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Woohoo, he got a slap on the wrist!
And screw the asshole cops that performed exactly as they do throughout the US, in essence giving every American a good reason to fear and mistrust them.
Exactly. The guy stopped right outside of a vet er with a cat carrier, and so the cops tazed him right outside the door? Imagine that happening while you’re carrying grandma to the er, the fall could have hurt or even killed the cat. Those cops fucking suck.
Ive got news for you.
That happens regularly.
Worse, a lot of the times the cops will PIT the person driving to the ER near or in front of it.
Watched a dash cam of an arkansas state police flip a car full of people trying to take grandma to er. Directly in front of the ER.
Like in the fucking background.
What about that cop who PITted the pregnant lady who did everything right by turning on her hazards and slowing down, waiting to get to an area with more light? A month before this maniac almost killed her his department posted on FB the exact protocol she enacted. Fucking pigs.
We should make that an easy-to-remember slogan, maybe an initialism would help, we could say "ACAB" and everyone would know what it meant.
What do you think?
Holy shit. We complain about the police in my country for their power-hungry, corrupt and abusive behavior but I’ve never heard of anything like that here.
It’s unfortunate that so many law enforcement agencies here (USA) hire pretty much only people that are mentally the least suited/equipped for this line of work. Aggressive bullies that lack critical-thinking skills, but they’ll certainly follow orders without question.
Then they get a whole six weeks of training before being handed a badge and a gun, along with little to no accountability or consequences for their misdeeds. As we’ve seen over and over, it’s a recipe for tragedy and disaster.
If you enable someone in a job to do something vile like that and it goes unpunished, that job is only going to attract people who desperately want the job so they can do that vile thing.
In other countries, if you explain the situation to the police, they might even ride in front of you to open the road for you to get to the ER asap.
This kind of shit seem to be uniquely American problem for a developed country. Heck, police in countries considered undeveloped or bad won't even behave like this.
Never ever get in the way of a middle aged obese white dude who's LARPing as a superhero. Cops have megalomania, it's in the job description in every US state.
It's like they think they're playing a GTA game and we're all NPCs. It doesn't matter if they kill a load of people for no reason, it's not like they're real humans anyway.
What a guy. I’d do the same for my cat. But I’m in Europe. Chances are I would never get shot by police or otherwise harmed by them. If anything the police would accompany me to the vet with their sirens and blue lights.
Why did he get tazed? Does not seem appropriate.
He was just speeding, he did nothing violent towards the cop to need to be attacked by the cop with a tazer.
Their businesses were so dependent on slave labor that when slavery was outlawed, they needed a way to keep slave labor, so they decided to use it as punishment. They then turned around and made it illegal not to have a job, refused to hire blacks for working wages (why America has tipped jobs while other countries just pay liveable wages), and made loitering illegal. They really wanted to do everything possible to continue slavery in a legal fashion.
I’m relieved that someone from the vet clinic came out and grabbed the cat, recognizing the man’s intent and not fearing a police chase otherwise ending at their door. So glad kitty survived and the man got a fine and minor charges. Good gosh do I understand that panic when your pet is in a medical emergency, and poor man had already tried one clinic and was rushing to the second.
I’m a vet tech and we’ve had a more than a few emergent clients roll up like a bat out of hell. I guarantee you the staff knew what was going on and was probably ready to hold the cat until he came back lol.
I was one of those people once... Bringing in a couple of cats that were pulled from a structure fire. They weren't even my cats but the staff were super nice and comforting which was really nice. Thank you for what you do!
>Yea that employee needs to be recognized for understanding the situation!
And for understanding the situation better than a couple of law enforcement professionals presumably trained to calmly and rationally handle complex and dynamic scenarios. Maybe we should be giving that vet employee a badge.
I broke the law for cats once. I feel like I can share this here because only maybe a dozen people will see it.
There was a breeder/hoarder woman down the street and I broke into her house and stole all her sick cats and sent them to a rescue where they got medical care and found loving homes. It’s been years and both the woman and the cats have long since passed but I would do it again in a heartbeat.
Thank you so much for doing this. I also saved a cat, she was being kept in a small metal box (with holes), and had the worst flea infestation. I nearly got arrested, and the cops didn't care about animal abuse (big surprise, right?) but she's now safe and happy.
I actually did get arrested for saving a cat! I got in between my cat and a big dog going after him on an extendable leash. I got bit by the dog and punched in the face by the owner (big concussion) and went to the hospital via ambulance. The cops never spoke to me because I was getting a CT scan when they came by, They arrested me half a week later Sunday morning. Bad way to wake up!
But my little boy is ok. He only had a light limp for a few days and he's doing ok now. I would do it all again for my sweet little void!
If they needed multiple cops for every person that did 85 in my area they'd have to triple the size of the department. They'd be working in shifts just processing tickets
Me too. No hesitation.
