[elstatec]

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/42 ... etail.html

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Man Tasered By Police In Salad Bar Dispute
Aurora Police Say Proper Procedures Followed At Chuck E. Cheese

POSTED: 8:55 am MST March 1, 2005
UPDATED: 1:25 pm MST March 2, 2005

AURORA, Colo. -- Aurora police have reviewed a weekend incident in which a man accused of stealing salad from a Chuck E. Cheese salad bar was hit with a stun gun twice by officers and said that proper procedures were followed.

The incident began at 4:05 p.m. Sunday when officers were called to the restaurant at 145005 East Exposition on a report of a larceny in progress.

Police talked to the Chuck E. Cheese manager who told them that a customer had refused to show proof that he had paid for food. The manager said the man was seen "loading" his plate at the salad bar.

The officers confronted Danon Gale, 29, who was at the restaurant with his children, aged 3 and 7. Patrons said the popular kids pizza parlor was packed with children and families at the time.

According to police, Gale was asked to step outside to discuss the incident.

"According to witnesses (Gale) refused to cooperate with police and a struggle ensued," said Larry Martinez, a police spokesman. He said that Gale became argumentative and shoved one of the officers, a fact disputed by another patron.

"One of the officers kept poking the gentleman in the chest," Felicia Mayo told the Rocky Mountain News.

She was there with her 7-year-old son. She told the newspaper that Gale told the officer, "You don't have to do that." She said Gale never put his hands on the officer who was confronting him.

The argument escalated until Gale was shoved into the lap of Mayo's sister, who was sitting two booths away, holding a 10-month-old baby. That's when police pulled out a Taser stun gun to subdue him.

"They beat this man in front of all these kids then Tased him in my sister's lap," Mayo told the newspaper. "They had no regard for the effect this would have on the kids. This is Chuck E. Cheese, you know."

Gale's two children were "screaming and hollering and crying" as Gale was tasered two times with the stun gun.

Police arrested Gale as his children and other customers and their children watched. They took him outside, leaving his children inside the restaurant.

Gale was arrested for investigation of disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and trespassing.

His two children were picked up by a relative.

The manager of the restaurant declined comment and Gale said he couldn't talk about it, after hiring an attorney.

An Aurora Police spokesman said that the sergeant on the scene wrote a report on the incident and forwarded it to his commander who determined that proper police procedures were followed relating to the use of the Taser.
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happy:

[Arkan]

Good job. Simply put: Pay for your food and don't fuck with the cops.

[harpua]

jesus police over use tasers...




they need less tasers





















and more pepperspray and guns.

[Nyck]

pwned....

[lasagna]

holy shit, i live in denver, holy shit thats like right by me. guess who lives in aurora, DUFFY

[Nyck]

Originally Posted by harpua

jesus police over use tasers...

I dont believe its an overuse of tasers....I just think its media hype. the word taser is used and its like oMFG!.

they were probably used just as often before the misuse recently in a few cases.

[elstatec]

if knoxville can take a taser then so can a salad thief!

[bukdez]

[quote:584bf]"They beat this man in front of all these kids then Tased him in my sister's lap," Mayo told the newspaper. "They had no regard for the effect this would have on the kids. This is Chuck E. Cheese, you know."
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hardcore. fucking hardcore...

[harpua]

Originally Posted by Nyck

I dont believe its an overuse of tasers....I just think its media hype. the word taser is used and its like oMFG!.

they were probably used just as often before the misuse recently in a few cases.

yea, but they need to use their other weapons more, like you never hear 'police gunned down a 7 year old with rabies that escaped from the special needs school.' they just tase the bastard..

[Madmartagen]

yay, more excessive force over a salad. gg retard police.

[Arkan]

Originally Posted by Madmartagen

yay, more excessive force over a salad. gg retard police.

The salad part wasn't the point. Perhaps FIGHTING with the police had something to do with it.

You think if two cops asked you to step outside the resturant you're going to tell them to fuck off and start fighting them? I don't think so. You'd probably step outside and put the whole issue to rest without as much as a verbal. The guy was the "retard".

[Madmartagen]

witnesses said officers were poking him and berrating him. they dont say how the struggle ensued. cops say he shoved a policeman, a witness said he didnt lay a hand on the cops. i dont know what defines "cooperative" in this matter, if he is having some kind of dialogue with the police, then he is in some way. if this person didnt steal a salad, im sure he would feel indignant when an officer begins to poke him. how can there be witnesses but no one knows how a scuffle started? sounds like the cops pushed him until he reacted and of course, busted him with a bunch of shit.

[Nyck]

Meh everyone thinks they can fuck wit da police...serves him right.

[Duke_of_Ray]

Originally Posted by lasagna

holy shit, i live in denver, holy shit thats like right by me. guess who lives in aurora, DUFFY

You a Bronco fan like myself? I know Lasanga would never let somebody steal salad.

[Tripper]

Taser? Meh. At least it isn't a gun.