By David Brown
It wasn't the voltage but the amps this young Philllies fan felt on Monday night in Philadelphia.
In the eighth inning of a Phillies-Cardinals game, a 17-year-old male hopped a fence at Citizens Bank Park. He fled security for a few seconds until a Philadelphia police officer fired a Taser gun at the boy from about 15-feet away, dropping him on the spot in left-center field.
The Philadelphia Inquirer spoke to this young man's dad on Tuesday morning and reports that the kid actually called his father to ask for permission before running on the field. The dad told him it wasn't the best of ideas — you think? — but the future Penn State student went ahead and did it anyway. He's being charged as a juvenile for resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and defiant trespass.
"He wasn't drinking. He was not on drugs," the father said.
The Philadelphia police commissioner, meanwhile, is publicly supporting the officer's actions. But the Phillies say they want to talk about whether or not such force is necessary for future trespassers.
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Good slide, but he was still out.
Posted May-4-2010 Bycat-scratch-fever (521.84) cat-scratch-fever View Channel Send Message
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Well done sir!
Posted May-4-2010 Bybardville (414.20) bardville View Channel Send Message
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Now he will be raped in jail.
Consequence.
Posted May-5-2010 Byarkantoz (96.34) 
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In the 1960s we could watch the characters on Star Trek use "fazers" and "communicators".
Now it's a part of normal life.
Posted May-4-2010 Bymarinemom (5470.58) 
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it is not non-lethal.
it is less than lethal.
tasers kill people all the time.
especially if they are under the influence of drugs of alcohol and for all the officer knew this guy could have been drunk, causing his heart to stop.
Posted May-4-2010 ByPale_Ale (358.06) 
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People under the influence of drugs and alcohol kill people all the time as well so whats you point?
Posted May-4-2010 ByStog-dog (30.62) Stog-dog View Channel Send Message
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this kid didnt deserve a bullet or ass whooping either, unless the whooping came from his father when he took him home from jail.
going from pretty please to pain compliance if a huge jump. i expect the cops to put in a little more effort.
field jumping is a harmless, annoying act. it does not deserve the use of a weapon that has caused almost 50 deaths last year alone. only if the suspect became combative or threatening towards the police or a player should the taser be deployed.
fucking wit More..
Posted May-4-2010 ByPale_Ale (358.06) 
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Was it me or did the police officer look a bit overweight? What ever happened to good old fashioned foot chases?
Posted May-4-2010 ByJAIME61 (11.42) JAIME61 View Channel Send Message
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Really not necessary for the taser.
I completely agree JAIME61, people love watching that sort of thing, it's good for ratings cause the tackles usually get on the sports shows.
Posted May-4-2010 ByIauruth (137.78) Iauruth View Channel Send Message
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American cops are usually fat ding bats
Posted May-4-2010 Bywar_FF (17.42) 
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Yes and the rest of the people were doing sooo well in grabbing this guy... pffst..
Posted May-5-2010 Byrightbehindyou (212.68) rightbehindyou View Channel Send Message
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That's what happens when you're assigned to sit your fatass at the Phillies Game and eat Cheesesteak sandwhiches all day. (seriously, this probably happened! LOL)
Posted May-6-2010 Byqwerty42 (633.02) 
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Best ever was Mike Curtis of the Baltimore Colts clocked a guy who stole the football.
Posted May-4-2010 Bygetbentex (171.02) 
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I will look for that and post it... If I can find it, Thanks!
Posted May-4-2010 Bypchart7 (294.22) 
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LOL! Not hard to find!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdP2G7UtS9I
Posted May-4-2010 Bypchart7 (294.22) 
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Agreed!
Then he wrote that book, "Keep off my turf".
Posted May-4-2010 ByPhotoExpert (163.60) PhotoExpert View Channel Send Message
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That was great! He was one of my favorite players ever next to Jack Lambert.
Posted May-4-2010 Byanitahanjob (75.90) 
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Them 2 and Butkis and you've got your all white linebacker crew.
Posted May-4-2010 Bygetbentex (171.02) 
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Taze me out at the ball game
Taze me out on the field,
Oh sorry, thats a different song.
Posted May-4-2010 Bygonehuntin (2536.66) 
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Oh dude, that was great. Thanks for the laugh.
Posted May-4-2010 Bysphart1 (184.36) sphart1 View Channel Send Message
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LOL. The taser is one of the best inventions ever made.
Posted May-4-2010 ByMarkusMarone (794.44) 
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at first glance, i thought your avatar was baba booey.