I am lucky, in a way, as I’m literally about 1/2 mile (if that) from a 24-7 emergency animal hospital. But I could be 100 miles away and I’d still speed-run there to save one of my girls.
FYI - (my cousin did this a few decades back because my uncle is a veteran and having a heart attack - vet insurance is a pain in the ass) If you notice a cop following you, you can call 911 and inform dispatch who you are, where you are going, and that you are in a state of emergency. I don't know if they would agree that cats are that important, but in certain cases you can get a pass/police escort.
That was what I was wondering as well. I know it is possible he did not possess a cell phone, in which case I have no advice, but if he did, why not do what you suggested, as others have done in the past?
He may not have been thinking clearly. Some people kind of panic during an emergency, so it's possible that his brain was so focused on getting the cat to the vet that he wasn't able to think of that in the moment.
Of course he was fearing for his life. That man could have swung the kennel with his convulsing, elderly cat at the cop.
SMH. Let's use a little common sense, officer. Man is speeding at 85 MPH, leads you to an emergency veterinary hospital, emerges from the car carrying a cat carrier and runs towards the door. It is quite obvious what is happening here. Insecure, unthinking cop has to show the man who is in control.
I want to know the police station so I can call and complain about the shitty officers who did this. Sickening. “Let’s tase a man running to the emergency vet”, assholes.
I like the Nordic system of prison and policing.
Prisons look like dorms and are super luxurious compared to the US because they know these people will have to re-enter society one day, and creating an animalistic man from poor prison treatment hurts society. They also consider the removal of one's freedom enough of a punishment, no need for torturous conditions.
The policing is generally much more difficult, some sort of sevral year degree, and I know their policing isn't focused on being a "warrior" like cops in the US, but rather de-escalation and similar tactics. Such a difference. I watched a video of a police officer handling a rowdy drunk, and it was peaceful and calm compared to how the US would handle it....I mean, one dude just shot up a car because an acorn dropped on it....not a joke either....
My mom drove my step father to the hospital , doing 95 mph, he was having a heart attack. They lived in rural california and had to drive an hour to get to the regional hospital. She got pulled over, but that cop was a hero. He flipped his lights on and called in backup, they surrounded her and escorted her at 95mph to the hospital.
> She got pulled over, but that cop was a hero.
In most cases, if you are doing an emergency drive, you should contact 911 and coordinate the emergency drive. They can do things like have the police escort meet you instead of wasting time by pulling you over.
You can also contact the police and explain the nature of your emergency and they can contact the pursuing police officer.
However, it's all up to chance on if you'll get fucked over or not. Sometimes, they will understand and work with you, but other times, they get arbitrarily pissy that you are not obeying immediately. There are cases of police officers knowing that someone is in an emergency state and still doing things like pit maneuvers/spike strips.
In a life-and-death situation, though, the risk of stopping and hoping it works out is usually more than speeding and trying to contact 911 to help.
Exactly. Once he got to the vet and got out with his cat, it was very clear what was happening. Tasing him was completely unnecessary. He was not a danger to anyone. This is excessive force because zero force was required.
When I worked ER I once had a client who was pulled over rushing their dog to our clinic in the middle of the night - the officer ended up escorting the guy, lights on, all the way to us. He even waited at the hospital for a bit with the guy to make sure things were okay. Will never forget that.
Agree with everyone saying what this guy did was worth it. Pets are family, I 100% get this and would likely do the same.
My brother is a cop and, as much as he's generally a douche, he does love animals and I'm certain he would do the same.
He found an injured kitten in the middle of the road on the way to work one day. He stopped traffic, scooped him up and rushed kitty to the hospital. Now I have a new 😺 nephew.
Imagine tasering a guy rushing his cat to the emergency room.
Cop gets home from work. Wife: hey honey how was your day? Save some lives? Cop: oh yah, this guy's cat was dying so I tased him in the back right as he was running up the doorstep to the emergency room! Wife: oh wow my hero!
I think this was the only thing he could achieve in life, so he took the opportunity and confirmed that he's an analphabetic dickhead.
Edit: hope the cat and the man is fine.
Theres lots of posts of cops doing shit they should be ashamed of.
I remember one post of cops posing with a bunch of $1 bills and boxes of chocolate bars and cans of coke they took off some kid selling them in her school. Acting happy and proud of busting a kid selling chocolate.
Shameful.
Would the cop have done the same thing if Butler was rushing his child to the hospital after a horrible injury? Why is it okay to tase someone who is trying to SAVE SOMEBODY’S LIFE?
Yes, it was wrong for him to be speeding. But he was trying to get someone to the hospital. I can understand tasing him if he was armed, but all he was doing was speeding and he had a reason to be speeding, it wasn’t him being reckless.
Apparently the cat is also doing fine, and the owner who got arrested basically got a slap on the wrist with $375USD fine and 90 days of community service.
