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 2011-05-23 9:42 PM |
Master  1681     Rural Ontario |  Subject: KC Marathoner tasered for 'minimalist' runnnigSo a marathon runner in KC has trouble with his shorts during a race. His brilliant solution - ditch them. That's when things started really going wrong form him. Apparently Electical Discharge Weapons don't 're-energize' you the same as GU gels. Below is the full article ----------------------------
Wardrobe malfunction leads to marathon runner being tasered
Pure runners are sometimes an eccentric bunch. Just ask the Olathe Running Club and the Kansas City Track Club. Their training habits and race strategies sometimes defy logic. At times they just let it all hang out. Take for example Brett Henderson. Last weekend he was running the Flying Pig marathon in Cincinnati, OH, when he had what can only be described as a wardrobe malfunction. Somehow he ended up stunned, naked and sitting in a police car instead of celebrating 26.2 miles at the finish line. That usually doesn't happen at the Oz Marathon in Olathe or the Kansas City Marathon in October. Apparently Henderson had some issues with oversized shorts (might want to make sure your running gear fits before you run a marathon next time) and instead of finding a solution to keep them up, he ditched them. And for some reason, he wasn’t wearing anything else so there he was running a marathon, naked. Police didn’t take too kindly to that and after Henderson refused to get off the course, they tasered him. Just imagine (although you may not want to): Naked runner sprawled out on the pavement jerking around from electrocution while hundreds of other runners and spectators gawk in amazement. Let that be a lesson to all you endurance athletes out there.
Happy racing! |
| 2011-05-23 9:46 PM in reply to: #3515016 |
Iron Donkey 38643  , Wisconsin | Subject: RE: KC Marathoner tasered for 'minimalist' runnnig mgalanter - 2011-05-23 9:42 PM ...
... Unless it's a race intended that way - there are some of those types of races (but I wouldn't partake in). Just saying. |
| 2011-05-24 7:27 AM in reply to: #3515016 |
Champion 34263 Chicago | Subject: RE: KC Marathoner tasered for 'minimalist' runnnig |
 2011-05-24 7:52 AM in reply to: #3515020 |
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| 2011-05-24 8:03 AM in reply to: #3515016 |
| Pro 4277 Parker, CO | Subject: RE: KC Marathoner tasered for 'minimalist' runnnig when I first read the headline I thought they didn't like runeer's in 5-Fingers. This is funney...what a dumb azz! |
| 2011-05-24 8:37 AM in reply to: #3515419 |
| Champion 7036 Sarasota, FL | Subject: RE: KC Marathoner tasered for 'minimalist' runnnig FoggyGoggles - 2011-05-24 8:52 AM I think the last line in the article says it all however... the man tasered was not even registered for the race. Guess they're tough on folks who bandit races in Cincinnati. Mark |
| 2011-05-24 9:22 AM in reply to: #3515016 |
| Champion 6931 Bellingham, Washington | Subject: RE: KC Marathoner tasered for 'minimalist' runnnig What happened to his top? So that would make him half naked if he still had his jersey on. |
| 2011-05-24 9:43 AM in reply to: #3515016 |
| Champion 17756 SoCal | Subject: RE: KC Marathoner tasered for 'minimalist' runnnig I want to know where they tased him? |
| 2011-05-24 9:56 AM in reply to: #3515016 |
| Pro 4313 McKinney, TX | Subject: RE: KC Marathoner tasered for 'minimalist' runnnig "I didn't do anything wrong......" http://www.urbanacitizen.com/main.asp?SectionID=3&SubSectionID=5&Ar... |
| 2011-05-24 10:11 AM in reply to: #3515016 |
| Champion 11989 Philly 'burbs | Subject: RE: KC Marathoner tasered for 'minimalist' runnnig I HATE misleading headlines like this. It had nothing to do with a wardrobe malfunction, or minimalist running, or public nudity. The guy got tased for refusing to stop when told to do so by police. If he had stopped when told he would not have been tased, naked or not. |
| 2011-05-24 11:58 AM in reply to: #3515788 |
| Champion 34263 Chicago | Subject: RE: KC Marathoner tasered for 'minimalist' runnnig bradleyd3 - 2011-05-24 9:56 AM "I didn't do anything wrong......" http://www.urbanacitizen.com/main.asp?SectionID=3&SubSectionID=5&Ar... Comic gold: ``In fact, running naked was encouraged in a marathon I ran in San Francisco, so I don't know why this was such a big deal.'' -- Dude. Wrong marathon. Any idiot knows running naked isn't legal. ``It was too short to be a belt ... all the other runners were supportive and kept encouraging me to continue, so I was running naked," he said. "It was cold and rainy, so I wasn't exactly proud of what I was showing.'' -- Dude. It's OK to be a shower, as long as you're also a grower. ``At one point, the policeman charged me and told me to stop running or he was going to Tase me, and I could sense his aggression and rage and I thought the police were going to manhandle me," said Henderson. "The metal arrows of the Taser were shot into me and electrocuted me, and I went into convulsions on the ground. When I finally came to, the policemen were standing around laughing at me.'' -- OK that just made ME laugh. Sorry but he was warned, tried to get away, and got caught doing something illegal. |
| 2011-05-24 12:17 PM in reply to: #3515016 |
| Pro 5361 | Subject: RE: KC Marathoner tasered for 'minimalist' runnnig Where did he pin his race number? |
| 2011-05-24 12:53 PM in reply to: #3515016 |
Master 1433 Calgary, AB Silver member | Subject: RE: KC Marathoner tasered for 'minimalist' runnnig As funny as it is, tasers are supposed to be to counter a threat, not to "force you to obey"...
