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# 126 / 2009-07-29 Rape by Taser Idaho Man Sues Police For Abuse Idaho man sodomized by police Taser plans to sue [New Window] The Statesman printed a transcript of the event: MAN SODOMIZED BY POLICE TASER - Daniel Tencer reports: "A Boise, Idaho, police officer who pushed a Taser inside a man's buttocks and threatened to 'Taser his balls' violated use-of-force policy, but didn't break the law, an ombudsman has found. "The man in question, whose identity is being withheld, plans to sue the Boise police. "On February 14 of this year, the 'complainant, ' as he is called in police reports, physically blocked the door to his residence when police arrived to investigate a domestic disturbance. Believing the police officers, who he claims did not identify themselves, to be a person coming to 'beat him up,' he refused to allow them entry. "When officers forced their way in, 'three officers rushed in and within nine seconds, had the man face down on the floor and had deployed the Taser against the small of his back. Only after the first [tasing] did they order his hands behind his back,' reports the Boise Weekly. "In a report, Boise Community Ombudsman Pierce Murphy said the officer who used the Taser — described as Officer #3 in the report — also coarsely threatened to use the Taser in the man's anus and genitals. Murphy's report says that use of Taser on a man's buttock's does not violate policy in and of itself,' reports the Idaho Statesman. "The Statesman is now reporting that the complainant 'plans to sue the Boise Police Department for excessive use of force.'" Idaho man sodomized by police Taser plans to sue By Daniel Tencer The Boise Weekly quotes Boise Police Chief Mike Masterson as saying the allegation against the officer is "one of the most serious charges that an officer can face … It is an offense that is very likely to lead to termination. " But the complainant' s lawyer, Ron Coulter, said that the officer in question is still walking his beat. "I don't think he should be back on the street, but then I'm not the chief of police," Coulter told the Boise Weekly. "When you do things like he did I'm not sure that person's even fit to wear a uniform." Report says police taunted, Tasered handcuffed man (AP) BOISE, Idaho — Boise police officers used excessive force when they taunted and threatened a handcuffed man and then Tasered him in the buttocks, a report from the city's police ombudsman said. The actions of one of the involved officers — called Officer No. 3 in the report — were "not appropriate, not condoned and not professional," Boise Police Chief Michael Masterson said in reaction to the release of the report on Wednesday. The February incident was captured by an audio recording made by one of the police officers at the unidentified man's home. "If you move again, I'm going to stick this Taser up your (expletive) and pull the trigger," one of the officers said. "Now, do you feel this in your (expletive)? — I'm going to Tase your (expletive) if you move again." Police violated the department's use-of-force policy when the officers Tasered the man once in the back before he was handcuffed, and then in the buttocks after he was handcuffed, Boise Community Ombudsman Pierce Murphy concluded in the report, which was based partly on the audio recording. "Officer No. 3 punctuated his offensive speech language by pushing the Taser between the complainant's buttocks and against his anal and genital areas," Murphy wrote. "Such speech combined with these actions was especially offensive." The ombudsman, established by the city council in 1999, carries out independent reviews and investigates complaints made against the police department. Eight officers responded to the home in February on what police said was a potentially violent situation, with the safety of a woman and child thought to be at risk. When officers pounded on the door the man inside shouted profanity back at them, then pushed against the door to keep police out, police said. Murphy wrote in the report that police didn't identify themselves, and that the man feared that a friend of the woman had arrived to beat him up. But once police came through the door, the subject quickly went down on the floor, Murphy wrote. Police officials said an officer and supervisor have been disciplined, although they wouldn't say how, citing state law on personnel matters. The names of the officer and supervisor haven't been released, and they are identified only as Officer No. 3 and Officer No. 10 in the ombudsman's report. Officer 3's behavior is the exception, not the rule for the department, Masterson said. "This was the first time either employee had been before the discipline board," he said. "They have not been involved in serious policy violations throughout their career." The supervisor, an 18-year veteran, also erased an audio recording of an interview with the suspect at the jail and neglected to write a report on the use of force in the arrest, according to the ombudsman. Ron Coulter, an attorney in nearby Eagle, said he was retained by the man earlier this year and plans to file a lawsuit against the police department. Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ TAKE ACTION:2mp Citizens-in-Action7/29/2009 Police Chief As a concerned Citizen of The United States of America, I am appalled at the continous out of control excessive use of force that is happening in our Country. I am asking you, as Chief of Police in your city, to send a Loud Message to all Police Chief it is now time to stand up for the people that pay for you to protect them. Zero tolerance for any employee who steps one inch over the line of right and wrong. The American Taxpayers pay you to do the "RIGHT THING" and your word is your bond to see that this is enforced. Sign Name, City, State, email address: ___________________________ E-mail Boise Idaho Police Chief at:Police Chief Boise Police Chief Michael Masterson CC: National Association of Police | |
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