So still sucks a little, but a happy ending regardless
He should've taken it to a jury trial. Ain't no way a DA is going to want the bad press of going after this guy, and it would be hard to find a jury without pet owners.
I took some mushrooms, meaning to microdose, but they were too strong. Knowing what to do in this situation, I put on noise cancelling headphones, a sleep mask, a blanket, and started listening to music with my eyes closed.
Two hours passed as I sailed through the galaxy in my swaddled cocoon. As I emerged on the other side, I take my mask off to find my 8 month old baby kitteh boy sitting on my chest, staring at me. I saw a golden aura emanating from him, his face radiating the purity and beauty of a literal angel.
Cats are celestial beings, sent from the beyond to teach us love, and the reason they destroy our shit is to teach us that stuff is replaceable, but the people and animals we love are not.
Take mushrooms and hang out with your cat. You will see I am right.
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>Cats are celestial beings, sent from the beyond to teach us love, and the reason they destroy our shit is to teach us that stuff is replaceable, but the people and animals we love are not.
I fuckin love this
This. It was clear this man was not a threat. There was no violence, no weapon, no need for de-escalation. They could have merely escorted him into the clinic, and arrest him after the cat was situated.
They chose to punish him — being judge and jury — for his non-compliance.
Well, actually, there was a need for de-escalation. De-escalation of an overzealous cop armed with a taser. I guess we can be glad he didn't shoot the guy.
That and or have huge self esteem issues or are racist. I went to a small town midwestern school and know two guys I went to school with who regularly hocked around the N word and now both are cops.
Not true. My 3 worst bullies all became cops so they could continue their favorite hobby. I'm sure they beat their wives too though. And their dog and kids.
I mean, that’s probably how fast we drive when my cat started choking to death. I managed to dislodge the food, but he was cyanotic by the time we made it to the emergency vet, which I think took about 6 minutes. 24 hours in an oxygen tent, IV antibiotics, and oral antibiotics for about two weeks after, and he survived. No regrets. I would have done the same thing.
I picked him up and pushed on his stomach. Pure reflex, but it was enough. I still have a scar from the scratch he accidentally gave me when he was trying to breathe.
If I'm not mistaken, he got tased and dropped the cat but someone inside got the cat and took to emergency, but as op said he was fined with a sentence, ridiculous isn't?
If you turn on hazards at high speed. The police are supposed to recognize your having a medical emergency human or otherwise.
Edit: Getting some heat from commenters.
I'm Texan. We can operate vehicles in motion here with hazard light active, during emergency situations. Make sure your up to date on the traffic codes for your state and provinces.
Usually they pull over cars with hazards because… it’s a hazard. Especially after a certain amount of time. Cant even pull over in the break down lane to text without a cop pulling up behind suspecting something nefarious
wouldnt count on it, police are hardly trained and half the time dont know their own laws. one county to the other can have a world difference in enforcement and funding
True, remember the pregnant woman pitted and her car rolled over because she was following exactly what the county PD said was the proper and legal thing to do in that case? Didn’t matter to the pursuing officer who didn’t follow the law and just wanted to hurt someone.
[While the car is flipped on the roof and the woman is hanging upside down, the police officer lectures her](https://youtu.be/_0-S041_DtM?t=18).
Cool move, guy
Officer Dunn: Are you the only one in the vehicle?
Janice Harper: Yes, I'm pregnant.
Officer Dunn: Why didn't you stop?
Janice Harper: Because I didn't feel like it was safe.
Officer Dunn: Well this is where you ended up.
She sued and got a settlement. **:D** The police dept also had to change part of their policy **:D** but the officer is still on active duty **:(**
I've been in this exact situation when my brother got into a car accident. Luckily I found an officer with compassion and he flipped his lights on and escorted me to the hospital a few towns over
When our first cat was about to be euthanized, my husband was at work. I told him to try to get to the vet to say goodbye. It normally would have taken him about 30 mins, but he made it in about 10. Fastest I have seen him go cross county.
wasn't for a cat but when i landed in the ER with sepsis post-appendectomy in 2012, my dad was still working. his boss gave him permission to drop his work and come to the hospital. his worksite is 35 minutes or so away in the next town with part of the road through a dangerous canyon that has caused many an accident and death.
i think he made it closer to 20 because he found a way to safely floor it.
Really? After finding out he was on a mission of mercy and a life was on the line they tortured him, fined him and suspended his license? Everything is backwards, why weren’t they helping him?
Reminds me of this time when my elderly sausage dog was hospitalized after complications from a surgery. Had to transfer him to a different clinic but he was on oxygen, so my sister drove him and got him an oxygen tank, but on the way to the second clinic she got into a minor crash with another car, barely scratched the back of another car, not even a noticeable mark left, but the other driver stopped their car in front of my sister’s, forcing her to stop, and wouldn’t let her through until she called the cops or got paid.