Posted May-4-2010 Bytavolo (277.52) 
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Yes and no. Yes they are one of the best inventions ever made for fat doughnut eating pigs who can't run. They are probably not the best invention ever made for the 350 odd people who have been killed by them. Most of them for doing nothing more serious then the kid was doing.
Posted May-4-2010 ByKaaaBOOM (486.68) 
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For fat Americans that can't chase people and don't know how to have fun - of course it is
bunch of idiots
Posted May-5-2010 ByLethal_Scorpion (82.64) 
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I agree LOL
Posted May-6-2010 ByTonyska (28.48) 
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Wow, it's amazing how much some American people go on and on about FREEDOM and THE AMERICAN WAY ...this does not give much impression of freedom. If that boy had fallen badly and broken say, his neck, it would have been passed off as an unfortunate outcome of a possible assault on a player ...or some such nonsense.
I spent a lot of the 90's living very happily in NYC and my overriding memories are of police heavy handedness. It seemed at times that whenever more than 10 people congregated in th More..
Posted May-4-2010 Byesperanza5 (10.96) 
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The crowd didn't sound to happy.
Posted May-4-2010 ByWegodex (3220.42) 
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Hopefully at the fat lard-a$$ cop for using the tazer.
Posted May-4-2010 Bypatches53 (137.94) patches53 View Channel Send Message
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Darn. I wanted to see them beat his ass.
Posted May-4-2010 Byosudeltau (30.98) osudeltau View Channel Send Message
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They will do this later in the locker room...LOL
Posted May-4-2010 Byklaus123 (199.62) 
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that sounds a bit gay mate...
Posted May-5-2010 Bygnrnr00 (155.88) 
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This kid called his dad before he did it and apparently said he wasnt drunk or high and asked his dad if it was okay for him to run on the field. His dad said "No, I dont think you should do it". Well he did it and he got what he deserved.
If you break the law be prepared to get your ass whooped. I don't know why most of these forgein tards try to defend someone breaking the law. That is why we have them.
Posted May-4-2010 ByLtrain44 (16.80) Ltrain44 View Channel Send Message
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Right on. Specially the ones from muslim nations. Break the laws in their countries and you wish a tazer would be their weapon of choice.
Posted May-4-2010 ByFretlessmaster (41.44) Fretlessmaster View Channel Send Message
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how is that breaking the law? Running around having fun on the field? Breaking the ballpark's policy/rules is not the same as breaking a freaking law!
Posted May-4-2010 Bywptech (183.14) 
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Yes, it is. It's called trespassing. And then he resisted arrest, which is another law he broke.
Obviously, you see no problem with one punk running around on a field, delaying a game that thousands of people have paid to see. They didn't pay to watch his sorry ass, they paid to watch the ballgame.
Posted May-4-2010 ByDMartyr (3474.64) DMartyr View Channel Send Message
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Do you really understand the meaning of the word law, by any chance? the policy/rules of the place, as you said, ARE the law of the place. Running around disturbing the peace is against the rules, therefore breaking the law. I hope I didn't use too many hard to understand words for you.
Posted May-4-2010 ByFretlessmaster (41.44) Fretlessmaster View Channel Send Message
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All Debatable when you're at a "game". I call it entertainment.
Posted May-4-2010 Bywptech (183.14) 
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Great way to stop the idiot.
Posted May-4-2010 Bymoonskipper (94.46) moonskipper View Channel Send Message
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Yep. If they would have chased him, he could have broken an arm, leg or something else....I am talking about the officials, not the idiot. :)
Posted May-4-2010 Byjones2ks (68.22) 
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Before this was just a small annoyance some even enjoyed it for the guy that did it once in a lifetime thrill.Now we taze them in front of huge crowds with families and children watching.
Posted May-4-2010 ByBtwix (76.60) Btwix View Channel Send Message
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It is only an annoyance when it isn't a hot naked chick (preferably with red hair). In this case, I wish they had just let the players deal with him. Then it would have been pure comedy gold.
Posted May-4-2010 Byevilgrin (163.88) 
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Not stopping for lawful police commands... in a public place being a nuisance, trespassing... his own stupidity got him tased, and I don't feel bad about it at all. The fact that he wasn't drinking or on drugs only further shows that he knew what he was doing, and knew it was wrong. Take your volts and sit down, kid.
Posted May-4-2010 ByDefender (67.44) Defender View Channel Send Message
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DON'T TASE ME BRO!!!!....AHHHHHHH!AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
Posted May-4-2010 By_Joubert_ (322.88) _Joubert_ View Channel Send Message
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