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| 2011-05-24 1:00 PM in reply to: #3516244 |
| Champion 17756 SoCal | Subject: RE: KC Marathoner tasered for 'minimalist' runnnig Khyron - 2011-05-24 10:53 AM As funny as it is, tasers are supposed to be to counter a threat, not to "force you to obey"... I personally have no problem with the use of a taser here. |
| 2011-05-24 3:39 PM in reply to: #3516244 |
| Champion 7036 Sarasota, FL | Subject: RE: KC Marathoner tasered for 'minimalist' runnnig Khyron - 2011-05-24 1:53 PM As funny as it is, tasers are supposed to be to counter a threat, not to "force you to obey"... But just think of all the hilarious you-tube videos we'd be missing... |
| 2011-05-24 6:36 PM in reply to: #3515016 |
| Elite 4547 | Subject: RE: KC Marathoner tasered for 'minimalist' runnnig I love it. I'm for the tasering of race bandits regardless of what clothing they're wearing or not wearing. |
| 2011-05-24 10:52 PM in reply to: #3515016 |
| Regular 57 Pleasanton | Subject: RE: KC Marathoner tasered for 'minimalist' runnnig I'm really torn on this one. You can run naked in the Bay To Breakers Race in San Francisco...and drunk and high for that matter. Me being new and all to the Tri world, i've never seen a grown man or woman drop a deuce on the side of the road during a race, nor do i care to. This guys excuse seems pretty lame, but valid. Anyone who has been stopped by the cops knows that if your stopped, what your doing will be coming to an end. Brett knew this and apparently wanted to finish the race, she he kept on going. And I GOTTA agree that tasers are meant to stop a threat to the officer, not for failure to comply. |
| 2011-05-24 11:23 PM in reply to: #3515827 |
| Pro 6767 the Alabama part of Pennsylvania | Subject: RE: KC Marathoner tasered for 'minimalist' runnnig mrbbrad - 2011-05-24 11:11 AMI HATE misleading headlines like this. It had nothing to do with a wardrobe malfunction, or minimalist running, or public nudity. The guy got tased for refusing to stop when told to do so by police. If he had stopped when told he would not have been tased, naked or not. It's not misleading. You just have to go back a step or two. Yes,the most proximal reason he was tased was not stopping. But why did the cop tell him to stop in the first place? (Hint - probably not for banditing the race.)To say it had nothing to do with his running naked is to be as literal as the adolescents I see on my psych unit who claim their parents are unreasonably mad at them, when earlier in the situation at home they had cursed out the parent or became destructive at home. |
| 2011-05-25 12:31 PM in reply to: #3517213 |
| Champion 7821 Brooklyn, NY | Subject: RE: KC Marathoner tasered for 'minimalist' runnnig DIETRIING - 2011-05-24 10:52 PM I'm really torn on this one. You can run naked in the Bay To Breakers Race in San Francisco...and drunk and high for that matter. Me being new and all to the Tri world, i've never seen a grown man or woman drop a deuce on the side of the road during a race, nor do i care to. This guys excuse seems pretty lame, but valid. Anyone who has been stopped by the cops knows that if your stopped, what your doing will be coming to an end. Brett knew this and apparently wanted to finish the race, she he kept on going. And I GOTTA agree that tasers are meant to stop a threat to the officer, not for failure to comply. Yeah, I agree too. They’re supposed to be an alternative to deadly force, not a default response to any failure to obey. Was the guy a threat to the officers or others? I’m inclined to give the cops the benefit of the doubt, but If he wasn’t a threat I can’t see how the Taser’s use is justified here. I’d be curious to hear from some law enforcement personnel what the guidelines are for using a Taser or similar device. |
| 2011-05-25 1:05 PM in reply to: #3518251 |