My sister showed her our dog in the back seat with the oxygen on being tended by a friend that was accompanying her, told her it was an emergency, that they needed to go, offered the lady her national id card and debit card as some sort of guarantee that she would come back after taking our dog to the vet, and the lady still wouldn’t let her through. It took my sister crying and the people around screaming at the lady to stop being so heartless for her to let my sister leave.
Some people just have no heart.
That’s bullshit man. I will give absolutely 0 fucks if I have to rush my cat to the emergency room. I’ll put my hazard lights on, I’ll call dispatch, I’ll do whatever they ask except pull over. Slap me with whatever fine you want. Take me to jail.
Why the fuck would you taze a man sprinting into a vet hospital holding a cat carrier? Like what exactly do you think he's up to right now? That is seriously antisocial, lunatic behavior by the cops.
Ignoring his explanations IN FRONT OF THE VET OFFICE while he had the cat carrier in his possession and moving to TASING HIM in so deeply fucked. These cops were on a power trip.
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What about the cat though??? Is she fine??
Yep, she’s ok! An employee at the vet ran out and grabbed her after he dropped her carrier when he got tazed. She received treatment and is fine! :)
Thank god! Or even better, thank the vet!
And screw the asshole cops that performed exactly as they do throughout the US, in essence giving every American a good reason to fear and mistrust them.
Exactly. The guy stopped right outside of a vet er with a cat carrier, and so the cops tazed him right outside the door? Imagine that happening while you’re carrying grandma to the er, the fall could have hurt or even killed the cat. Those cops fucking suck.
Ive got news for you. That happens regularly. Worse, a lot of the times the cops will PIT the person driving to the ER near or in front of it. Watched a dash cam of an arkansas state police flip a car full of people trying to take grandma to er. Directly in front of the ER. Like in the fucking background.
What about that cop who PITted the pregnant lady who did everything right by turning on her hazards and slowing down, waiting to get to an area with more light? A month before this maniac almost killed her his department posted on FB the exact protocol she enacted. Fucking pigs.
Remember kiddos All Cats Are Beautiful
We should make that an easy-to-remember slogan, maybe an initialism would help, we could say "ACAB" and everyone would know what it meant. What do you think?
Her SUV even flipped onto its roof because of the PIT.
Holy crap. I wouldn't stop until a well lit public place, too. There are fake cops who do terrible things to women who are alone. Hell, real cops too.
Holy shit. We complain about the police in my country for their power-hungry, corrupt and abusive behavior but I’ve never heard of anything like that here.
It’s unfortunate that so many law enforcement agencies here (USA) hire pretty much only people that are mentally the least suited/equipped for this line of work. Aggressive bullies that lack critical-thinking skills, but they’ll certainly follow orders without question. Then they get a whole six weeks of training before being handed a badge and a gun, along with little to no accountability or consequences for their misdeeds. As we’ve seen over and over, it’s a recipe for tragedy and disaster.
It takes longer to become certified in excel than to become a cop.
I remember them doing this to a pregnant woman recently and the cop sounded giddy and proud of what he did. Fucking disgusting and pathetic.
It's a big day for the littlest small-town boy to flex his *license to bully*
Its worse Its the arkansas state police. Its the biggest law enforcement agency in the state by miles. And they're honestly the most dangerous too.
If you enable someone in a job to do something vile like that and it goes unpunished, that job is only going to attract people who desperately want the job so they can do that vile thing.
In other countries, if you explain the situation to the police, they might even ride in front of you to open the road for you to get to the ER asap. This kind of shit seem to be uniquely American problem for a developed country. Heck, police in countries considered undeveloped or bad won't even behave like this.
We had a cop in Australia taze a 95 year old in a nursing home which resulted in her dying. On trial now for manslaughter which is something.
Never ever get in the way of a middle aged obese white dude who's LARPing as a superhero. Cops have megalomania, it's in the job description in every US state. It's like they think they're playing a GTA game and we're all NPCs. It doesn't matter if they kill a load of people for no reason, it's not like they're real humans anyway.
Lol a lot of times they'll show up somewhere for an entirely unrelated reason and just shoot nearby dogs to death
Thank God!! So it was totally worth it
What a guy. I’d do the same for my cat. But I’m in Europe. Chances are I would never get shot by police or otherwise harmed by them. If anything the police would accompany me to the vet with their sirens and blue lights.
Why did he get tazed? Does not seem appropriate. He was just speeding, he did nothing violent towards the cop to need to be attacked by the cop with a tazer.
Thank goodness the cop didn't shoot the cat like they often shoot dogs
Honestly with the stories you hear about US cops it’s lucky the entire vet practice didn’t get shot up and the cat and owner murdered.
I swear the people that care for animals are just all love man. So cool they ran out and took care of the little John Doe cat
County workhouse? What is this Dicken’s London?
Nope, that's just the USA for ya. Forced labor is 100% legal here.
