up to you and aggressively tries to get you to sign one or more initiative petitions, chances are he’s a paid signature gatherer (with little or no real vested interest in the petition[s] he wants you to sign), and he’s probably going to go home at the end of the day and copy your information onto several more petitions.

The most irritating thing about this article is they used my picture as the poster boy for initiative fraud. The picture is from one of the events we had on the capitol steps for The Respect For The Law Act, Initiative Petition #112.

I never received a nickel for my signature gathering efforts on behalf of Initiative #112, in fact I have substantial time and money invested in promoting #112. I feel it was my privilege to be able to participate in a campaign that I really believe in.

I am outraged that the Salem Statesman Journal put my picture on an article that by association implies that I and the campaign I was working on was anything less that 100% honest and by the book.

This was the first initiative petition attempted by Oregonians for Immigration Reform, and I’m certain it will not be the last. The last thing we need is to be disparaged for fraudulent signature gathering on our first (or any) attempt, even if it is only by loose association.

I liken the Salem Statesman Journal’s placement of my picture on top of this very negative article to them perhaps placing it on top of an article about a serial rapist. No, the article never mentions my name or the initiative campaign I’m collecting signatures for, but the guilt by association is overwhelming.

I guess it would be nice if the Salem Statesman Journal would also mention those of us that are trying to do it right along with those that try to cut corners rather than stick all of us in one big cesspool. Oh, but that would be responsible journalism.