| Champion 34263 Chicago | Subject: RE: KC Marathoner tasered for 'minimalist' runnnig jmk-brooklyn - 2011-05-25 12:31 PM DIETRIING - 2011-05-24 10:52 PM I'm really torn on this one. You can run naked in the Bay To Breakers Race in San Francisco...and drunk and high for that matter. Me being new and all to the Tri world, i've never seen a grown man or woman drop a deuce on the side of the road during a race, nor do i care to. This guys excuse seems pretty lame, but valid. Anyone who has been stopped by the cops knows that if your stopped, what your doing will be coming to an end. Brett knew this and apparently wanted to finish the race, she he kept on going. And I GOTTA agree that tasers are meant to stop a threat to the officer, not for failure to comply. Yeah, I agree too. They’re supposed to be an alternative to deadly force, not a default response to any failure to obey. Was the guy a threat to the officers or others? I’m inclined to give the cops the benefit of the doubt, but If he wasn’t a threat I can’t see how the Taser’s use is justified here. I’d be curious to hear from some law enforcement personnel what the guidelines are for using a Taser or similar device. Lucky he wasn't in NYC or Chicago. They would've shot him. |
| 2011-05-25 2:13 PM in reply to: #3518347 |
| Iron Donkey 38643 , Wisconsin | Subject: RE: KC Marathoner tasered for 'minimalist' runnnig mr2tony - 2011-05-25 1:05 PM jmk-brooklyn - 2011-05-25 12:31 PM Lucky he wasn't in NYC or Chicago. They would've shot him. DIETRIING - 2011-05-24 10:52 PM Yeah, I agree too. They’re supposed to be an alternative to deadly force, not a default response to any failure to obey. Was the guy a threat to the officers or others? I’m inclined to give the cops the benefit of the doubt, but If he wasn’t a threat I can’t see how the Taser’s use is justified here. I’d be curious to hear from some law enforcement personnel what the guidelines are for using a Taser or similar device. I'm really torn on this one. You can run naked in the Bay To Breakers Race in San Francisco...and drunk and high for that matter. Me being new and all to the Tri world, i've never seen a grown man or woman drop a deuce on the side of the road during a race, nor do i care to. This guys excuse seems pretty lame, but valid. Anyone who has been stopped by the cops knows that if your stopped, what your doing will be coming to an end. Brett knew this and apparently wanted to finish the race, she he kept on going. And I GOTTA agree that tasers are meant to stop a threat to the officer, not for failure to comply. What would have the Brits done? |
| 2011-05-25 2:20 PM in reply to: #3518518 |
| Elite 2733 Venture Industries, | Subject: RE: KC Marathoner tasered for 'minimalist' runnnig 1stTimeTri - 2011-05-25 3:13 PM mr2tony - 2011-05-25 1:05 PM jmk-brooklyn - 2011-05-25 12:31 PM Lucky he wasn't in NYC or Chicago. They would've shot him. DIETRIING - 2011-05-24 10:52 PM Yeah, I agree too. They’re supposed to be an alternative to deadly force, not a default response to any failure to obey. Was the guy a threat to the officers or others? I’m inclined to give the cops the benefit of the doubt, but If he wasn’t a threat I can’t see how the Taser’s use is justified here. I’d be curious to hear from some law enforcement personnel what the guidelines are for using a Taser or similar device. I'm really torn on this one. You can run naked in the Bay To Breakers Race in San Francisco...and drunk and high for that matter. Me being new and all to the Tri world, i've never seen a grown man or woman drop a deuce on the side of the road during a race, nor do i care to. This guys excuse seems pretty lame, but valid. Anyone who has been stopped by the cops knows that if your stopped, what your doing will be coming to an end. Brett knew this and apparently wanted to finish the race, she he kept on going. And I GOTTA agree that tasers are meant to stop a threat to the officer, not for failure to comply. What would have the Brits done? What's the alternative? Let him disobey a lawful order of a LEO and just keep running down the road? Or does the LEO have to use some sort of physical force short of the taser in order to get the person to comply? This of course means that the police have to get "hands on", this now means that they have exposed themselves to more potential danger in that now they are hands on with a person that has already disobeyed a lawful order. Simple physical take downs very quickly turn into physical altercations with punches, kicking, and biting. So what would the alternative have been? Requiring the officers to put themselves at more risk by using physical force to subdue a person? |