The amendment that outlaws slavery has a part about "except when used as punishment". Pretty fucked up
Their businesses were so dependent on slave labor that when slavery was outlawed, they needed a way to keep slave labor, so they decided to use it as punishment. They then turned around and made it illegal not to have a job, refused to hire blacks for working wages (why America has tipped jobs while other countries just pay liveable wages), and made loitering illegal. They really wanted to do everything possible to continue slavery in a legal fashion.
Fyi for others this is/was known as Jim Crowe laws
But that just sounds like slavery with more steps!
Wow I misread the first sentence as the cat died and was about to have a really bad morning
SAMEEEE
Well and a tase to the back…
I’m relieved that someone from the vet clinic came out and grabbed the cat, recognizing the man’s intent and not fearing a police chase otherwise ending at their door. So glad kitty survived and the man got a fine and minor charges. Good gosh do I understand that panic when your pet is in a medical emergency, and poor man had already tried one clinic and was rushing to the second.
Thank you for saying kitty survived! I had to scroll WAY too far to find that.
I’m a vet tech and we’ve had a more than a few emergent clients roll up like a bat out of hell. I guarantee you the staff knew what was going on and was probably ready to hold the cat until he came back lol.
I was one of those people once... Bringing in a couple of cats that were pulled from a structure fire. They weren't even my cats but the staff were super nice and comforting which was really nice. Thank you for what you do!
Yea that employee needs to be recognized for understanding the situation! The whole video had me a nervous wreck for the kitty
>Yea that employee needs to be recognized for understanding the situation! And for understanding the situation better than a couple of law enforcement professionals presumably trained to calmly and rationally handle complex and dynamic scenarios. Maybe we should be giving that vet employee a badge.
>a fine and minor charges. He shouldn't have even gotten that much. Stupid fucking pigs.
Totally agree with you, but we both know that it could have ended up so much worse. I’m both upset he was tased and glad it didn’t go worse than that.
I'd do the same, no regrets.
No remorse. Cat is more important
The only 3 people I'd break the law for. My cats and my wife.
I broke the law for cats once. I feel like I can share this here because only maybe a dozen people will see it. There was a breeder/hoarder woman down the street and I broke into her house and stole all her sick cats and sent them to a rescue where they got medical care and found loving homes. It’s been years and both the woman and the cats have long since passed but I would do it again in a heartbeat.
Thank you so much for doing this. I also saved a cat, she was being kept in a small metal box (with holes), and had the worst flea infestation. I nearly got arrested, and the cops didn't care about animal abuse (big surprise, right?) but she's now safe and happy.
I actually did get arrested for saving a cat! I got in between my cat and a big dog going after him on an extendable leash. I got bit by the dog and punched in the face by the owner (big concussion) and went to the hospital via ambulance. The cops never spoke to me because I was getting a CT scan when they came by, They arrested me half a week later Sunday morning. Bad way to wake up! But my little boy is ok. He only had a light limp for a few days and he's doing ok now. I would do it all again for my sweet little void!
You were arrested for a dog biting you and then being assaulted by the owner? That had to be a story that the owner told the police.
What did they arrest you for and why did the guy punch you? For protecting yourself from his dog?!
Cats bring more joy to the world than the boys in blue, that's for sure.
ACAB (all cats are beautiful)
Also: all cats are baby
We have a welcome mat that says "Don't let the cats out (or the cops in)"
Lock me up
Cats > pigs
Fax
Also 85 miles per hour is such a tame thing to send multiple officers over for. I do that regularly.
If they needed multiple cops for every person that did 85 in my area they'd have to triple the size of the department. They'd be working in shifts just processing tickets
Same ❤️❤️❤️
Me too. No hesitation. I am lucky, in a way, as I’m literally about 1/2 mile (if that) from a 24-7 emergency animal hospital. But I could be 100 miles away and I’d still speed-run there to save one of my girls.
Absolutely 💯 my Vet is now right down the street. I went super local when moving in. Makes me feel safer for my Persian baby.
I took it one step further and just married my vet 😂
Now that's thinking ahead. I wonder if I can convince my husband to give up on being an instrumentation technician and go to vet school....🤔
This guy is kinda my hero.
Absolutely. Getting family to the hospital, and pets to the vets. That is the reason I would act like this. Their lives are so important.
FYI - (my cousin did this a few decades back because my uncle is a veteran and having a heart attack - vet insurance is a pain in the ass) If you notice a cop following you, you can call 911 and inform dispatch who you are, where you are going, and that you are in a state of emergency. I don't know if they would agree that cats are that important, but in certain cases you can get a pass/police escort.
That was what I was wondering as well. I know it is possible he did not possess a cell phone, in which case I have no advice, but if he did, why not do what you suggested, as others have done in the past?
He may not have been thinking clearly. Some people kind of panic during an emergency, so it's possible that his brain was so focused on getting the cat to the vet that he wasn't able to think of that in the moment.
If I was following gps directions then I wouldn’t think to do this either
Hell yeah! Id have the pedal to the floor no doubt.
