Cops In Florida Go Too Far And Taser Man For Not Showing His I.D.

[B00Mer]

Zikomo Peurifoy Tasered Three Times After Allegedly Jaywalking (VIDEO)

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Florida police allegedly Tasered a man several times after he was caught jaywalking.

Zikomo Peurifoy was stopped by Casselberry, Fla., Police for allegedly ignoring crosswalk signals, according to WFTB. Peurifoy was Tasered three times during the encounter.

The use of force garnered lots of attention after a video of the incident was released online. But police told the station that the officers' actions in the above video are so textbook, the clip is being used as an example of perfectly appropriate use of force.

In the video, when an officer asks for Peurifoy's ID, the alleged jaywalker refuses to give it to him.

"It's not a lawful command," Peurifoy says.

Then things get a lot worse.

An officer warns Peurifoy that he will be Tased if he doesn't submit to handcuffs. Peurifoy then appears to be Tasered once, and twice more when he tries to walk away. After the third zapping, Peurifoy falls to the ground and is handcuffed.

"You just committed a crime. You assaulted me with a Taser," Peurifoy says on the video.

But it was Peurifoy who was arrested and charged, according to ABC. He was slapped with resisting arrest and battery on a law enforcement officer. He also got a ticket for jaywalking.

Peurifoy's friend, Noelle Price, who can be heard on the video repeatedly telling the police to "get your supervisor," was arrested and charged with resisting an officer without violence because she refused to give police her full name, ABC reports.

Casselberry police did not immediately return calls for comment from The Huffington Post.

Past incidents have proven that suspected jaywalkers are not immune to physical violence from law enforcement.

In June, 2010, video footage emerged of a police officer seemingly punching an alleged jaywalker in the face.

Source: Zikomo Peurifoy Tasered Three Times After Allegedly Jaywalking (VIDEO)

 

[grumpydigger]

I'd like to see how tuff this cop would be if his mother had provided proper toilet training.......lol

 

[The Old Medic]

The Supreme Court of the USA has held that it is unlawful for a person to refuse to provide identification to police officers, if they are investigating a possible crime. Jaywalking IS a crime (a misdemeanor, but still a crime).

This man deserved exactly what he got. He attempted to flout the law, and then refused to cooperate at all. He's damn lucky that they only used a taser, and didn't use their nightsticks on him.

EVERYTHING that the police did was entirely by the book. The person that was wrong was the pedestrian, and he will pay for that defiance in court.

 

[grumpydigger]

I think when a true crime has been committed not providing significant ID many warrant such actions.

but going over the top for a misdemeanor jaywalking ticket shows incompetent judgment ,something that happens quite often with law-enforcement in Canada and the United State............

And even commenting that you would justify someone having a billy club used on someone who was not resisting shows equally poor judgment.........

What I see is a poorly trained cop ,with no skills working with the public and is very fearful and perhaps scared of the job and he's doing.............and it's probably overcompensating because of other shortcomings.

 

[TenPenny]

I think when a true crime has been committed not providing significant ID many warrant such actions.

but going over the top for a misdemeanor jaywalking ticket shows incompetent judgment ,something that happens quite often with law-enforcement in Canada and the United State............

And even commenting that you would justify someone having a billy club used on someone who was not resisting shows equally poor judgment.........

What I see is a poorly trained cop ,with no skills working with the public and is very fearful and perhaps scared of the job and he's doing.............and it's probably overcompensating because of other shortcomings.

It's about on par with shooting a guy dead, because he had the nerve to answer his door at 1:30am with a gun in his hand, when the cops came to his house and didn't identify themselves, of course they were at the wrong address, but that's a minor point.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

The Supreme Court of the USA has held that it is unlawful for a person to refuse to provide identification to police officers, if they are investigating a possible crime. Jaywalking IS a crime (a misdemeanor, but still a crime).

This man deserved exactly what he got. He attempted to flout the law, and then refused to cooperate at all. He's damn lucky that they only used a taser, and didn't use their nightsticks on him.

EVERYTHING that the police did was entirely by the book. The person that was wrong was the pedestrian, and he will pay for that defiance in court.

If there is an issue with the request or arrest, it can be sorted out in court. At the point of the arrest, there is no point being a smartass as that will almost always be interpreted as resisting arrest.