| 2011-05-25 11:00 PM in reply to: #3518542 |
| Champion 7821 Brooklyn, NY | Subject: RE: KC Marathoner tasered for 'minimalist' runnnig |
| 2011-05-26 6:32 AM in reply to: #3518251 |
| Payson, AZ | Subject: RE: KC Marathoner tasered for 'minimalist' runnnig jmk-brooklyn - 2011-05-25 10:31 AM DIETRIING - 2011-05-24 10:52 PM Yeah, I agree too. They’re supposed to be an alternative to deadly force, not a default response to any failure to obey. Was the guy a threat to the officers or others? I’m inclined to give the cops the benefit of the doubt, but If he wasn’t a threat I can’t see how the Taser’s use is justified here. I’d be curious to hear from some law enforcement personnel what the guidelines are for using a Taser or similar device. I'm really torn on this one. You can run naked in the Bay To Breakers Race in San Francisco...and drunk and high for that matter. Me being new and all to the Tri world, i've never seen a grown man or woman drop a deuce on the side of the road during a race, nor do i care to. This guys excuse seems pretty lame, but valid. Anyone who has been stopped by the cops knows that if your stopped, what your doing will be coming to an end. Brett knew this and apparently wanted to finish the race, she he kept on going. And I GOTTA agree that tasers are meant to stop a threat to the officer, not for failure to comply. I have no problem with a taser being used here. Dude didn't listen to an officer's command and was breaking the law. Kinda got what was coming to him. If he didn't want to be tasered he shouldn't have been a dumb arse. |
| 2011-05-26 6:47 AM in reply to: #3518542 |
| Champion 34263 Chicago | Subject: RE: KC Marathoner tasered for 'minimalist' runnnig Brock Samson - 2011-05-25 2:20 PM 1stTimeTri - 2011-05-25 3:13 PM mr2tony - 2011-05-25 1:05 PM jmk-brooklyn - 2011-05-25 12:31 PM Lucky he wasn't in NYC or Chicago. They would've shot him. DIETRIING - 2011-05-24 10:52 PM Yeah, I agree too. They’re supposed to be an alternative to deadly force, not a default response to any failure to obey. Was the guy a threat to the officers or others? I’m inclined to give the cops the benefit of the doubt, but If he wasn’t a threat I can’t see how the Taser’s use is justified here. I’d be curious to hear from some law enforcement personnel what the guidelines are for using a Taser or similar device. I'm really torn on this one. You can run naked in the Bay To Breakers Race in San Francisco...and drunk and high for that matter. Me being new and all to the Tri world, i've never seen a grown man or woman drop a deuce on the side of the road during a race, nor do i care to. This guys excuse seems pretty lame, but valid. Anyone who has been stopped by the cops knows that if your stopped, what your doing will be coming to an end. Brett knew this and apparently wanted to finish the race, she he kept on going. And I GOTTA agree that tasers are meant to stop a threat to the officer, not for failure to comply. What would have the Brits done? What's the alternative? Let him disobey a lawful order of a LEO and just keep running down the road? Or does the LEO have to use some sort of physical force short of the taser in order to get the person to comply? This of course means that the police have to get "hands on", this now means that they have exposed themselves to more potential danger in that now they are hands on with a person that has already disobeyed a lawful order. Simple physical take downs very quickly turn into physical altercations with punches, kicking, and biting. So what would the alternative have been? Requiring the officers to put themselves at more risk by using physical force to subdue a person? Your post brings up a question -- Are police too quickly reaching for the taser? What offense is taserable and what is not. I mean, really, it's not like he was launching molotov cocktails at the police, he was simply running naked. And by your rationale the police can taze anybody who disobeys a lawful order because they don't want to get physical? What if it's `Pick up that cigarette butt you just threw on the ground.' `No.' `TAZE!' or `Hey under-21 guy, dump out that beer.' `No.' `TAZE!' I think the taser was meant for situations like `Drop the knife.' `No.' `TAZE!' |
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