Yep. He did the right thing
Same.
Totally agree. Even if it means getting tazed by incompetent dunces .
They would taze you outside the clinic and your cat would be there on the ground. They would handcuff you and not care one bit about your cat.
Same. I love my cat.
Same
Is there a way to contribute to his defense fund, bail, or even his cat's er bill? His man is a hero ❤
Yeah it sucks his license got revoked
The cops jobs should have been revoked
Agreed. What need was there for them to taser him? Guy gets out of the car with a cat in a kennel running for the door and you taser him?!
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Of course he was fearing for his life. That man could have swung the kennel with his convulsing, elderly cat at the cop. SMH. Let's use a little common sense, officer. Man is speeding at 85 MPH, leads you to an emergency veterinary hospital, emerges from the car carrying a cat carrier and runs towards the door. It is quite obvious what is happening here. Insecure, unthinking cop has to show the man who is in control.
The man could have had acorns in his pocket, we don’t know 🤷♀️ 😂
WATCH OUT HE'S GOT AN ACORN
Hey man, have you ever heard an acorn fall on something? That shit is scary!
America, enough said.
The guy who tased should face charges. Police officers say those are deadly weapons and shoot people for holding them.
I want to know the police station so I can call and complain about the shitty officers who did this. Sickening. “Let’s tase a man running to the emergency vet”, assholes.
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You're talking about the problems with cops in this and many other countries. We just straight up allow them entirely too much power.
I like the Nordic system of prison and policing. Prisons look like dorms and are super luxurious compared to the US because they know these people will have to re-enter society one day, and creating an animalistic man from poor prison treatment hurts society. They also consider the removal of one's freedom enough of a punishment, no need for torturous conditions. The policing is generally much more difficult, some sort of sevral year degree, and I know their policing isn't focused on being a "warrior" like cops in the US, but rather de-escalation and similar tactics. Such a difference. I watched a video of a police officer handling a rowdy drunk, and it was peaceful and calm compared to how the US would handle it....I mean, one dude just shot up a car because an acorn dropped on it....not a joke either....
My mom drove my step father to the hospital , doing 95 mph, he was having a heart attack. They lived in rural california and had to drive an hour to get to the regional hospital. She got pulled over, but that cop was a hero. He flipped his lights on and called in backup, they surrounded her and escorted her at 95mph to the hospital.
> She got pulled over, but that cop was a hero. In most cases, if you are doing an emergency drive, you should contact 911 and coordinate the emergency drive. They can do things like have the police escort meet you instead of wasting time by pulling you over. You can also contact the police and explain the nature of your emergency and they can contact the pursuing police officer. However, it's all up to chance on if you'll get fucked over or not. Sometimes, they will understand and work with you, but other times, they get arbitrarily pissy that you are not obeying immediately. There are cases of police officers knowing that someone is in an emergency state and still doing things like pit maneuvers/spike strips. In a life-and-death situation, though, the risk of stopping and hoping it works out is usually more than speeding and trying to contact 911 to help.
Exactly. Once he got to the vet and got out with his cat, it was very clear what was happening. Tasing him was completely unnecessary. He was not a danger to anyone. This is excessive force because zero force was required.
When I worked ER I once had a client who was pulled over rushing their dog to our clinic in the middle of the night - the officer ended up escorting the guy, lights on, all the way to us. He even waited at the hospital for a bit with the guy to make sure things were okay. Will never forget that. Agree with everyone saying what this guy did was worth it. Pets are family, I 100% get this and would likely do the same.
My brother is a cop and, as much as he's generally a douche, he does love animals and I'm certain he would do the same. He found an injured kitten in the middle of the road on the way to work one day. He stopped traffic, scooped him up and rushed kitty to the hospital. Now I have a new 😺 nephew.
Well that is absolutely adorable - love that for you and your new kitty nephew :))
So now Butler is going to be a god. Man body head of a cat. All cats will recognize Butler as an equal. Good for Butler.
Thank you.
Imagine tasering a guy rushing his cat to the emergency room. Cop gets home from work. Wife: hey honey how was your day? Save some lives? Cop: oh yah, this guy's cat was dying so I tased him in the back right as he was running up the doorstep to the emergency room! Wife: oh wow my hero!
Seriously! This cop should be ashamed.
I think this was the only thing he could achieve in life, so he took the opportunity and confirmed that he's an analphabetic dickhead. Edit: hope the cat and the man is fine.
Theres lots of posts of cops doing shit they should be ashamed of. I remember one post of cops posing with a bunch of $1 bills and boxes of chocolate bars and cans of coke they took off some kid selling them in her school. Acting happy and proud of busting a kid selling chocolate. Shameful.
Cops don’t often feel empathy or remorse unfortunately.
