Video Released of David Hulstedt Shot in Back, then Dragged

[Red Green]

Here we have pigs being pigs again, and trying to lie to cover up the truth. The only thing that is going to save this man's lawsuit against the pigs (which I of course will end up paying in taxes) is the fact that the neighbor bothered to video the encounter.

Video Released of David Hulstedt Shot in Back, then Dragged by Scottsdale Police

Posted on August 18, 2012.

Scottsdale, Arizona police used excessive force in 2008 when they shot a man in the back without a warning, rendering him a paraplegic, a judge has ruled.

David Hulstedt, who was 35 at the time of the shooting, filed a $40 million lawsuit against the city in 2009.

An August 6 ruling in the suit by U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow describes how police showed up to Hulstedt’s north Scottsdale home because they were concerned about the safety of the man’s 2-year-old daughter, but then caused the girl to be injured in a fall when they shot Hulstedt for no good reason.

One officer may have lied in his statements about the incident to make the shooting seem justified, the judge’s ruling states.

The incident unfolded on November 7, 2008, after Hulstedt had a mental breakdown during a fight with his parents.

Under treatment for anxiety and paranoid schizophrenia, he had seen his doctor that morning. At 12:20 p.m., he called police saying there was an “emergency” and he needed then-Governor Janet Napolitano to come to the home. A dispatcher, worried about the baby she heard crying in the background, sent out a top alert to police, who ultimately surrounded the home near Dixileta and 68th Street.

Hulstedt talked to a negotiation team several times, and at about 2 p.m., he told cops he was coming out. When he did, he held his baby girl over his head while officers yelled at him to put her down.

One officer later told investigators he could have shot Hulstedt with a Taser, but he was worried the shock would cause the man to drop the girl, injuring her. Apparently being shot in the back is less debilitating than being shot with a Taser.

Sergeant James Dorer, standing 24 feet away, and Sergeant Richard Slavin, 96 feet away, decided to open fire. Of the four shots they fired, three hit Hulstedt from behind. His daughter suffered a skull fracture when she fell six feet to the pavement.

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[Edward Kennedy]

I know lots of people who if they were there and armed, would have effected lethal force on the fasps just on account of their irresponsible, incompetent idiocy that caused injury to a little girl and could have resulted in her death. To serve and protect, right! )_(*&^%^&+*()&$%^)_(*&^#%$%^&*+()(*&^$%^&*)+(^_%

[Red Green]

Ed, these fascist pigs just look for any reason to shoot someone, even if they have to fabricate it.

[Charles J. White]

The police in North America are not working on behalf of the individual as intended, they are working on behalf of the state. They are the enemy of freedom and liberty, and thus happiness. The fact that the biggest supporters of the police don’t want you to video tape police actions is so that TRUTH can’t be exposed in a court of law.

[Red Green]

Honestly Charles, I think it is less valuable to have video in courts, because courts get the chance to operate in anonymity often and often would be very happy to see injustice done so long as they don't get caught. The real value is that you and I can access this video on the internet along with millions of other people.

Minds are changing as the evidence becomes more available to the public, thanks to the internet.

[backhoe]

Honestly Charles, I think it is less valuable to have video in courts, because courts get the chance to operate in anonymity often and often would be very happy to see injustice done so long as they don't get caught. The real value is that you and I can access this video on the internet along with millions of other people.

Minds are changing as the evidence becomes more available to the public, thanks to the internet.

I think you're right.

If you scroll back far enough on Instapundit Glenn argues the case that videos should be taken of all encounters with the law- again, I think he has the right of it. He uses fancier language, I'd say it's for the purpose of keeping everybody honest.

[Edward Kennedy]

Honestly Charles, I think it is less valuable to have video in courts, because courts get the chance to operate in anonymity often and often would be very happy to see injustice done so long as they don't get caught. The real value is that you and I can access this video on the internet along with millions of other people.

Minds are changing as the evidence becomes more available to the public, thanks to the internet.

True, I am hoping a decision comes down to validate my on file accusations of just such a thing in a corrupt garbage town west of here where the detachment and the system seem to work hand in hand. You would not believe the stupid asinine things the crown said during the case.