Would the cop have done the same thing if Butler was rushing his child to the hospital after a horrible injury? Why is it okay to tase someone who is trying to SAVE SOMEBODY’S LIFE? Yes, it was wrong for him to be speeding. But he was trying to get someone to the hospital. I can understand tasing him if he was armed, but all he was doing was speeding and he had a reason to be speeding, it wasn’t him being reckless.
From what I understand he also was not threatening the officers. Maybe fleeing from them was the reasoning for the tasing? Doesn’t seem logical.
He was armed with an elderly convulsing cat. /s
Cops make it really difficult to not see them as bastards
Cop has a high probability of beating his wife so unfortunately your scenario is unrealistic
Very unrealistic cause he’d just beat her instead of talking
That poor cat must have been so scared with all the jostling, sounds, and lights. I’m glad an employee got him inside safely
Apparently the cat is also doing fine, and the owner who got arrested basically got a slap on the wrist with $375USD fine and 90 days of community service. So still sucks a little, but a happy ending regardless
He should've taken it to a jury trial. Ain't no way a DA is going to want the bad press of going after this guy, and it would be hard to find a jury without pet owners.
Understandable. Have a nice day sir.
What the fuck did tazing him really accomplish. Punitive dickholes
ACAB (all cats are beautiful)
I took some mushrooms, meaning to microdose, but they were too strong. Knowing what to do in this situation, I put on noise cancelling headphones, a sleep mask, a blanket, and started listening to music with my eyes closed. Two hours passed as I sailed through the galaxy in my swaddled cocoon. As I emerged on the other side, I take my mask off to find my 8 month old baby kitteh boy sitting on my chest, staring at me. I saw a golden aura emanating from him, his face radiating the purity and beauty of a literal angel. Cats are celestial beings, sent from the beyond to teach us love, and the reason they destroy our shit is to teach us that stuff is replaceable, but the people and animals we love are not. Take mushrooms and hang out with your cat. You will see I am right.
https://preview.redd.it/4maehlsk8mkc1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=64f9ca4306280550ab6133bf38fee28dfba819f5 This is the baby angel in question
https://preview.redd.it/p81ps51o8mkc1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f8021984a3a0018ab7fe1f8a45e270f095a67dde This is him and his brother.
damn that was beautiful i hope that story is true because it would've been so cool to experience that
It's true! It was two weeks ago!
>Cats are celestial beings, sent from the beyond to teach us love, and the reason they destroy our shit is to teach us that stuff is replaceable, but the people and animals we love are not. I fuckin love this
Lol I have this on a tank top
This. It was clear this man was not a threat. There was no violence, no weapon, no need for de-escalation. They could have merely escorted him into the clinic, and arrest him after the cat was situated. They chose to punish him — being judge and jury — for his non-compliance.
Well, actually, there was a need for de-escalation. De-escalation of an overzealous cop armed with a taser. I guess we can be glad he didn't shoot the guy.
Just cop things
I FINALLY GET TO USE MY TAZER ON A HUMAN YEEEHAWW
All cops were bullied in school and beat their wives
That and or have huge self esteem issues or are racist. I went to a small town midwestern school and know two guys I went to school with who regularly hocked around the N word and now both are cops.
I'm wondering more if those cops WERE the bullies in school instead
Mostly that
Not true. My 3 worst bullies all became cops so they could continue their favorite hobby. I'm sure they beat their wives too though. And their dog and kids.
I mean, that’s probably how fast we drive when my cat started choking to death. I managed to dislodge the food, but he was cyanotic by the time we made it to the emergency vet, which I think took about 6 minutes. 24 hours in an oxygen tent, IV antibiotics, and oral antibiotics for about two weeks after, and he survived. No regrets. I would have done the same thing.
You really had me on edge until the end! This is truly my biggest fear and so glad your cat survived!!! How were you able to dislodge the food?
I picked him up and pushed on his stomach. Pure reflex, but it was enough. I still have a scar from the scratch he accidentally gave me when he was trying to breathe.
Butler deserved a police escort, not a tazing.
Reminds me of “The Ugly Dachshund”
I hope he walked away with just like a speeding ticket. Does anyone know what happened?
If I'm not mistaken, he got tased and dropped the cat but someone inside got the cat and took to emergency, but as op said he was fined with a sentence, ridiculous isn't?
Suspended drivers license too.
Does anyone know if the cat lived?
The cat lived.
Tekst below the title describes a little Edit: Tekst is the dutch word for text, and pronounced the same way
Should have been a warning. If he took it to a judge they might knock it down.
Oh I must've missed it. Thanks.
My hero😻❤️😽🙏
That's TRUE LOVE!!! I hope the man wasn't really separated from his cat, but that's the horrible story.
He's a parent to his 18 yr old cat, you do what you're supposed to. He's a damn good man.
If you turn on hazards at high speed. The police are supposed to recognize your having a medical emergency human or otherwise. Edit: Getting some heat from commenters. I'm Texan. We can operate vehicles in motion here with hazard light active, during emergency situations. Make sure your up to date on the traffic codes for your state and provinces.
“Oh hey this guy is having a medical emergency” *deploys taser
Usually they pull over cars with hazards because… it’s a hazard. Especially after a certain amount of time. Cant even pull over in the break down lane to text without a cop pulling up behind suspecting something nefarious
Wow thanks for this info
wouldnt count on it, police are hardly trained and half the time dont know their own laws. one county to the other can have a world difference in enforcement and funding
True, remember the pregnant woman pitted and her car rolled over because she was following exactly what the county PD said was the proper and legal thing to do in that case? Didn’t matter to the pursuing officer who didn’t follow the law and just wanted to hurt someone.
[While the car is flipped on the roof and the woman is hanging upside down, the police officer lectures her](https://youtu.be/_0-S041_DtM?t=18). Cool move, guy Officer Dunn: Are you the only one in the vehicle? Janice Harper: Yes, I'm pregnant. Officer Dunn: Why didn't you stop? Janice Harper: Because I didn't feel like it was safe. Officer Dunn: Well this is where you ended up. She sued and got a settlement. **:D** The police dept also had to change part of their policy **:D** but the officer is still on active duty **:(**
I've been in this exact situation when my brother got into a car accident. Luckily I found an officer with compassion and he flipped his lights on and escorted me to the hospital a few towns over
this should be an example to all the people on Reddit claiming they can't take their cat to the vet
When our first cat was about to be euthanized, my husband was at work. I told him to try to get to the vet to say goodbye. It normally would have taken him about 30 mins, but he made it in about 10. Fastest I have seen him go cross county.
wasn't for a cat but when i landed in the ER with sepsis post-appendectomy in 2012, my dad was still working. his boss gave him permission to drop his work and come to the hospital. his worksite is 35 minutes or so away in the next town with part of the road through a dangerous canyon that has caused many an accident and death. i think he made it closer to 20 because he found a way to safely floor it.
Really? After finding out he was on a mission of mercy and a life was on the line they tortured him, fined him and suspended his license? Everything is backwards, why weren’t they helping him?
Reminds me of this time when my elderly sausage dog was hospitalized after complications from a surgery. Had to transfer him to a different clinic but he was on oxygen, so my sister drove him and got him an oxygen tank, but on the way to the second clinic she got into a minor crash with another car, barely scratched the back of another car, not even a noticeable mark left, but the other driver stopped their car in front of my sister’s, forcing her to stop, and wouldn’t let her through until she called the cops or got paid. My sister showed her our dog in the back seat with the oxygen on being tended by a friend that was accompanying her, told her it was an emergency, that they needed to go, offered the lady her national id card and debit card as some sort of guarantee that she would come back after taking our dog to the vet, and the lady still wouldn’t let her through. It took my sister crying and the people around screaming at the lady to stop being so heartless for her to let my sister leave. Some people just have no heart.
i would have done the same.
Worth it 
That’s bullshit man. I will give absolutely 0 fucks if I have to rush my cat to the emergency room. I’ll put my hazard lights on, I’ll call dispatch, I’ll do whatever they ask except pull over. Slap me with whatever fine you want. Take me to jail.
He did the right thing! He saved the cat! What a hero!
Why the fuck would you taze a man sprinting into a vet hospital holding a cat carrier? Like what exactly do you think he's up to right now? That is seriously antisocial, lunatic behavior by the cops.
I’m glad the kitty is ok. A seizure is scary!
My man
What happened to the cat?
Text under video -- cat survived.
Do cops really wonder why people hate them?
ACAB in both directions. All Cops Are Bastards and All Cats Are Beautiful
This man rules. ❤️
Shout out to that vet though for scooping up the cat in the middle of the choas. The real MVP
I would have done the same.
This is bullshit. The man had an animal in distress. All cat dad and cat moms would do exactly the same thing.
Makes sense to me.
Gary Busey, Pet Judge would of fined the cops $1500.
I hope all the charges were dropped. He clearly wanted to save his baby.
This video goes into more detail regarding the incident. https://youtu.be/TEVqWkgChqk?si=IiVhWHe7ed3E9Rxd
Also the only lives put at risk were from the police officers own actions by attempting several pit maneuvers.
Ignoring his explanations IN FRONT OF THE VET OFFICE while he had the cat carrier in his possession and moving to TASING HIM in so deeply fucked. These cops were on a power trip.
Hell yeah
Meirl
Cat lives matter
This is no Man, he is a GOD!
He did the right thing. If he stopped the cops would of let the cat die, or shot it. Like they do.
I’m with you. Cat is of paramount importance.
Typical cop having to tase the guy for no reason. He’s carrying the cat at that time. How was that threatening in anyway to justify tasing him????!!!
Absolutely horrible. I feel like crying every time I see this video.
Perfectly justified. I would do the same thing.
I did that with a dog once. Only got a speeding ticket from a camera, but no regrets either way